10 Days of Awe - Day 8
You must no longer live as the Gentiles do…having lost all sensitivity they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. Ephesians 4:17, 19
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Thessalonians 4:7
Looking back on my youth, I can see instances when God refused me something that I continued to persue. I've found it works best to have little or no desire for anything, that way I don't fall into the trap of expectation. Expectations get us in to big trouble. We expect our husbands to do things, our friends, our employers. When they don't we start weighing the reasons why and discerning our options. The Lord still works with me to only expect things to happen as He wills them. Loosening the reigns on my own life was probably the hardest step in my walk with Him.
You were taught… to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-23
For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. 1 John 2:161
For personal reflection today, I'm asking what I can do for my nation. I used to be really involved in politics, but then one day I realized it is all in His hands. I don't pray for our elected officials and national leaders as much as I should, nor do I pray for the leaders of other countries as much as I would like.
Today on the 8th of Tishrei in 826 BC the 14-day dedication festivities to celebrate the completion of the Holy Temple built by King Solomon commenced . The First Temple served as the epicenter of Jewish national and spiritual life for 410 years, until its destruction by the Babylonians in 423 BC.
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Thessalonians 4:7
Looking back on my youth, I can see instances when God refused me something that I continued to persue. I've found it works best to have little or no desire for anything, that way I don't fall into the trap of expectation. Expectations get us in to big trouble. We expect our husbands to do things, our friends, our employers. When they don't we start weighing the reasons why and discerning our options. The Lord still works with me to only expect things to happen as He wills them. Loosening the reigns on my own life was probably the hardest step in my walk with Him.
You were taught… to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-23
For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. 1 John 2:161
For personal reflection today, I'm asking what I can do for my nation. I used to be really involved in politics, but then one day I realized it is all in His hands. I don't pray for our elected officials and national leaders as much as I should, nor do I pray for the leaders of other countries as much as I would like.
Today on the 8th of Tishrei in 826 BC the 14-day dedication festivities to celebrate the completion of the Holy Temple built by King Solomon commenced . The First Temple served as the epicenter of Jewish national and spiritual life for 410 years, until its destruction by the Babylonians in 423 BC.