Hello, you know life as a sinner is hard. Its hard to disobey God. It hurts and if it doesn't hurt, then something is wrong. I want you to know that we need to get it together as people of God. I keep asking myself..what if Jesus had came back..what if he came back now..would I be satisfied with the way I lived..would he? These are my thoughts on Ephesians chapter 1 and 2..
1. When a parent adopts a child, the child then becomes his and he becomes responsible for that child.
2. God has adopted me, and he adopted me knowing my background. He said I can help her. I have a plan for her life. I can make her useful. So God, my Father, sees me as who he can make me be, not who I've been. He sees my potential and he's willing to help me get there. I want you for a moment to imagine looking at your child and seeing what she can be, and knowing she is not living up to potential and standards you have placed in her. That is the life of a child of God who continues to walk in the way of the world. Know who you can be in Christ. Know your potential. If you have failed then go to your Father, repent and ask him for help.
3. He can work in my life and in my world to work out those things which concerns me; he's working behind the scenes to get his will accomplished for my life. You can fully trust your Father, stop playing games, get serious about your new life and your relationship with your new family. Get real with him, so he can get real with you. Allow him to work in your life. God cannot work with someone who refuses to let him. He works through our faith and trust in him to be who he is and love us.
4. The life/way I used to live I don't have to live because of him I don’t have to stay the same, nor does he wants me too. I can live without fear. Its going to take work, and its not going to be easy, but whatever the sacrifice, just know in the end its worth it. So he can teach me his ways, his statues, his requirements, and because I have the Holy Spirit in me, I can do them. This you have to believe in order to have this promise you have to believe. One more time-in order to have this promise you have to believe that you can.
5. Because I’m God child's I can trust him to act on my behalf and to also do what’s best for me, even when I don't like it..But I have all of his power behind me and he loves to bless his children. You need to understand that when God says pray without ceasing, he is really saying talk to him about everything. Get this right first. These are basics of Christianity. None of those other things really matter without this, you can trust God to reveal those in time, But you want to get the foundational matters of your relationship with Christ right first. Ex-How can you tithe 10% of your income to a God you don’t trust. That’s why we have so many Christians not tithing because they have dealt with the foundational matters of Christian living. We think its about church attendance and participation as a measure of performance, but its really about my relationship with my Father Monday thru Sunday..through every situation in my life.
6. He raised us out of sin; I no longer have to live the way I used to live. I can live like a child of God. I can deal with all of the things inside me that lines up with who I used to be, with the help of my father. He will work with me through my healing. He will help me be better and stronger. He will give me understanding. I need to understand that he loves me. I no longer have to live in fear. You have to live like its just you and God with the understanding its not just you and God. That he has other children who need you to help them as the “older/ more mature” child..we have to grow up..we can’t stay babies..we can’t stay immature unstable Christians and affect the world in a positive manner..We can’t live like the world and draw them to Christ..they have to see something different in our lives..about the way we do life..its a sad fact, we are mimicking the world instead of them mimicking us..
7. Why do I still live that way (Eph 2 1-3)? Because you have not repented of your old ways. You still believe that they will get you somewhere. Renounce your old way of living. Desire the ways of your Father. You can’t hold on to your old way of living and grab hold of your new life. If you don’t change, your life won’t change. You will repeat the same cycle of life over and over. You will never become who you are in Christ. You have to live this life like you know God…You have to know God to live this life like you know him! Get closer to your Father..be his favorite child…believe that you are the apple of his eye..that he loves you the most..be secure in your position as his child…so that you can tell others about your family…so that you can be proud of your family
8. Ephesians 2-6)-you have some authority as a child of God. You have rights and privileges that the world doesn’t have. You have weapons that the world doesn’t have. Yet you walk in defeat like you are part of the world and not part of Christ. You from this moment can walk like you been a princess all of your life…You can walk like you know you are the daughter of a king..like you know who Jesus is and that he has given you his name to drop..that at the name of Jesus..every knee shall bow..and every tongue confess…trust your relationship with the Lord..trust that he is your savior and that in him you have been forgiven and that God no longer counts your sins against you.
9. If living without God means that we live without hope..then shouldn’t we Christians have hope…shouldn’t I have hope..not fantasizing about a new life..but hope..not wishful thinking but hope and faith in a God who loves me..and who has all power to work all things out for my good..
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