~This side of the 'glass'~

[Bingo]

~~Worldly works and Spiritual Works~~
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which 'God prepared beforehand' that we should walk in them." ( scripture inspired ).
The works that we do for Christ should be spiritual works initiated and
directed by the Holy Spirit through our spirits. Worldly and spiritual environment,
there is the potential to do worldly works for Christ that are initiated by self
without the input of the Holy Spirit. Consequently, leaving no chance of bearing
lasting fruit. Jesus said, 'I chose you and appointed you that you should go
and bear fruit, 'And That Your Fruit Should Remain..." ( scripture inspired )
Each shall be held responsible to learn to differentiate between the flesh
and the Spirit so as to do spiritual works that bear lasting fruit. "For those
who live according to the flesh set their minds of the things of the flesh,
but those who who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit." ( scripture inspired )
'Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

~Self-Justification~
"A self-centred attitude by which people defend their actions and beliefs without reference to God. Scripture insists that the confidence and ultimate justification of believers lie with God, and condemns those who look elsewhere for these."
'The impossibility of self-justification'
Self-justification is impossible before a holy God.
Justification is achieved by God, not by people.
How self-justification occurs
Self-justification occurs through ignoring God and his ways.
Self-justification occurs through pride.
Self-justification occurs through legalism.
Self-justification causes separation from God and Jesus Christ.
'Praise God'

 

[calibob]

~Self-Justification~
"A self-centred attitude by which people defend their actions and beliefs without reference to God. Scripture insists that the confidence and ultimate justification of believers lie with God, and condemns those who look elsewhere for these."
'The impossibility of self-justification'
Self-justification is impossible before a holy God.
Justification is achieved by God, not by people.
How self-justification occurs
Self-justification occurs through ignoring God and his ways.
Self-justification occurs through pride.
Self-justification occurs through legalism.
Self-justification causes separation from God and Jesus Christ.
'Praise God'

Bullseye Bingo!

 

[Bingo]

"I pray God's 'presence' is close by to comfort and allow strength and understanding, life
is a challenge...God's 'presence' helps us to bear our burdens. Let us be thankful for the
time that was, and the time that is at hand. God's love has no end, would it not be a
miracle if God and love were more prominent in everyday news and social media...but is it
not true...society has lost it's spiritual equilibrium...'growing pains' has a chilling reality
that is being witnessed. 'God's love...let us pray to know it well...many know not"
'Amen'
'Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

This Life...

Posted by Bingo , October 10, 2013 ·

This life came to realize...now years gone by...something was wrong...
I had to fix myself...self was causing the problems...not those around me...
Turning my life over to God's care...a profound decision...Amen...
Through prayer and meditation...asking only for direction of my life...
The years matter not...most important is to never stop praying for...
one's own self to come closer to God's direction and will to be...
The Holy Spirit unto one's life...Amen...for there is communion with God...
A spiritual soundness and well being within...with this...to share with others...
An attitude of kindness and acceptance to others...as only one's own self can change...
Is this not an ever ending task...accepting others actions...accepting others actions...
It is said...without this...one shuts out a spiritual peace within...
Living with one's own actions...for there all others come to know an see...
Praise God...the Holy Spirit unto one's self...'a light to behold'...
I am you...you are I...
( blog entry from another site )

 

[calibob]

That was touching. Thank you.

 

[Bingo]

That was touching. Thank you.

 

[Bingo]

Defining Acceptance...

Posted by Bingo , July 17, 2014 ·

"One way to get at the meaning of the principle of acceptance is to meditate upon it in the context of a much used prayer...Serenity Prayer.
Essentially this is to ask for the resources of grace by which one may make spiritual progress under all conditions. Greatly emphasized in this wonderful prayer is a need for the kind of wisdom that discriminates between the possible and the impossible. We shall also see that life's formidable array of pains and problems will require many different degrees of acceptance as we try to apply this valued principle. Sometimes we have to find the right kind of acceptance for each day. Sometimes we need to
develop acceptance for what may come to pass tomorrow, and yet again we shall have to accept a condition that may never change. Then, too, there frequently has to be a right and realistic acceptance of grievous flaws within ourselves and serious faults within those about us...defects that may not be fully remedied for years, if ever. All of us will encounter failures, some retrievable and some not. We shall often meet with defeat, sometimes by accident, sometimes self-inflicted, and still
at other times dealt to us by the injustice and violence of other people. Most of us will meet up with some degree of worldly success, and here the problem of the right kind of acceptance will be really difficult. Then there will be illness and death. How indeed, one may ask, shall we be able to accept all these things. It is always worthwhile to consider how grossly that good word acceptance can be misused. It can be warped to justify nearly every brand of weakness, nonsense, and folly.
Therefore, as for this life...spiritual fortitude comes about by accepting ones present circumstances
as they are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. The exercise in acceptance can be profitable, if practiced every day. Friends, now coming of two decades, I cannot stress enough, the profound spiritual effect in my life that acceptance has allowed for a better well being within. By the grace of God. Believe it.
Peace, love and hope unto all that are close by, and for all to come to know the Holy Spirit of Christ our Lord God, dwells within ones own self. Believe it."
'Praise God'

( Blog entry from another site ).........

 

[calibob]

Thank you. I works for me!

 

[Bingo]

 

[Bingo]

"It is not so important what you know, of most importance shall
be in knowing to apply what you claim to know. The most important
aspect of scripture, is not what you know, but how ones life has been
spiritually motivated...worldly motivated shall be outside of God's
intended spiritual realm of things. Is not God's Kingdom to be
spiritually inspired, as worldly 'thinking' shall forever leave a
spiritual vacancy."
'Praise God'

 

[Deade]

"I"Human faith operates by the knowledge through our senses. Only when one is reborn in the Spirit and
have received one of the fruits of the Spirit, which is spiritual faith."
God has given us enough spiritual faith to have anything manifest in our lives. The reason why most of
what we prayed for in the past did not manifest in our lives is because we hindered or polluted our
prayers by human faith, operating out of the physical, earthly realm. No more...no less.
*Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don't think
you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves
by the faith God has given us. *God Inspired*
'Praise God'

You say don't think. Yet you seem to be doing just that here.

"I pray God's 'presence' is close by to comfort and allow strength and understanding, life
is a challenge...God's 'presence' helps us to bear our burdens. Let us be thankful for the
time that was, and the time that is at hand. God's love has no end, would it not be a
miracle if God and love were more prominent in everyday news and social media...but is it
not true...society has lost it's spiritual equilibrium...'growing pains' has a chilling reality
that is being witnessed. 'God's love...let us pray to know it well...many know not"
'Amen'
'Praise God'

You haven't once come up with Paul's "looking as through glass darkly" in this thread yet. That should be your theme as that is the way we see things now. 1 Corinthians 13:12 "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

 

[Bingo]

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'Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

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[Bingo]

"Put aside worldly illusions and 'man-mind' imaginations...enter the spiritual realm...
for here shall be found a nearness of Christ our Lord God, and the Holy Spirit shall
be our spiritual connection...no more...no less."
'Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

“Forgive us our illusions, Father, and help us to accept our true relationship with You, in which there are no illusions, and where none can ever enter. Our holiness is Yours. What can there be in us that needs forgiveness when Yours is perfect? The sleep of forgetfulness is only the unwillingness to remember Your forgiveness and Your Love. Let us not wander into temptation, for the temptation of the Son of God is not Your Will. And let us receive only what You have given, and accept but this into the minds which You created and which You love."
'Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

"Wisdom is acquired the sooner one learns to take a personal inventory of SELF...
the practice of offering advice shall always be more beneficial from personal experience in any given subject. Always of value to offer thoughts, ideas or suggestions with intent in the hope to help...and advise merely for a status recognition...shall be shallow of onesSELF...that has not honestly and thoroughly completed an inventory of...SELF.....
I have many faults and flaws, and I have learned it is best to strive to keep myself incheck before offering worthy advise."......
Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

 

[Bingo]

"Ponder this thought...CAREFULLY! Make no mistake, the 'man-mind' shall not possess the
capacity to fully comprehend the depth and gravity of the 'teachings' of Jesus Christ.
And, has this not been precisely told of, before time was time. And, the more the 'man-mind'
attempts to interpret the 'teachings', the more confused and bewildered shall be the 'man-mind'.
It shall be of essential consideration, spiritual prayer and meditation of ones own personal
'quiet time' shall be found a profound intimacy of ones own love of God's love, within ones SELF."
'Praise God'

 

[Bingo]

'Thought for Today":
"The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand,. We listen to reply."
'Praise God'