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Comment by ✞JeanWifeMoMhorphin✞ on December 30, 2009 at 2:54pm

The former athlete had neglected his body for too long, so he began an exercise routine. The first day, he did several push-ups and went for a light jog. The next day, more push-ups, a few sit-ups, and a longer run. Day 3: exercises and a mile-and-a-half run. On Day 4, our ex-athlete in re-training woke up with a sore throat.

Then he did one more exercise: He jumped to the conclusion that exercising was a bad idea. If all he got out of his huffing and puffing was sickness, it wasn’t for him.

Let’s examine another scenario. A Christian, realizing he has neglected his relationship with God, begins a new spiritual routine of Bible-reading and prayer. But after just a few days, some problems arise in his life. What does he conclude? Like the ex-athlete, should he decide that his spiritual quest was a bad idea and that it didn’t do any good? Certainly not.

We don’t pray and read the Bible to get a perfect, trouble-free life. Pursuing God is not cause and effect. We do it because it draws us closer in our relationship with the One who is perfect. The pursuit of godliness will not exempt us from trouble (2 Tim. 3:12). But a life dedicated to loving and pursuing God (Heb. 10:22) is always a good idea—no matter what happens. — Dave Branon

Comment by Suzy (Bluenosed Water Leaper) on December 29, 2009 at 9:54pm

Hello everyone... How was your Christmas? Great video/song Jeanette. I feel blessed to be starting another year... 2010 ! How wonderful is that? I pray I continue to give Thanks to Him for all that has been given to me and my family. I don't deserve half of what I have been given... Thank you Lord!

Comment by ✞JeanWifeMoMhorphin✞ on December 29, 2009 at 3:43pm

 ¹ There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. ⁶ For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷ Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. ⁸ So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
⁹ But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. ¹⁰ And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (Romans 8:1-10, New King James Version)

Comment by ✞JeanWifeMoMhorphin✞ on December 29, 2009 at 12:54pm

Born of the flesh, conceived in sin,
Then born of the Spirit, new life to begin;
I’ve been washed in Christ’s blood and this will suffice,
Praise God I’m His child, I’ve been born twice! —Brandt

When you are born again, you become a citizen of heaven.

Comment by ✞JeanWifeMoMhorphin✞ on December 26, 2009 at 4:08am

Comment by ✞JeanWifeMoMhorphin✞ on December 23, 2009 at 7:26pm

MissT it's not that, it's Billy Bob. : P

Comment by Teresa U - Twin Phoenix - TnT on December 23, 2009 at 7:10pm

Jack, I bet Malachi is your real name. And you got frustrated by so many people pronouncing it wrongly. So you came here to vent about it. Yeah, I'm gonna venture to guess your real name is Malachi. :)

Comment by Jack Stevenson The RowelPyranto on December 23, 2009 at 2:25pm

Well, it is a Hebrew word, and that is the Hebrew pronunciation.

Comment by Jack Stevenson The RowelPyranto on December 22, 2009 at 5:59pm

Quick fact! Malachi is pronounced: Ma-la-chee, not Ma-la-ki,

Comment by ✞JeanWifeMoMhorphin✞ on December 22, 2009 at 2:26am

Malachi 3:3 says: 'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.'

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: 'He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.' She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long
in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she
asked the silversmith, 'How do you know when the silver is fully refined?' He smiled at her and answered, 'Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it.' If today you are feeling the heat of the fire , remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

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