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ask God to make His will clear and help him to decide which plans for his future are from God and which are from the world or his own selfish desires.
Example in the Bible look at Gideon he asked God to show him it was His will:
Judges 6
36 So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said— 37 look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” 38 And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. 39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.” 40 And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.
Example in the Bible look at Gideon he asked God to show him it was His will:
Judges 6
36 So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said— 37 look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” 38 And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. 39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.” 40 And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.
The truth is there is no half living for God,for when we live for God we are dedicated to Him and His kingdom,not dedicated anymore to this world,which God said love not the world or the things of this world.
The Bible says we are hid in Christ,and it is not what we want anymore,but what God wants all the time.
The Bible says we are hid in Christ,and it is not what we want anymore,but what God wants all the time.
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lol we don't give God anything. We just acknowledge the Truth that God is the One who gave us all things to begin with: our life, the air we breath, the food we eat, the bodies we use to walk around this earth, the brain we use to think, the light we use to see, the people we love, the things we do.
We do not give God anything we just acknowledge that He had it all to begin with and thank Him for His many gifts and blessings He has already given us. If we think we own anything then we have not seen the whole Truth of the nature of the World, our place in it and the true nature and love of God.
Philippians 3:13-15
New King James Version (NKJV)
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
We do not give God anything we just acknowledge that He had it all to begin with and thank Him for His many gifts and blessings He has already given us. If we think we own anything then we have not seen the whole Truth of the nature of the World, our place in it and the true nature and love of God.
Philippians 3:13-15
New King James Version (NKJV)
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
This is the wrong question. God has given for us His Son, so what would He withhold from us? Will He not give us freely all things? You ask and do not receive because you ask to consume it on your own lusts.
For I do not own anything, not even my life, which has been purchased by God. All things are His, period. When I die, what can I take with me? Not one thing of this world. And most of the things of the world perish with the using.
I give God nothing but all of my loving worship, and obedience to His Spirit, His voice.
For I do not own anything, not even my life, which has been purchased by God. All things are His, period. When I die, what can I take with me? Not one thing of this world. And most of the things of the world perish with the using.
I give God nothing but all of my loving worship, and obedience to His Spirit, His voice.
In all my years of faith, the times when I suffered, were when I refused to give to God.
Simply because , the suffering, was always because of flesh.
When setting aside all for Jesus, the outcome has always been worth it.
The truth is, one simply says yes to Jesus, it is Jesus that brings himself into one, as one sets self aside for Him.
The world will never fill the hunger in ones heart.
It is all worth givng to Jesus!
God bless.
pickles
Simply because , the suffering, was always because of flesh.
When setting aside all for Jesus, the outcome has always been worth it.
The truth is, one simply says yes to Jesus, it is Jesus that brings himself into one, as one sets self aside for Him.
The world will never fill the hunger in ones heart.
It is all worth givng to Jesus!
God bless.
pickles
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the point is you are just giving back what He has already given you.
the difference is I think we should just recognize the fact that we have nothing to give that He does not already own and believe we should instead thank Him when He gives us back our burdens and shows us the race we must run in this life so in the end we may enter His rest. This world is a burden when compared to the perfection of Heaven.
I'm sorry if you miss understand my words and pray that God will help convey what it is being said despite it all.
God does not ask for offerings but demands repentance and obedience to the promptings of The Holy Spirit. He through His mercy and grace offers salvation through Jesus Christ and has appointed a day where the world will be judged for the world is no longer in ignorance for the Truth have been revealed. That which has been kept secret since the foundations of the world were revealed by Jesus and is now taught through the Holy Spirit and His Words. Salvation through Jesus Christ is the key.
Acts 17
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 And He has made from one blood[c] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. 30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
Matthew 13:34-36
New King James Version (NKJV)
34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
“ I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”[a
Romans 10
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”[e](that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.
the difference is I think we should just recognize the fact that we have nothing to give that He does not already own and believe we should instead thank Him when He gives us back our burdens and shows us the race we must run in this life so in the end we may enter His rest. This world is a burden when compared to the perfection of Heaven.
I'm sorry if you miss understand my words and pray that God will help convey what it is being said despite it all.
God does not ask for offerings but demands repentance and obedience to the promptings of The Holy Spirit. He through His mercy and grace offers salvation through Jesus Christ and has appointed a day where the world will be judged for the world is no longer in ignorance for the Truth have been revealed. That which has been kept secret since the foundations of the world were revealed by Jesus and is now taught through the Holy Spirit and His Words. Salvation through Jesus Christ is the key.
Acts 17
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 And He has made from one blood[c] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. 30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
Matthew 13:34-36
New King James Version (NKJV)
34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
“ I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”[a
Romans 10
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”[e](that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.
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In all my years of faith, the times when I suffered, were when I refused to give to God.
Simply because , the suffering, was always because of flesh.
When setting aside all for Jesus, the outcome has always been worth it.
The truth is, one simply says yes to Jesus, it is Jesus that brings himself into one, as one sets self aside for Him.
The world will never fill the hunger in ones heart.
It is all worth givng to Jesus!
God bless.
pickles
Simply because , the suffering, was always because of flesh.
When setting aside all for Jesus, the outcome has always been worth it.
The truth is, one simply says yes to Jesus, it is Jesus that brings himself into one, as one sets self aside for Him.
The world will never fill the hunger in ones heart.
It is all worth givng to Jesus!
God bless.
pickles
When I say that I give nothing to God, I mean of physical things, because I don't own anything. It is all already His. He has placed it in my hands to use in His service.
I thought there might be some confussion from my earlier answer.
In Christ,
Vic
That's a good question selenah! A lot of times I have to ask myself "am I doing this for selfish reasons or for the good of others?". If I believe that I am not doing it for selfish reasons and it is for the good of others then I usually believe it to be the will of God. Then I try to keep in mind Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them who love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Self, self, self, me, me, me. Usually our favorite topic right? I think Jesus is trying to change our focus. I am not as important as I sometimes think I am. I am not King. The Lord has blessed me to be a blessing to others, not to hoard the blessings and build bigger barns to house them in!!
God Bless You
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Right. I think the point of this discussion is not, "Can we give our all to God?", but "Do we want to?". I am reminded of the story of Ananias and Sapphira in the Book of Acts. (Acts 5:1-10) I believe that they were punished as much for their attitude as they were for withholding funds from the Apostles. Selenah, once you have determined God's will for your life, it would be wise to follow where He is leading you. Take it from somebody who didn't for many years of his life.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Numbers 15:40
That you may remember and do all My commandments and be holy to your God.
Deuteronomy 5:33
You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess.
Deuteronomy 6:2
That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you: to love the Lord your God and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to and unite with Him and to serve Him with all your heart and soul [your very life].
Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [that they were upright and in right standing with God] and scorned and made nothing of all the rest of men:
Romans 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 12:1
I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.
Romans 14:17
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God)
and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)--[all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Numbers 15:40
That you may remember and do all My commandments and be holy to your God.
Deuteronomy 5:33
You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess.
Deuteronomy 6:2
That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you: to love the Lord your God and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to and unite with Him and to serve Him with all your heart and soul [your very life].
Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [that they were upright and in right standing with God] and scorned and made nothing of all the rest of men:
Romans 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 12:1
I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.
Romans 14:17
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God)
and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)--[all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.