Elena Leno's Blog – June 2012 Archive (6)

Why do Christians treat each other the same way non-Christians do? Can anyone really claim that we've never needed forgiveness & understanding? Romans 3:22 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Now read v.24, "Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" That grace is for everyone! Not just those who look to condemn others for some of the same issues they won't ever admit to having themselves. ooops. . .yes I did say that.…

God told me - "stop wallowing in it." "But Lord, I can't seem to pull myself up out of this." He said, "Where is your faith, my child?" "But Lord, I do have faith. I know you will deliver me." He said, "Really, that isn't what it looks like to Me." "But Lord, I am holding on." He shook His head, with such incredible love in His eyes, "Holding on to what? You are holding on to the situation, let go. Let it go. Let Me handle it." I cried & cried & reached out to Him. He gently took me…

Genesis 22:1-5

 "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and…

1 Samuel 15:22-23: “Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” (KJV)

Obedience is better than sacrifice because if we are obedient then we are…

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was…

Meditate on this a moment: "And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." ~ Philippians 4:19 NKJV.

Let’s break it down. “And MY GOD”. That’s right MY GOD means not just MY, because the Word is for all of us, so He is not only MY God, but He is YOUR GOD. HE IS OUR GOD - HE IS GOD!! GOD – wow, HE is a personal God. It says it right there in the Word – MY GOD. He created everything - everything is HIS.

Now go on…