In Romans 12:9-21 there is a list we can all pray through. To prevent the hindering of prayer we must confess and repent of sin in our lives, and this is a helpful tool to find those areas in our lives that need purification.
I’m learning much about prayer, living life (on a new level) conquering sin, and being watchful.
Being single (again) after 30 years, reluctantly and heartbreakingly, has been a challenge for me spiritually.
I have the tendency toward depression, so having a bleak outlook can be my second nature. I tend to underestimate God’s power.
Confession: I’m sorry for doing that, Lord.
The God who fashioned the Universe—-can He not save those that are on my daily prayer “snatch” list?
He can.
Since it’s been awhile since I’ve written, and I’ve come through blue holidays, I am touching on several themes in this blog post: sin, prayer, confession, and the nature of God.
Isn’t this the heart of most believers?
Doesn’t our walk with Christ boil down to these themes?
I could add “servanthood” to the list, but that follows a correct understanding of the previous list.
We must acknowledge and repent of sin.
We must pray.
We must confess (with our communication skills) our faith.
We must understand the nature of our God, the Creator, the one, true God.
This faith walk is truly difficult. It may require death, huge sacrifice, financial difficulty, hunger, denial of desires, loss. This is the result of living in a fallen world. But the focus is on the eternal state in the life of any believer.
Mark 8:36
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?
We’re talking eternity here.
When one’s spouse leaves for eternity one can think of eternity more clearly, more often, more realistically. It’s just real. Eternity is more important than now.
So I beg of you to get right before God right now. I beg of you to repent, confess, pray, and deny yourself. I’m on this journey with you. We’re looking for the great snatching, and we’re hoping to finish strong.
Are you on the snatch list? (Jude 23)
Do you have the influence to urge others to deny themselves and seek God?
Jesus Saves! He is the rock upon which we can firmly stand.
Perhaps you do not realize that the devil is the prince and power of the air, has much beauty, and seems extremely desirable. His power is almost irresistible. But it is resistible. The Holy Spirit is greater. Cry out, call out to God for the power to resist the devil.
God’s forgiveness and mercies are new EVERY MORNING! Struggling with the devil and the sinful nature is not the end for those who trust Christ. We have a daily hope in God’s power and forgiveness.
He will not abandon us. We cannot be snatched from His hand.
What hope for a glorious future!
This is more important than anything else in life.
It’s 2022, a new year. Make this year the one to achieve balance, direction, hope, and godly purpose. Resist the devil, the puppet masters, the worldliness and confusion, the apathy and the sin nature to be Christlike, to be eternally minded, to be eternally saved.
It’s your choice.
See the power.
MARANATHA!