With God ALL things are possible! Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ, We are thanking the Father today for his Powerful Mercy and Grace over Ron's Health,it has been 5 days since he has had any seizures,we know that it is the power of Prayer!!!!! We thank our Lord Jesus Christ for you who have faithfully kept Ron in your Prayers,Our God is and awesome God.
James 5:16b The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Bless you all in Jesus Name and may He Bless you abundantly.
Ron and I read this today a Devotion, and there are things that can creep into our lives and cause us to feel condemnation,But in Christ Jesus we are no longer slaves to sin,we wanted to share this with you,
Is there a certain sin that seems to have a foothold in your life? And does it almost seem as though the sin is getting more and more powerful each month, each year, and tragically, each decade?
Do you wonder if you ever will gain victory over it? Or worse, are you beginning to wonder if you are really a Christian?
Sin is a horrible master, and it finds a willing servant in the human body. Sin wants to dominate you, but the good news is that as a Christian, you don't have to be dominated by sin any longer.
The Bible says, "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin" (Romans 6:6 NIV).
There is a part of us that is drawn to the holy things of God, and there is a part of us that can still be drawn to the unholy things of this world. We all have that struggle. It is almost shocking, especially if you have been a believer for many years, that there still can be an attraction to sinful things.
Here is what we need to remember: We will never get to a point where we are temptation-proof. But I do think we can get to a point where sin will not be so alluring. It comes with growing deeply in our faith, learning more about Jesus, and being so enraptured with His love that we see this world for what it is.
I think the classic hymn says it well: "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."
To overcome sin, we need to know, we need to reckon, and we need to yield. Romans 6:11 says, "Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord" To know has to do with the mind, and it is implied in the phrase, "likewise you also." These three words refer back to the truths in Romans 6:1–10.
The apostle Paul laid the groundwork, showing us that we are no longer under the jurisdiction of sin, and it no longer has a rightful claim over our lives as children of God. For Christians to live out the fullness of their new lives in Christ, they must realize what God has done for them. We are not merely remodeled sinners; we are remade saints.
To reckon focuses on the heart. The word "reckon" used in Romans 6:11 means "to take into account," or "to count as true."
Reckoning is not acting as if it were so; it is acting because it is so. Reckoning is not claiming a promise as much as it is acting on a fact. God does not command us to be dead to sin. Rather, He tells us that we are dead to sin and alive to God. Then He commands us to act on it. And even if we don't act on it, it is still true.
To yield deals primarily with the will. Romans 6:13 tells us, "And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God" (NKJV).
The word "present" means "to give into." God is saying, "Yield to Me. Present yourself to Me." Each and every day, we are to present ourselves to God.
Think of those in the Bible who presented their lives and their bodies to God and how powerfully they were used. For example, a sling in David's hand defeated the Philistines. Paul's dedicated feet took him from city to city to proclaim the gospel. John's eyes saw visions of the future, his ears heard God's message, and his fingers wrote it all down in the Book of Revelation.
It is your choice to what and to whom you are going to yield yourself. And it is an intelligent decision to base your actions on what God has said in His Word.
You have more than enough power to live this Christian life. You have the righteousness purchased by Christ with His own blood. So start taking hold of what God has already given you. Live in the newness of life for which Jesus gave His own. Greg Laurie
Do you wonder if you ever will gain victory over it? Or worse, are you beginning to wonder if you are really a Christian?
Sin is a horrible master, and it finds a willing servant in the human body. Sin wants to dominate you, but the good news is that as a Christian, you don't have to be dominated by sin any longer.
The Bible says, "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin" (Romans 6:6 NIV).
There is a part of us that is drawn to the holy things of God, and there is a part of us that can still be drawn to the unholy things of this world. We all have that struggle. It is almost shocking, especially if you have been a believer for many years, that there still can be an attraction to sinful things.
Here is what we need to remember: We will never get to a point where we are temptation-proof. But I do think we can get to a point where sin will not be so alluring. It comes with growing deeply in our faith, learning more about Jesus, and being so enraptured with His love that we see this world for what it is.
I think the classic hymn says it well: "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace."
To overcome sin, we need to know, we need to reckon, and we need to yield. Romans 6:11 says, "Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord" To know has to do with the mind, and it is implied in the phrase, "likewise you also." These three words refer back to the truths in Romans 6:1–10.
The apostle Paul laid the groundwork, showing us that we are no longer under the jurisdiction of sin, and it no longer has a rightful claim over our lives as children of God. For Christians to live out the fullness of their new lives in Christ, they must realize what God has done for them. We are not merely remodeled sinners; we are remade saints.
To reckon focuses on the heart. The word "reckon" used in Romans 6:11 means "to take into account," or "to count as true."
Reckoning is not acting as if it were so; it is acting because it is so. Reckoning is not claiming a promise as much as it is acting on a fact. God does not command us to be dead to sin. Rather, He tells us that we are dead to sin and alive to God. Then He commands us to act on it. And even if we don't act on it, it is still true.
To yield deals primarily with the will. Romans 6:13 tells us, "And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God" (NKJV).
The word "present" means "to give into." God is saying, "Yield to Me. Present yourself to Me." Each and every day, we are to present ourselves to God.
Think of those in the Bible who presented their lives and their bodies to God and how powerfully they were used. For example, a sling in David's hand defeated the Philistines. Paul's dedicated feet took him from city to city to proclaim the gospel. John's eyes saw visions of the future, his ears heard God's message, and his fingers wrote it all down in the Book of Revelation.
It is your choice to what and to whom you are going to yield yourself. And it is an intelligent decision to base your actions on what God has said in His Word.
You have more than enough power to live this Christian life. You have the righteousness purchased by Christ with His own blood. So start taking hold of what God has already given you. Live in the newness of life for which Jesus gave His own. Greg Laurie
3 comments:
This is great news, five days free of those pesty things!! Thank you LORD!! Having physical ailments gives us a whole new outlook on life. We truly have to live each day in gratefulness and hope. We have so much more empathy for pain of any kind and patience that we could not have ever known before. I know Russ and I have to live like this. One day is great, then ha, the next can be a bugger!! We just go with it and soon as time goes on it becomes a way of life. Do all you can on good days/weeks and rest and slow down when your body says, "I'm done stop!" Then age sort of kicks in and it has its own set of aches and pains we had no idea could exist.
I know it helps you to try to formulate plans for the future a bit better without the worry daily of an episode. We thank God for your days of freedom and normality.
It must be a bit hard to be away from Friday Harbor and your place up there, you waited so long to get there. But things always have their blessings too, you are close to your kids all of them and that has to be a plus for you. Still I know being sort of caught inbetween has to be at times like life on hold. There just is no place like home and our own things, ha, chair, pillow, bed. Speaking of, I'm done!! love you
mom
My prayer for you both is you can live as normal a life as possible where ever that is for you, and in so doing just take each day as it comes. We sure don't have control anyway ha, do we.
We'll be all day at the doctors tomorrow for Russ, first we see our family doctor on his diabites, and spitting up blood at times, and then a little later his heart doctor. We drive nearly 70 to his doctor so we try to schedule as much as possible. For us, this is just life.
Hi Ron & Sandi, you two are such a blessing to me. Ron I pray God is healing you right now. What town are you in? It looks so nice & sunny. It's been very very windy here & rainy so looking at you two makes me want to come there. Brady & I are driving to Montana Sat. to be with his dad and his sister for a week. I'm looking forward to it. Pray that we don't hit too much snow on the way. Love you both! Cindy & Brady Sundberg
His Mercies are new every morning, great is HIS faithfulness!
I realize it's evening here but praise The Lord His mercies are new every evening too huh?!
I pray right now that you both experience quietness and rest regardless of your circumstances.
THE LORD IS OUR SHEPHERD! Remember that old song, "Where He leads me I will follow....I'll go with Him, with Him, all the way."
The hardest part for us in "Where are you leading us to Lord?"
"FOLLOW ME".
Oh Lord, say to our soul YOU ARE OUR SALVATION! Psalm 35:3
Surely goodness and mercy will follow US all the days of our lives and we will dwell in the house of The Lord FOREVER!
According to scripture, our Shepherd has us surrounded!
"We'll walk with Him always".
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