Quality of a Godly life

John 3:16...For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

When I think about my life, I not only think about how long I might live, but I also think about the qualities that I want in my life.

Jesus gives me his love and his peace, which I want very much to saturate my whole being with.

I think about the integrity of the godly life that he wants me to live.

I know that Satan wants me to compromise as I live about my life span, and every time I do compromise, the quality of my life begins to slowly deteriorates.

And Satan wants me to compromise in my life, so that my witness to others would not have an affect on them.

For instance, when my coworkers would be telling dirty jokes, and I tell one to try to fit in, they would looked at me with stunned looks
on their face, and say, Rodney, I thought that you were a christian.You are nothing but a hypocrite!

Now I cannot blame the devil for my own actions. I and I alone am responsible for what I do, and the decisions that I make. And so many of them I regret making because of compromising.

The only way that I can truly be saturated with his love and joy, and I'm not saying that he quits loving me when I mess up and compromise, but the only way that I feel like I'm being saturated in these qualities, is to learn to say no to the devil; learn to say no to the world, and say no to my carnal nature.

PepperJack

I think the secret if there is one is to submit our lives completely every day moment by moment. Keep our ears open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Listen and obey when He prompts us. This is easy to type and hard to live, but I believe that as we continue to yield to God that it becomes easier.

He has promised to write His laws on our hearts and as we pray and continue to submit we are then walking with God in His perfect peace. We are tempted and tried but Jesus has won the fight and He has saved us as we rest in Him.....Then these qualities that you speak of will shine through and people will take notice and see Jesus in our lives.

Thanks Brother that really helps me.I wake up every morning with terrible anxiety. I feel like i'm not good enough and i must be doing something wrong. I want to be closer to God and Jesus but i don't know what to do. I feel like i used to have that and lost it some how. I would like to feel good again. And feel connected to God again.My quality of life is very low right now but iam thankful for all my blessings. I just don't feel like i deserve them. I struggle with that all the time. But i read your thing and it helped me . I think i was lead here so i had to let you know. Thanks

Thank you. That helps. But i don't recognize the Promptings. And i am open to them and pray to the holy spirit to make them clear to me because i want to do good. i want to stay connected to God. So i worry that i am not good enough. confused

AIT,

you have touched our hearts, for we know that you desire a closer walk with your Saviour,
as we all do.
your feelings of insecurity are something that we all share in at different times of our lives -
at these times we surely do realize our frailities and fears - these feelings are normal in
our Spiritual journey, (2steps forward, 1back)....
our Father reaches out His hand to pull us forward into His perfect, loving, strength -
but when we feel at sea without our sealegs we must break-down our circumstances
in order to find an understanding of just where we are and how we got there.

a few very simple words come to mind concerning what we must ask ourselves
when we are feeling unworthy or doubtful -
(we are speaking of the 'inner-struggle' of feeling good and right about ourselves
as far as the Lord is concerned; for He wants us to always have a good conscience
and to feel good about ourselves through Him - He doesn't want us to feel
insignificant but He wants us to feel confident, strong, and brave, knowing that
His wonderful Love towards us is always present.

our daily walk is always a challenge, for many obstacles are continually thrown
in our paths for us to over-come...
for all of us who Love our Father in heaven, He has shown us that there is only
ONE WAY, HIS WAY, and none other.

remember, or read through and through, again and again, the bible, and see,

no where in scripture does scripture nor jesus ever tell his followers to pray to or ask anything of the holy spirit.

always stick with scripture,

and pray to the creator yahweh, father, in yahshua's(jesus') name, and be always immersed in yahshua. then he gives peace, joy, and righteousness beyond the wildest dreams of men, unreachable, unattainable, unshakable and free gifts from the creator to men who are immersed in yahshua (baptized in jesus) according to his word.

(praying 'in' spirit is totally different than as if praying 'to' 'a' holy spirit; this is yahweh's doing, as even yahshua's own disciples
didn't understand him until he breathed on them and opened their understanding, let alone walking with him doing as he says to do. ask ABBA, seek him all day long, every day, by grace through faith in yahshua)