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Ephesians 2:8-10 (HCSB)
8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift—
9 not from works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
Observation:
The compelling desire of my life is to be pleasing to God in everything I say, and in everything I do.
What a wonderful change has been made in me since Jesus came into my life, and took up permanent residence.
My soul sings of His wondrous work: "I'm so glad, Jesus lifted me,
I'm so glad, Jesus lifted me,
I'm so glad, Jesus lifted me,
singing glory, hallelujah,
Jesus lifted me".
These are three things that are foundational principles that I live by in my daily life.
- Worship - I will worship the Lord everyday.
Psalm 34:1 (HCSB)
1 I will praise the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Walk - I can't even walk unless God is holding my hand.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 (NLT)
1 Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.
2 For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
- Work out what God has deposited in me.
Philippians 2:12-13 (HCSB)
12 So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God who is working in you, {enabling you} both to desire and to work out His good purpose.
Is the focus of your life about your worship, walk and work for the Lord? To live in this world you need to know the Lord, and be known by Him, and received from God the gift of eternal life.
The secret to living for Jesus is to walk by the power of the Holy Spirit of God.
Galatians 5:16 (NLT)
16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.
Prayer:
Father, we give glory and honor to You, and to Jesus, our Savior and the Lord of our life.
Father, thank you for your loving-kindness, and your tender mercies that you have give to your children in abundance.
Father, we ask for more of Thee, and less of me in our daily worship, walk, and work. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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