2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endurehardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
James 1:2-7
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothersand sisters, wheneveryou face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faithproduces perseverance. 4Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, notlacking anything. 5 Ifany of you lacks wisdom, youshould ask God, who gives generouslyto all without findingfault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, becausethe one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.7 That person shouldnot expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in allthey do.
Did you hearthat, have no doubt, and wait on the Lord. If you ask for deliverance will youget it? Will it happen if you second guess this as we all have been taughtnever the less your will Father not mine. I know I used this saying as anexcuse for my doubt, how about you?
How aboutthis, Lord I do not know how you will deliver me, but I know you will for yousaid you will and you are not a liar. Also Lord I do not know when you willdeliver me from _____________ whatever it is that any of you or I have askedfor, and any adversity along the way is for my good somehow, someway, I thankyou for this wonderful life you have given me freely, at no expense of my own.So I will wait no matter how long it takes and learn from each and everysituation, For I believe Father that you know what is best for me as well aseveryone else whether it looks bad or good, I put me in your hands to do withme as you see fit!!!! How about any of you?
James1:12-15
12 Blessed is the one who perseveresunder trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crownof life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is temptingme.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away bytheir own evil desire and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it isfull-grown, gives birth to death.
Did you hearthat all of us are tempted when dragged away by our own fleshly desires, thuswhen we think about it (enticed) the desire has conceived and sin is born, andwe do what we do not really want to do, yet we can’t stop it. Who will save me,you or anyone else from this Body of Sin and Death?
James1:19-25
19 My dearbrothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen,slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousnessthat God desires. 21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humblyaccept the word planted in you, which can save you.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceiveyourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone wholistens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks athis face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away andimmediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law thatgives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doingit—they will be blessed in what they do.
So I say letus diligently seek truth, for the engrafted word and die to our own fleshlydesires and everyone else’s as well. No flesh in God’s sight will ever pleaseGod, and all sin has been condemned to the flesh at the cross. Therefore it isChrist that delivers you the believer from all evil, even though evil is allaround you here on this earth, but it no longer affects you and nor do youparticipate in it any longer, because you are covered and smothered in TheFather, The Son and The Holy Ghost.
Now you areprepared with the engrafted word to tell others of your joy that remains inspite of the circumstances around you, as Paul counted all things to be a joy,shipwrecked, in jail, bit by a snake a poisonous one. Therefore he said nothingcan separate him from the love of God, how about you are you about to take thestep off of the cliff Spiritually, and considering yourself dead to sin(Flesh)?
Romans 6 NewInternational Version (NIV)
Dead to Sin,Alive in Christ
6 What shall we say, then? Shall wego on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin;how can we live in it anylonger? 3 Or don’t youknow that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried withhim through baptism into death in order that, just as Christwas raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Are we listening, it states don’t youknow that when we were baptized we were baptized into his death. To me thebaptism is the Holy Ghost baptism, but I tell you truth water is a symbol andif this is what you did a symbol then you symbolized you dying to your fleshself and when raised back out of the water you symbolized you coming back tolife a new life in Christ. So now ask for the Holy Ghost that comes with fireto burn out any dross, evil in your way from knowing the Father of all throughChrist.
Now if you got water baptized for thereason to join a church, then motive is fleshly and you will work from theflesh, the Law to do what is right and can’t. When you do what is right youwill be proud and boastful, because it would be you doing it, and truly that isthe only reward one will ever get.
Think on this wise do not give upwhat you need in the long run for what you think you need at the moment
This is what Christ came for is toset the people free from the bondage of doing wrong to others, being selfishthat is. So you are in a situation and it does not look good you need money, ajob, are you going to cheat, steal, and kill for what you need, when Godpromised if you will seek the kingdom of Heaven above all things then all yourneeds will be supplied.
Now I believe God how about you thenSeek, seek and seek, trial and error, one can’t discover new oceans without thecourage to take his eyes of the shore.
Homwardbound I am