Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] Re: Pondering something...

Craig,

You are so right. In my Scripture study, I have found that God's only requirement is that we BELIEVE... It's that simple. He does the work and guides our hands to fulfill His will. Surrender! Yes! I Samuel 17:47b is so true and so right. Very well explained. Thanks for reminding us of this! :-)

LaShanda

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." (John 5:24)

From: Craig <craig.boyd35@yahoo.com>
To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 2:45:26 PM
Subject: [FamilyofGod] Re: Pondering something...

Hi Shelley

I believe that many brethren miss the point of what has been taught to us in the Word. We are not expected to "work" on ourselves - that task belongs to God. What we are expected to do is to submit or surrender our wills to God. This has to be done on at least a daily basis, and is not an easy thing to accomplish as we are fighting against the "flesh", which is our enemy. However, when we sincerely submit ourselves to God on an ongoing basis, He fights the fight for us.

In 1 Samuel 17:47b, David declares "For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand."

Once we submit to the will of God, He takes over the battle. All we have to do is to continue submitting to His will. In other words, do not concentrate on the "things of this world". Rather prayerfully concentrate on submitting to the Lord's will and the victory shall be given to you.

Blessings

Craig
Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.

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> see, thats where i need to work on myself, i hold to many grudges and hold on to
> painful memories when god has already told us to forgive and be forgiven and our
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> From: George george_smith92530@...
> To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 4:32:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Pondering something...
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> Hi LaShanda.Â Â JesusÂ was asked how often we are to forgive our brother,Â seven
> times?Â Jesus said,Â "not seven times but seventy times seven times."Â God will
> always forgive our sins if we come toÂ Him with repentance.Â The only condition
> He won't forgive our sins is if we don't forgive othersÂ when they sin against
> us.Â Everyone has problems with sin in this world.Â He is faithfull to always
> forgive us our sins.
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> Brother in Christ,Â George...
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> Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be
> filled.
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> From: Lashanda W. gods_work_in_progress@...
> To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 1:38:31 PM
> Subject: [FamilyofGod] Pondering something...
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> Hiya, Family!
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> I have been pondering something over the last few days and I have prayed about
> it. Ever since I have rededicated and have been trying toÂ line my life up with
> God's Word, there are still instances where I sin. My questions are these:
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> 1) How are we to respond ifÂ we live (or work, orÂ otherwise have to be) in an
> environment where sin (cursing,Â pornography, explicit song lyrics, etc.)Â is
> taking place all the time? I live at home with my mother and my siblings
> participate in these things andÂ when theyÂ curse, play the music, etc., since I
> used to listen to that type of music and curse (among other things), I find
> their language repeating in my mind. Then I immediately go andÂ repent constantly
> during the day.
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> 2)Â Is it possible toÂ sin too much and ask for forgiveness to much and even
> repent too much? Some sin that I participated in during my former life, I did so
> for years and some of those habits surface again and I have to stop and
> immediately ask for forgiveness and repent.
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> I'm confused and that terrifies me because I KNOW that God is notÂ a God of
> confusion. Maybe that's SatanÂ on my shoulder... I am aware that Jesus lived our
> life without sin and died for our sins, past, present, and future, but isn't
> there a limit to this forgiveness...even if we are just a babe in Christ?
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> Your prayer and thoughts are much needed...! :-)
> Â LaShanda
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> â€œVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him
> that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but
> is passed from death unto life.â€� (John 5:24)
>