Good Morning Girlz!!!! It's BOONE DAY!!!!! Today I payoff Boone (my car)!!!! I am so excited!!! I'm getting off work early and going to go celebrate. Maybe massage, maybe nails, maybe spray tan, maybe shopping, maybe nap...whatever...and then dinner with the girls! I am so excited!!! Having a car that runs has been the hugest blessing in my life and everyday I thank the Lord for Boone. It is only because of the Lord that I have Boone and am able to pay him off early. All praise to Him!!! So excited! So excited! So excited!
S - Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
O - What a good closing to this chapter. All the things Paul has been talking about in this chapter come down to this: we follow these rules to please God & because He showed such kindness to us.
A - "Put away" Sounds simple, but sometimes we try to make it so much more than just that. Put away. Don't try to figure it out. Don't question it. Don't ask around. Just put it away. Be done. There are more worthy things such as kindness, love, and forgiveness to dwell on.
P - Lord please keep my priorities and my thoughts in check. Let me be about the good stuff and not the darkness.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!
Showing posts with label Ephesians week 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ephesians week 8. Show all posts
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 4:28-29
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
O - In deed and in word we are to put others first. To think of their needs and their feelings.
A - So the first thing I read here is that we are not to be lazy, but to be useful. Working for a finished product. That in itself is a lesson to be taken from this verse, but Paul doesn't stop there. He goes on to say, that we are to work so that we have something to benefit others. He does the same things with words. We are to speak so as to benefit others. It's not about our works and our words, but rather how they help others. Verse 29 is another one I need to tatoo to my head...I'm running out of forehead room!!!! "Let no unwholesome word come out of my mouth." "Good for edification" "Grace to those who hear." Words are powerful, and I need to work on not letting my frustrations sound off. I'm getting better though!
P - Lord, may I always keep in mind the other person. How can I help them? What do they need? Help me put them first in my words and deeds.
S - He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
O - In deed and in word we are to put others first. To think of their needs and their feelings.
A - So the first thing I read here is that we are not to be lazy, but to be useful. Working for a finished product. That in itself is a lesson to be taken from this verse, but Paul doesn't stop there. He goes on to say, that we are to work so that we have something to benefit others. He does the same things with words. We are to speak so as to benefit others. It's not about our works and our words, but rather how they help others. Verse 29 is another one I need to tatoo to my head...I'm running out of forehead room!!!! "Let no unwholesome word come out of my mouth." "Good for edification" "Grace to those who hear." Words are powerful, and I need to work on not letting my frustrations sound off. I'm getting better though!
P - Lord, may I always keep in mind the other person. How can I help them? What do they need? Help me put them first in my words and deeds.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 4:25-27
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.
O - This verse says to me that there will be conflict. There will be disagreements and things that make us angry. All of that is O.K., but it is what we do next that deserves attention. Do not fester. Do not become bitter. Deal with it - in truth & love. Satan is waiting to pounce on an opportunity of emotions and ranging emotions. Don't let him. Keep in check.
A - I wish I was better at this. Not that I walk around angry at everyone, but I do tend to back off rather than confront if there is a problem. I'm not saying EVERY time I feel like I should talk about what's bothering me, but there are times I wish I did more than just accept it and move on. I feel like I miss out something or just settle for that's how things are.
P - Lord I pray for wisdom in this area. When is it O.K. to just keep going and distance myself from a situation that has angered me and when is it time to say something?
S - Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.
O - This verse says to me that there will be conflict. There will be disagreements and things that make us angry. All of that is O.K., but it is what we do next that deserves attention. Do not fester. Do not become bitter. Deal with it - in truth & love. Satan is waiting to pounce on an opportunity of emotions and ranging emotions. Don't let him. Keep in check.
A - I wish I was better at this. Not that I walk around angry at everyone, but I do tend to back off rather than confront if there is a problem. I'm not saying EVERY time I feel like I should talk about what's bothering me, but there are times I wish I did more than just accept it and move on. I feel like I miss out something or just settle for that's how things are.
P - Lord I pray for wisdom in this area. When is it O.K. to just keep going and distance myself from a situation that has angered me and when is it time to say something?
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 4:20-24
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
O - Now, as Christians, these people have a new way of life. They live their old selves behind and begin a new way of life.
A - "Lay aside the old self" - I love that! I love that because it gives hope that change is possible. The past can truly be the past, and we can start a new.
P - Lord I pray that each day more and more of the old way is left behind and that I continue to move more and more into the light. Living a new self.
S - But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
O - Now, as Christians, these people have a new way of life. They live their old selves behind and begin a new way of life.
A - "Lay aside the old self" - I love that! I love that because it gives hope that change is possible. The past can truly be the past, and we can start a new.
P - Lord I pray that each day more and more of the old way is left behind and that I continue to move more and more into the light. Living a new self.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Ginny - Ephesians 4:17-19
Good Morning Girlz!!! Oh I am so ready to start this week and get going with things! It should be a good one! Hope y'all have some fun plans too!
S - So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
O - The Gentiles had let sins come between them and their fellowship with the Lord. They had let the things of the world: impurity, greediness, hardness of heart, etc. become more important than the things of Christ. Paul is stating that as Christians we no longer walk that way. We leave those things behind. Our walk looks different.
A - You know at first I want to go, "Those crazy people! What were they thinking?!?" Obviously it must have been really bad what they were doing if there was a verse written about it...right? Well, you know what?...if someone was to write a verse about me it wouldn't look much prettier. Worry, glutony, pride, selfishness, stubborness. However, the thing to take away from this verse is not how bad the Gentiles were, but rather to change. To not walk in that way. How do I change? Stay in the light. Be in His Word. Talk to Him. Keep my mind pure.
P - Lord I pray that I may walk in a way that is an example of You. I will keep my mind on things of You. I will have patience. I will love. I will pray before I say a snappy comment. I will remember to give thanks in all circumstances.
S - So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
O - The Gentiles had let sins come between them and their fellowship with the Lord. They had let the things of the world: impurity, greediness, hardness of heart, etc. become more important than the things of Christ. Paul is stating that as Christians we no longer walk that way. We leave those things behind. Our walk looks different.
A - You know at first I want to go, "Those crazy people! What were they thinking?!?" Obviously it must have been really bad what they were doing if there was a verse written about it...right? Well, you know what?...if someone was to write a verse about me it wouldn't look much prettier. Worry, glutony, pride, selfishness, stubborness. However, the thing to take away from this verse is not how bad the Gentiles were, but rather to change. To not walk in that way. How do I change? Stay in the light. Be in His Word. Talk to Him. Keep my mind pure.
P - Lord I pray that I may walk in a way that is an example of You. I will keep my mind on things of You. I will have patience. I will love. I will pray before I say a snappy comment. I will remember to give thanks in all circumstances.
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