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LittleBear:
Hi Everyone!

Hi Joyce, how are you these days? Nice to see you here. Gosh, the list of stuff one has to do is daunting all right in order to get to be the elect. Or is it? I think we can relax. Our God has it ALL under control. I like the way you put it "He just covers all of the bases all of the time." Ahhhh....ok...it's time not to put so much stress on ourselves, and just put one foot in front of the other and keep walking. With Him.

Hi Krista! You are cute and funny. Hi Darren. I have to be honest here, although it may not be the right answer, but I personally don't care if I'm elect or not. In fact, I have to admit, I took myself out of that striving to be the elect...too much pressure. Too many self-imposed requirements, and I'm SO not perfect. I just want to be with God and learn more about Him, whatever direction that may take me.

Joe has already given these scriptures:

Luk 12:31  But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 
Luk 12:32  Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

That's where I am...fearing not (about being elect or not). Ah, the peace in that. Now I can just focus on walking with the Father.

Ursula

joyful1:
Hi Ursula! Long time no talkie!  :D
Yes...He does have it all covered....
but I wonder if we actually frustrate God? ;D

Check list for God:
1-- prepare a lamb for sacrafice
2-- create the world
3-- invent people
4-- put tree in garden where they won't miss it
5-- tell them not to touch it
6-- let nature take its course
7-- in the fullness of time, send Your Son to live among us and then be sacaficed for us
8-- raise Him from the dead
9-- send Him into the believer's hearts
10-- send Holy Spirit of God
11--give them your armor
12-- show them how to be an overcomer
13-- require that they learn to become an overcomer....
14-- sit down and explain how to be an overcomer 47 times in a row
15-- remind them that You loved them enough to send your Son to them
16-- reherse becoming an overcomer
17-- remind them that your Son OVERCAME the WORLD in the first place and that as long as they are IN HIM and HE is IN THEM ...things will definitely work out.
18-- Walk with them through the Lake of Fire
19-- settle disputes amongest your children concerning who rules over what...
(* this is the Reader's Digest Shortened Version, of course...but you get the picture right?) :)
Joyce :)

LittleBear:
LOL Joyce! I'm exhausted just reading that! Whew! Haha...I laughed at the last one..."settle disputes amongst your children".

Man, we are going to feel very silly one day.

Ursula :-*

ciy:
 1 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2 New Living Translation

This is how we become the "called, chosen, and faithful".  It is what happens within.  It is believing.  Not the doing.  Jesus says in Mark 5:36 "Don't be afraid, only believe."  It is the inside of you that has to change into a new person.  If we change it through "our will power" then we get puffed up because we changed the outside of the cup.  It is the inside of the cup that changes and that can only come from believing and having faith in the Word.  Truly walking in the truth.  So that you can be one of the first fruits that Jesus was the First Fruit of many.  Must get your mind and heart off of the physical and focus on the spiritual and realize it is all a parable to bring you to the knowledge of the truth.  Forget the physical, it will keep you looking at Jesus as he walks instead of realizing it is Him in you that is the hope of Glory.

Jesus said in John that "if you cannot say that I am He then you will die in your sins."  If you do not realize that "ye are gods" and forget the physical then you cannot be one of His in this age.

Pretty awesome stuff.  It takes gumption to be "Strong and courageous".  To meditate on His Word day and night.   To were that coat of many colors.

God is all in all
CIY

joyful1:
Ursula! LOL! yes we probably will! ;D
Ciy....yes, awesome stuff....
I think you have something there!
JOyce :)

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