My thoughts...
I layed in bed thinking about you. Thinking how I hope that you are not listening to the evil plots, that are being waged against you, because of your faith. It made me think about what you really need to know when you hear things that bring doubt.
I've got my coffee so ...
Remember how I told you that God is love. I want you to be certain of this fact. God loves His children, above all. He loves you so much that He sent His only Son to die for your sins on a cross. No matter what you do, where you go, or what you think, God loves you. It's greater than unconditional love. When you hear things that make you doubt, go back to this fact, God is love. The things that you'll hear, whether from a person, or a thought, say things like:
"How can He love you that much?"
"That's to good to be true."
"You really messed up big this time."
"Will He forgive me for that?"
The list goes on an on and on. When you hear things that bring doubt, stand before the truth, and let God's Spirit judge for you. If it doesn't add up, then you know it's not from God. Now I need to tell you about the Spirit that God gives you when you accept salvation.
In 2 Timothy 1:3-7, Paul is writing to Timothy:
3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my forefathers did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. 4Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy, 5clearly recalling your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice, and that I am convinced is in you also. 6Therefore, I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.
In verse 13-14 Paul reminds him of the power in the Spirit that Timothy has received.
13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.
I pray that if you were beginning to fear, that this might bring you a Spirit of sound judgment.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
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