One of the most important things for each of us is to live in peace continually. For when Jesus returns for the church it is very important that we be found by Him at that time living in peace, without spot, and blameless.
II Peter 3:12-14 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM (of Jesus) in peace, without spot, and blameless.
It would be impossible for us to live in peace unless we do the following continually.
Is there anything troubling you today? Are you concerned about anything that is coming tomorrow? Is there a fear of any kind concerning tomorrow?
If so, you are not living in peace. You are failing to connect with God through prayer.
As we pray about each of our cares daily, we show that we trust in God and not in ourselves.
We connect with God by prayer. And that makes us worthy to escape those things that are coming upon this earth says Jesus.
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Luke 21
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
surfeiting: over indulgence
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Watch ye therefore: watch what you are doing.
Pray always: pray about that which you are doing or are planning to do. Seek the will of God through prayer in the things you are about to do. Ask God to stop you if you feel the way is questionable.
We must learn to live in watchfulness over ourselves and in prayer constantly, each day.
These are "perilous times" though they do not look perilous. Such could even cost us our salvation.
Jesus says:
Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Watch ye therefore: watch what you are doing.
Pray always: pray about that which you are doing or are planning to do. Seek the will of God through prayer in the things you are about to do. Ask God to stop you if you feel the way is questionable.
We must learn to live in watchfulness over ourselves and in prayer constantly, each day.
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These are "perilous times" though they do not look perilous. Such could even cost us our salvation.
Jesus says:
Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
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Jesus says: Concerning the end times
Matthew 24
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
So many in churches have fallen asleep and just go through the ritual of attending church and think themselves to be okay because they attend church.
Antichrist has already moved into the churches casting aside various scriptures and setting up another Jesus, another doctrine in the churches. Hundreds of thousands follow their church doctrine and cast aside scripture without even thinking of that which they are doing.
A fearful fate awaits them at the judgment seat of Christ: For Jesus says:
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
The Holy Spirit of Jesus lives in each individual who belongs to God and we must follow HIM rather than following the ideas given us by our own flesh and by devils.
These "seducing spirits" bring to mind directions which take us exactly opposite from scripture, if we allow it to happen. If we fail to know New Testament Bible, and we blow which ever way the wind blows, following thoughts that come to our mind without prayer and discernment, we can be seduced by devils and our own flesh.
The ideas brought by our flesh produce the works of the flesh.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft (following superstitions of men), hatred, variance (debating), emulations (trying to beat other people), wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings (partying), and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit of Jesus will bring to our minds another way to go when we are tempted to go in the preferences of our own flesh. We must crucify our flesh by that Word given us by God and choose that way shown us by the Spirit.
It is a continual struggle between our flesh and the Spirit of God who lives in us.
If we choose to follow the flesh, and set aside the ideas of the Spirit, we might end up being turned over to a reprobate mind.
To give us strength in the various temptations of this life, we keep pertinent scriptures before us day and night so we can have the power to go in the way of the scriptures.
Each of us have areas where we are tempted.
So we need to take scripture that is called to our mind by the Holy Spirit and keep those scriptures before us day and night.
I use my Kindle tablet to store up meditation scripture whereby I reinforce the way of God in certain areas. I put those scriptures that are called to my attention on my Kindle photos so I can easily look at those scriptures each morning and set my direction for that day, and also at night I can look at those scriptures and examine the way I lived that day to see if I followed those directions.
To make a screen print on your tablet:
1. Pull up on screen the page of scripture that you want to transfer to your photos.
2. At the top of your tablet, you will see three buttons. Press the rectangular button on the right side and the button on the left side at the same time, and hold these two buttons down until a screen print appears briefly on screen.
The screen print of the page of scripture will automatically transfer to your photo album allowing you to view these scriptures easily at that location.
After you feel you have absorbed that scripture you can delete it from your photos. And you can add new scriptures.
I add scriptures from our blog often.
Also I write dreams in an email to myself and make screen prints of dreams which gives me instruction to build myself up in following that instruction.
(The problems of today are so strong that sometimes I feel I will be swept away, but I just keep asking God to not let that happen, and I focus on these screen prints of scriptures which I have stored on my Kindle photos. We really do have to work daily at our salvation, especially in the end times. Remember the warning of Jesus concerning "the love of many", for the word of God, growing cold? Mt. 24:12)
Here are examples of recent screen prints which I am using for myself to help me to continue in the way of God during the difficulties of this present time.
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Romans 12:17-21
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Matthew 24:3-5
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Acts 26:15-18
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I Corinthians 2:1-5
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Matthew 23:15
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Matthew 7:21-23
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Matthew 16:34-37
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John 6:32-33
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