Bow Now or Bow Later

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (Revelation 22:13

I pray that 2014 will be a year you find out who Jesus is for you.  For those of you who know the Lord, I pray you will gain a fresh perspective of God’s Word.  I pray that you will see how much God loves you and the mercy He so readily pours out on your life.  I pray that you will be renewed and strengthened for every step ahead.  I pray that you will find joy in every circumstance this year and that you will find reason to celebrate who God is every day.  I pray that you will come alive in a new way and with a new awareness of God’s rich blessings on your life.

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Transformation Begins in the Mind

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And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you]. (Romans 12:2, AMP)

When we decide to take Romans 12:1 serious and become Instruments of Worship, then we can follow Romans 12:2 fairly easily.  When we learn to offer our bodies as living sacrifices to God, wholly devoted to His purpose… then we find ourselves less and less conforming to this world.  We start to look a little different.  Our hearts long for God and His purpose.  We start to see the world a little differently and somehow it doesn’t ensnare us quite as easily.

As our love for God increases, our love for this world should decrease.

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I’m a Sinner

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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:8-10)

I’m a sinner saved by grace 

Redeemed by the Blood of the lamb

Loved by my Father

Guided by the Holy Spirit

Renewed by the Word

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Pressing Onward

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Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13-14, AMP)

There was no greater victory in history, then the victory of the cross.  God triumphed over death by raising His Son to life.  Through this one act, we now can experience victory in our own lives.  Today, we have a choice…  run with victory in mind or stand defeated.  Will you chase after the victory that is yours in Jesus Christ?

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The Lord is God

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Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created man on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other.  Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? 33 Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived? 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by miraculous signs and wonders,by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds,like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

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