Exhortation for the mature, Instruction for the growing, Encouragement for all
Category: Exhortation
These are words of strong urging that God has given me. They are meant to spur you on to good works, make you think, and make you move differently to get the God-pleasing results He calls us to.
Sis, lets take responsibility for cleaning the inside of the cup. Let’s allow God to train us in isolation no matter how uncomfortable it is. Let’s be thankful for the private correction rather than the open rebuke or fall from grace. Let’s cooperate with God rather than fight Him on this. Do you really want to grow? Then take the gloves off with God.
Sisters, the journey of singleness is beautiful and challenging all at the same time. We have liberties and boundaries that are uniques to this season of our lives. Somedays I am grateful for the portion, others I would trade it in quicker than you can say, “Would you like fries with that?” One thing that is consistent however is that God wants my perspective to be ever bent to giving Him glory out of my life.
Needless to expound, I’d guess that readers would conclude that it is socially unacceptable to get a fresh drink out of a dirty glass. Why then, to the mature, do we expect folks to experience the thirst quenching goodness of Jesus Christ out of our lives, if we are ourselves a “dirty glass?” Let me expound…
Has the word of God become boring to you? Read the passage below and ask God to take his word in your heart from rejected to received, and from commonplace to precious.
You love to eat. You love the taste of food. But your taste buds have been deceived. You are enjoying the bread that does not give life but takes it away.
You come from a place where you have power to influence many people. But you are allowing the influence of others to influence you and cause people to be confused and fall away. Use your influence for my glory.