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Hello everyone! Whoever is not sleeping by now lol

I have a question?…. I would just like to ask a question that has been on my mind…how does someone give all there problems to God to let him handle it, yet work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Precious friend, this may be helpful answering your question:

God's Grace Word for our infirmities!

Amen.

Welcome!

I see you are from Canada.
Are you a native born there?
You'll meet the nicest Canadian Christians here on this forum.
Magenta is one of the greeters .
She is also a prolific artist that you'll enjoy chatting with.

I've included two brief but all important solutions for you.
Somebody cared enough to share the same truth with me.
It doesn't make all of our burdens go away, but it is the required place to leave our personal burden of sins and eternity. Then, the present problems can be seen from a real perspective and Jesus'light yoke is a part of us .
With Jesus, there is only He Who carried the cross of salvation.

>Starting Point<
>Looking to Jesus is the Key<

i didn’t know @Magenta was an artist!. Where is the hobbies section when we need one?! I’m assuming miscellaneous… time to showcase some artwork! Oh yeah there is a hobbies thread under Christian singles…I forgot!

Yes, every lovely picture that frames her Bible verses was done by her.
She uses a modern digital format that only she could explain properly.
I'm impressed how she takes that talent to bring glory to God for many years. I just read about an honorable woman who was named Tabitha aka Dorcas that reminds me of some ladies on our forum who touch our hearts. Everyone was sharing what beautiful garments she made. When she died, Peter was there to call upon God to raise her from the dead.

36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. 37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. 38And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. 39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. 40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. 42And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
Acts 9

This touched my heart as I think of those our Lord uses to bring others to Christ.
It seems to me when I read it, that because of her good deeds and alms, as a believer in Christ, He took special consideration of her. This was even shown in the coats and garments she made. She touched many lives. God chose to answer Peter's bold prayer. Then because of this, many people believed in Jesus and were saved.
Everlasting life is the greatest miracle.
I appreciate how He uses us to reach others in so many ways.

I don’t know if there is amother male who creates in the Bible, other than God and maybe Joseph and Jesus as carpenters, but I can definitely relate to Dorcas, as a creative type.

What do you like to make?

I have a giant art portfolio spanning three decades in my creative portfolio on my Apple device. The creative portfolio also contains books I haven’t finished writing, clothes, hats and backpacks I’ve designed, pictures of meals I’ve created, all sorts of projects I’ve worked on with dozens of people over the years, apps I’ve designed, video game ideas and stories, and 52 songs I composed with year, some of them played on radio stations around the world. In my public school and college days, everyone in my community knew me as the artist. I didn’t guard my heart back then, so I pretty much did a bunch of free art for people. I have still till this day only charged $20 my whole life for any of my artwork. I just loved creating. I was like living water to me.

I'd love to see those some time!
😊👍

I’ll probably add some periodically. I added a few under my old username seantspence in the hobbies and interests thread in the singles forum.

I will try to answer your question.

It seems as if you are seeking to determine what God's role in our covenantal relationship with him is as opposed to what our role in our covenantal relationship with him is. Whereas God is our burden bearer, we do have a role to play as well, and, in the context of the verse that you mentioned, our role is obedience.

Phl 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Phl 2:6
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Phl 2:7
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Phl 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Phl 2:9
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Phl 2:10
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Phl 2:11
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Phl 2:12
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Phl 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

The "wherefore" of verse 12 links us back to that which immediately preceded it. Seeing how we are to have the mind of Christ, and seeing how Jesus humbled himself and became obedient unto death, we also need to seek to obey God as he works in us to both will and do of his good pleasure, and that is where the fear and trembling part comes in.

I noticed on your profile that this is your favorite Bible verse:

Psa 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When we come to God through Christ, he gives us a new heart and a new spirit so that we might walk in his statutes, keep his judgments, and do them.

Eze 36:26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Eze 36:27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

It is our obedience to God, through the work of his Spirit in us, that is our role in this relationship. I hope that I conveyed that to you in a way that makes sense.

"One should actively live out their faith with deep reverence and respect for God,
understanding the magnitude of the gift they have received, even if it requires
ongoing effort and commitment; "fear and trembling" refers to profound awe and respect for God,
not a terrorizing fear of not being good enough."

https://christianchat.com/threads/i-saw-the-light.182858/post-3846298
https://christianchat.com/threads/i-saw-the-light.182858/post-3912695

Welcome to the site.
The verse you are referring to is Philippians 2:12. The next verse qualifies what it is we are to work out. We are to work out what God is working in. This means we need to develop our relationship with God to the point where we recognize what He is doing in us, and cooperate in what He is doing.
In John 5:19, Jesus says He always did what He saw the Father doing. This is the example we follow. This is one way sheep follow.

Hi Sarah_8700 glad to have you joining the CC Forums, welcome! I'll just add along the lines of what everyone else has said to 'Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.… ' 1 Peter 5:7-8. God will keep His promises and we are to live by His truth, 'study to show ourselves approved unto God', 2 Tim 2:15. God bless & keep you🌹🙏✝✡ (great question!)

Welcome sister. Take care.