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Roy Monis:

--- Quote from: excellenttrader on May 02, 2008, 03:00:01 PM ---Unless God Almighty through the purging power of His FIERY SPIRIT, is BURNING OUT the lusts and passions and vanity and haughtiness and greed and self-righteousness and laziness and weakness and hypocrisy and wickedness and pride and materialism and cynicism and depravity and carnality in your life, then Jesus Christ is not choosing you to reign with Him as the Sons of God in the Kingdom of God to bring all Heaven and Earth to repentance and salvation!


Ouch!

Thanks Joe.  I've read this section before, but its hitting home more this time around.  I have certainly gone through my share of challenges over the last couple of years.  Perhaps God is choosing me to reign with Him.  Its a certainty that I have a long way to go if that's the case (Which sounds like I'm in for more "burning out" then.  Ouch again.). 

There's still so much to learn and the challenge has been for me to really look at my life and the things happening in it and see what's really carnal and what's spiritual.

I think that brings me over to Arc's points since for so much of my life, much of what I thought of as spiritual was all church stuff that I'm now trying to get away from.  Its one thing to just not go to church anymore.  But its a whole different ballgame to:
look at my actions
evaluate my motivations behind them
really see them for what they are
admit my carnality when appropriate
let it go
and then finally refocus on and adhere to the spiritual.

I'm second guessing everything about my life nowadays.  Which actually is a good thing I think and something I've enjoyed much of the time.  But it sure is frustrating at times too.

Mike



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Dear Mike.

There is absolutely nothing you, I or anyone else can do of ourselves to eliminate the character flaws that remain. God has spoken in connection with each one of us and His words have been recorded, sealed and stored. All we can do is pray that His fiery purging will be as merciful as possible while in this world, because they will certainly be removed when they come up in judgment of His House.

It will most certainly be ouch! both here and there, but the result will be a glorious reward. We must keep the latter in mind and leave the former to His abundant mercies.

God bless.

Love in Christ Jesus.

Roy.
 

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