Random Wisdom
As I am looking through one of my used journals I took notes in during church services, I am finding wonderful bits of wisdom from the godly men that gave these lessons. A lot of them are from church meetings where the congregations of the church of Christ from NM, CO, TX, OK, AR, and maybe more, came together to be admonished, uplifted, and renewed with the word of our Father. I feel the sincerest need to share these sentences although I know not everybody will agree with them. I have learned, finally, that nothing happens when we want it, but only when and if God plans it. I couldn't convey this all in a tweet or on any other social media, unless I used my blog. After all, this is why I created it, to save you, help you, encourage you. I want to plant a seed that God can use to change you and your heart, soul, and most importantly, your eternity. These accumulate from many lessons, and I hope you look deeper into the verses behind each one. Now some of them may not have verses, and I believe that some of them do not require verses because the truth in them is obvious. Each color is from a whole and separate lesson/sermon.
We live our lives for God, not ourselves.
When I use His word as a mirror, I see how unclean my hands are.
People have become so full of themselves, they have no room for God.
David admitted to his wrongs, and he, like us, needed the mercy, grace, love, and blessings of God to have the life God desired him to live.
I am never truly clean or pure on my own. God has blessed me with the cleansing of my soul.
A mesquite tree reaches 20-60 feet in the ground and the record is 175 feet. Most people do not consider a mesquite tree as beautiful, but it's roots reach into the earth farther than we could tell from its top. Mesquite trees are resilient in a climate where much of nothing survives. So be a mesquite tree, with roots deep in the Lord's law and the strength to live when evil fights on every side.
We dig down deep in our roots for thirst and hunt for living water.
We are what our deepest roots stretch toward.
What are we growing into?
We are the trees in the forest of the Lord. Our roots reach down to the living waters, God's aquifer.
God delivers all that pertains to life and godliness to us, so we do not have to worry or doubt the power of his word. (Colossians 1:21-23)
Changing the truth leads to the misguidance of vanity.
"Every time I try to prove him wrong, I end up proving him right."
False doctrines are created by those who walk after their own flesh. (Jude 15-16)
The only way we stand with Christ is to be united with him.
Fighting for our faith is speaking the truth in love. (1 Timothy 6:11-12)
"...you cannot combat error by fellowshipping with it and going along with it."
- J.W. McGarvey 1903
We love them most when we are brave enough to speak against them. (1 John 4:17)
When we are not an example of Jesus, people gain a reason to look down on us. Don't give them anything to use against you. (1 Timothy 4:12-13)
Lead an example that others ought to follow because it is righteous.
Jesus did not call us to be fans of his ways, we are to be his followers.
We just think of them as words, but God cares about what we say. (Matthew 12: 36-37)
Be "radical, hateful, judgemental" or burn forever? (Philippians 1:21)
The only way we can not love someone is to not reach out to them to save their soul.
When the world accepts us with open arms, we are doing something wrong. (James 4:4)
We are called to show the way to those who do not know the way.
Children's minds are so pure, that we are to try to have the same mindset. (Matthew 18: 1-5)
People are not going to understand why we abstain from evil.
We are called to be leaders even if we are alone.
We only want to be good to those that are good to us, but we cannot reach anybody with that attitude.
We are not called to sinful creatures. We are called to be righteous.
Being a good person is not good enough.
Jesus doesn't need our acceptance, we need his.
Constantly think, "How can I make myself more like Christ?"
Evil people are those who say they are Christians, yet they continue to live their life after the carnal desires and devote an hour of worship to God on Sunday and nothing more.
If it is not after Christ, we need to dismiss it. (Colossians 2:6-8)
Look into the word of God as to not become an unstable soul.
Homosexuality is a heart issue, but not in the way the world thinks it.
Jesus is the only right psychologist.
Learning god's word is the first step to helping.
If this expression of "love" is not God's definition of love, then it is not love at all, but lust of the flesh. (Matthew 19:4-6)
Is our time not spent on Jesus coming between us and the Lord?
Fond memories of the past do not change the circumstances of the here-and-now.
We do not want to be infected by evil, but we have to be ready to deal with the issues and protect our hearts.
My heart is a desperately wicked, evil liar and will lead me astray. (Jeremiah 17:9)
If we don't give a remedy to a problem, what have we accomplished?
Show them there is a better way. Demonstrate purity.
We start working one soul at a time.
Live by example, but don't treat people like trash.
The ministry of Jesus has a lot to do with changing the lives of hurting people. (Luke 4:18)
It always starts with something little: one puff, one drink, one shot, one time.
Jesus does not promise the absence of bad weather, but he gives instructions on how to build a house to withstand the weather.
Being strong takes effort, attention, and exercising the right things.
It takes strength, growth, and development to find the soldier in us.
Without hope, nothing gets done. (Hebrews 11:6)
Take the merciful God to those, no matter the amount of darkness in their life. (2 Corinthians 1:2-5)
We grow in strength through obeying Christ's ways.
The devil will offer us things, but we must refuse and turn toward Jesus. (Matthew 4: 1-17)
Jesus was not excused from bad days, and neither shall we be.
Whether it is an angel, me, or you, we have the ability to help and love others.
Endure the hardships. Work through them. Move past the pain. Despite the hardships, look forward to the future with the hope of our Lord.
We do not have to let our pain destroy us and allow satan into our minds.
If we believe in the book of life, it will change our lives.
If God can create such beauty on earth, then Heaven will be a place to see. (Psalms 23:1-6)
If I believe it, i will do everything I can to get there.
The love the Lord talks of invokes obedience.
The gospel is more than just faith, but we do have to have faith.
You an be saved, or you can be lost.
Once you get in, you can't get out.
Giving people what they want to hear, does not count as spreading the gospel.
Once Saved Always Save? NO Impossible to Fall From Grace? NO (Exodus 32:33)
The Lord's Supper gives us the smallest possible chance for us to forget of its sacrifice.
Continual reminders are God's gifts to us, so we can be fully aware of our steps in life.
We ALONE fail to keep ourselves in check.
When we lose our focus and fail to remember, we lose our way and our place in Heaven.
we are trying to stand in the truths shown throughout the Bible.
As Jesus fades from our minds, we fade from the book of life.
Have I followed through with my beliefs and given all I have to make it to Heaven?
5 Steps to Salvation: Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, be Baptized
Anything we put before God and focus on more than our faith leads our heart in the wrong direction. (Luke 12:34)
Don't neglect God for something you like more than God.
Be busier in the church than in the world.
What kind of Christian am I if I ignore God's word?
I give you my heart and all that I have, making full surrender of my beating heart.
When our treasure and heart are together, in resonance, we can be in harmony.
Sin disconnects us from God.
Sin separates us between darkness and light.
When we give our life to God, there is no reason for us to distrust him.
The devil lies, and in this, he brings darkness into the lives of people in this world.
Through obedience to God and walking in the light we become connected with God.
We get the light by "the blood of Jesus Cjrsit his son cleanseth us from all sin". (1 John 1:7)
No one will ever be perfect, but we have to strive to do the best we can.
God strengthens me as I work on what he has called me to accomplish. (Philippians 4:13)
Burdens can be a blessing.
Change recognizes that there is room for growth.
His chosen disciples are worthy of our listening to.
When we hear passages we do not understand, we are to meditate on his word and take the time to put it in the center of our hearts.
If you do not understand, just keep reading.
Don't think for a moment that God is not in the works. Don;t think for a moment that this was some kind of accident.
Take something out and let God in if that is what it takes.
The tide will rise and the persecutions will come, but we have Jesus and the promise of a heavenly home.
Okay I know that is a lot to take in and so many amazing thoughts, but there is so so so much more where that came from and much more from each lesson that would be confusing at this point. I hope you gained something from this rather than just the fact that I take some interesting notes. I don't care how many times you look at this, all I ask is that you soak it in and let these thoughts dwell with you and when you feel God telling you to take action to do so. Do something.
I wanted to give you inspiration for this new year, 2016. We have no knowledge of what is to come, but I pray this made your night or day better and you leave this web page wanting more. I will tell you that you will not find it here in all that I have typed, but that you must look to God's perfect word and obey his will and way every moment of every day of your whole life to fill the void within you. Sit at the window and let the light flood in, let the grace and mercy of God change you and your eternity.
Start 2016 changed and endure every day knowing God is calling your name, but you have to make the right choices to heed his call.
Jesusfreak
We live our lives for God, not ourselves.
When I use His word as a mirror, I see how unclean my hands are.
People have become so full of themselves, they have no room for God.
David admitted to his wrongs, and he, like us, needed the mercy, grace, love, and blessings of God to have the life God desired him to live.
I am never truly clean or pure on my own. God has blessed me with the cleansing of my soul.
A mesquite tree reaches 20-60 feet in the ground and the record is 175 feet. Most people do not consider a mesquite tree as beautiful, but it's roots reach into the earth farther than we could tell from its top. Mesquite trees are resilient in a climate where much of nothing survives. So be a mesquite tree, with roots deep in the Lord's law and the strength to live when evil fights on every side.
We dig down deep in our roots for thirst and hunt for living water.
We are what our deepest roots stretch toward.
What are we growing into?
We are the trees in the forest of the Lord. Our roots reach down to the living waters, God's aquifer.
God delivers all that pertains to life and godliness to us, so we do not have to worry or doubt the power of his word. (Colossians 1:21-23)
Changing the truth leads to the misguidance of vanity.
"Every time I try to prove him wrong, I end up proving him right."
False doctrines are created by those who walk after their own flesh. (Jude 15-16)
The only way we stand with Christ is to be united with him.
Fighting for our faith is speaking the truth in love. (1 Timothy 6:11-12)
"...you cannot combat error by fellowshipping with it and going along with it."
- J.W. McGarvey 1903
We love them most when we are brave enough to speak against them. (1 John 4:17)
When we are not an example of Jesus, people gain a reason to look down on us. Don't give them anything to use against you. (1 Timothy 4:12-13)
Lead an example that others ought to follow because it is righteous.
Jesus did not call us to be fans of his ways, we are to be his followers.
We just think of them as words, but God cares about what we say. (Matthew 12: 36-37)
Be "radical, hateful, judgemental" or burn forever? (Philippians 1:21)
The only way we can not love someone is to not reach out to them to save their soul.
When the world accepts us with open arms, we are doing something wrong. (James 4:4)
We are called to show the way to those who do not know the way.
Children's minds are so pure, that we are to try to have the same mindset. (Matthew 18: 1-5)
People are not going to understand why we abstain from evil.
We are called to be leaders even if we are alone.
We only want to be good to those that are good to us, but we cannot reach anybody with that attitude.
We are not called to sinful creatures. We are called to be righteous.
Being a good person is not good enough.
Jesus doesn't need our acceptance, we need his.
Constantly think, "How can I make myself more like Christ?"
Evil people are those who say they are Christians, yet they continue to live their life after the carnal desires and devote an hour of worship to God on Sunday and nothing more.
If it is not after Christ, we need to dismiss it. (Colossians 2:6-8)
Look into the word of God as to not become an unstable soul.
Homosexuality is a heart issue, but not in the way the world thinks it.
Jesus is the only right psychologist.
Learning god's word is the first step to helping.
If this expression of "love" is not God's definition of love, then it is not love at all, but lust of the flesh. (Matthew 19:4-6)
Is our time not spent on Jesus coming between us and the Lord?
Fond memories of the past do not change the circumstances of the here-and-now.
We do not want to be infected by evil, but we have to be ready to deal with the issues and protect our hearts.
My heart is a desperately wicked, evil liar and will lead me astray. (Jeremiah 17:9)
If we don't give a remedy to a problem, what have we accomplished?
Show them there is a better way. Demonstrate purity.
We start working one soul at a time.
Live by example, but don't treat people like trash.
The ministry of Jesus has a lot to do with changing the lives of hurting people. (Luke 4:18)
It always starts with something little: one puff, one drink, one shot, one time.
Jesus does not promise the absence of bad weather, but he gives instructions on how to build a house to withstand the weather.
Being strong takes effort, attention, and exercising the right things.
It takes strength, growth, and development to find the soldier in us.
Without hope, nothing gets done. (Hebrews 11:6)
Take the merciful God to those, no matter the amount of darkness in their life. (2 Corinthians 1:2-5)
We grow in strength through obeying Christ's ways.
The devil will offer us things, but we must refuse and turn toward Jesus. (Matthew 4: 1-17)
Jesus was not excused from bad days, and neither shall we be.
Whether it is an angel, me, or you, we have the ability to help and love others.
Endure the hardships. Work through them. Move past the pain. Despite the hardships, look forward to the future with the hope of our Lord.
We do not have to let our pain destroy us and allow satan into our minds.
If we believe in the book of life, it will change our lives.
If God can create such beauty on earth, then Heaven will be a place to see. (Psalms 23:1-6)
If I believe it, i will do everything I can to get there.
The love the Lord talks of invokes obedience.
The gospel is more than just faith, but we do have to have faith.
You an be saved, or you can be lost.
Once you get in, you can't get out.
Giving people what they want to hear, does not count as spreading the gospel.
Once Saved Always Save? NO Impossible to Fall From Grace? NO (Exodus 32:33)
The Lord's Supper gives us the smallest possible chance for us to forget of its sacrifice.
Continual reminders are God's gifts to us, so we can be fully aware of our steps in life.
We ALONE fail to keep ourselves in check.
When we lose our focus and fail to remember, we lose our way and our place in Heaven.
we are trying to stand in the truths shown throughout the Bible.
As Jesus fades from our minds, we fade from the book of life.
Have I followed through with my beliefs and given all I have to make it to Heaven?
5 Steps to Salvation: Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, be Baptized
Anything we put before God and focus on more than our faith leads our heart in the wrong direction. (Luke 12:34)
Don't neglect God for something you like more than God.
Be busier in the church than in the world.
What kind of Christian am I if I ignore God's word?
I give you my heart and all that I have, making full surrender of my beating heart.
When our treasure and heart are together, in resonance, we can be in harmony.
Sin disconnects us from God.
Sin separates us between darkness and light.
When we give our life to God, there is no reason for us to distrust him.
The devil lies, and in this, he brings darkness into the lives of people in this world.
Through obedience to God and walking in the light we become connected with God.
We get the light by "the blood of Jesus Cjrsit his son cleanseth us from all sin". (1 John 1:7)
No one will ever be perfect, but we have to strive to do the best we can.
God strengthens me as I work on what he has called me to accomplish. (Philippians 4:13)
Burdens can be a blessing.
Change recognizes that there is room for growth.
His chosen disciples are worthy of our listening to.
When we hear passages we do not understand, we are to meditate on his word and take the time to put it in the center of our hearts.
If you do not understand, just keep reading.
Don't think for a moment that God is not in the works. Don;t think for a moment that this was some kind of accident.
Take something out and let God in if that is what it takes.
The tide will rise and the persecutions will come, but we have Jesus and the promise of a heavenly home.
Okay I know that is a lot to take in and so many amazing thoughts, but there is so so so much more where that came from and much more from each lesson that would be confusing at this point. I hope you gained something from this rather than just the fact that I take some interesting notes. I don't care how many times you look at this, all I ask is that you soak it in and let these thoughts dwell with you and when you feel God telling you to take action to do so. Do something.
I wanted to give you inspiration for this new year, 2016. We have no knowledge of what is to come, but I pray this made your night or day better and you leave this web page wanting more. I will tell you that you will not find it here in all that I have typed, but that you must look to God's perfect word and obey his will and way every moment of every day of your whole life to fill the void within you. Sit at the window and let the light flood in, let the grace and mercy of God change you and your eternity.
Start 2016 changed and endure every day knowing God is calling your name, but you have to make the right choices to heed his call.
Jesusfreak
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