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jingle52:
Thank your Arion and Renè for your insightful words and testimonials. If I am trying to change my bad conduct it's only because as you've both reminded me, that our Lord says "Without Me you can do nothing" and that contrary to what I've always thought, my true essence is one of impatience and that can only be changed by God changing my heart in His own time  ;D.
Kat, thank you for these inspirational verses, you always encourage us with the right Scriptures!!!! 8)
Blessings

p.s. Arion, I've also always admired those people too, they seem to just do and say the right things all the time.....but we are being built from the inside out as you so rightly point out.  :) Long way to go yet!

cjwood:

--- Quote from: Gordon on April 15, 2011, 08:32:01 PM ---
One, one, one everything, all your posts & teachings & prophesy & love and giving & hate & quoting of scriptures ain't gonna change anything because even those that worship other gods & idols is still amongst us without suffering, nothing you do, good or bad will change his WILL.



--- End quote ---

it is the Truth, that nothing and no one will change His will, but, the highlighted statement above made me ask, what's this for?

claudia

gmik:
In my old age ( :D) I am refusing to struggle about anything!!

I love God, Jesus, the Bible, this forum and the BT site, forum family and my family....

I read the Word and wish I could be a better person and inside I try to remember to be a kind person to all....

but I can't save the world, I don't know if I am in the "first" group or not, and I don't worry about it---its all God after all

so I just kinda do my own thing in my life (family, friends, hobbies, etc) try to stay happy and positive and above all---approachable!!!

Just in case the Lord has one of them want to know something I can be ready and able to help them.

Chill everyone---Gods got our back!!

jingle52:
Hi Gena,
I guess I should trust in the Lord more- to still, calm and change my heart and to enjoy life more without being too serious. I’ve noticed that I too have changed in many ways since BT and one of them is living life much too seriously…..  ::)
Blessings

dogcombat:
Jingle,

Congratulations!!  Seriously, I mean that.  You are coming to know 1 simple truth.  You CAN'T produce spiritual fruit on your own human effort:

John 6:63 (New International Version)

63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

Think of how we get fruit in the natural sense like, for example an apple tree.

First you plant an apple seed into good ground

Second, that seed MUST die as a seed in order to begin to grow, (it CAN'T begin to grow staying as a seed.)

Third, you then have a plant coming out of the ground.  which is watered by rain and tilled (sometimes) to keep weeds from choking it out.

Fourth, the plant must grow into a tree.  Which takes years to do

Fifth, the tree then will be able to bear the fruit (in this case apples) in its appropriate season.

With us it is God who will sow the seeds in us, then teach us to die to ourselves, till us (via trials and tribulations) and provide us cooling waters.  THEN we will bear His spiritual fruit in His APPOINTED time.

Your description of your struggles is something a lot of us can relate to on the forum.  But remember this:

GOD HAS YOU RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS YOU, AND HE HAS THE FINAL SAY ON WHEN YOU WILL BEAR FRUIT OF HIS SPIRIT

I have said it before, and you'll truly understand that before God helps you up, He must first humble you down.  Then, like a phoenix, you'll rise from the ashes.  In this case, ashes meaning idols of the heart, which have been crumbled to dust.

May God enlighten you
Ches

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