How do we establish a new and deeper relationship with Jesus ?

[angels4u]

How do we establish a new and deeper relationship with Jesus ?

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Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. 10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory inChrist, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you. 11To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.…1 Peter 5:10

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Before we can establish a new and deeper relationship with Christ, we must first acquire  enough intellectual light to satisfy our mind that we have been given the right to stand in this new relationship.

Even if the shadow of a doubt here will destroy our confidence.

Then, having seen the light , we must advance .

We must make our choice  , commit to it and take our rightful place as confidence as a tree is planted in the ground.

Then there follows of time of establishing and testing ,  during we must stand still until the new relationship becomes so ingrained in us that it becomes a permanent habit.

It is comparable to a surgeon setting a broken arm by splinting it to keep it from moving.

God too has His spiritual splints he wants to put on His children to keep them quiet and still until they pass the first stage of faith.

Sometimes the trial will be difficult but the God of all grace  ,who called you to His eternal glory in Christ ,  after you have suffered a little for awhile ,  will Himself restore you in making you strong , firm and steadfast .

A.B. Simpson

 

There is a natural law at work in sin and in sickness, and if we just drift along following the flow of our circumstances , we will sink under the power of the temper.

But there is another law of spiritual and physical life  in Christ Jesus to which we can rise  , and through which we can counterbalance and overcome the natural law that weighs us down.

Doing this , however , requires spiritual energy  ,a determined purpose ,a sure stance and the habit of faith.

There is a spiritual law of choosing ,believing, abiding and remaining steadfast in our walk with God.

This law is essential to the working of the Holy Spirit in our sanctification and in our healing.

from Days of heaven upon earth.

 

Where do we stand in our relationship with Jesus, how do we grow in Him?

Do we take the time to be still and let the Holy Spirit teach us how to grow closer and deeper in our relationship with our Savior?

In our daily life are we quick to forgive other people ?

When we were unkind or have spoken harsh words to people  are we quick to apologize to each other?

Do we recognize when somebody is truly born of God by their actions and fruits and do we examine how we live?

This life on earth is so short , we are  pilgrims traveling to our heavenly destination ,  what is important in our daily life ?

1 Cor. 6:20

The Temple of the Holy Spirit
…19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Willa]

Our salvation is the work of God from beginning to end.  From the time we acknowledge the existence of God, to our becoming aware of our sin and need of forgiveness, to the revelation of Jesus in Scripture.  Then we come to see Father God in and through Him and come to know Jesus as Messiah Savior God.  God with us.  He reveals that salvation is by faith alone, not by works.  He teaches us through Scripture, leads us and teaches us how to recognize His voice so that we may walk after the Spirit.   Then He establishes us through trials and confirms us by them. 

Yes, we are made to hunger after Him and we have not chosen to resist His grace.  We do have free will and many are called but few are chosen.  But as we look back we recognize how God had been working in our lives to bring us to Himself so that we can give Him all the glory for the work He has done in us.   It would be a sin to give any credit to ourselves.  He gives us both the will and the ability to do His good pleasure.  We are a miracle of His grace.  Our salvation is a gift of God so that no man can boast.  And we are overwhelmed with thanksgiving.

[angels4u]

On 12/20/2016 at 11:28 PM, Willa said:

Our salvation is the work of God from beginning to end.  From the time we acknowledge the existence of God, to our becoming aware of our sin and need of forgiveness, to the revelation of Jesus in Scripture.  Then we come to see Father God in and through Him and come to know Jesus as Messiah Savior God.  God with us.  He reveals that salvation is by faith alone, not by works.  He teaches us through Scripture, leads us and teaches us how to recognize His voice so that we may walk after the Spirit.   Then He establishes us through trials and confirms us by them. 

Yes, we are made to hunger after Him and we have not chosen to resist His grace.  We do have free will and many are called but few are chosen.  But as we look back we recognize how God had been working in our lives to bring us to Himself so that we can give Him all the glory for the work He has done in us.   It would be a sin to give any credit to ourselves.  He gives us both the will and the ability to do His good pleasure.  We are a miracle of His grace.  Our salvation is a gift of God so that no man can boast.  And we are overwhelmed with thanksgiving.

 

 

Amen , Willa, how are you sister?

Gods love for us is so deep , it's amazing to realize the reality, if people could only grasp this truth  , it will our  whole outlook in  life, He's the reason for which we live, we have so many blessing and they are new every morning,

 

. 31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?…Romans 8:31