This morning when i woke up i had an image of two hands bound together in chains. Feet shackeled together bound to the hands. I got on facebook shortly there after and there was an image of two hands bound together and there was a quote on the picture "the further society drifts from TRUTH, the more it will hate those that speak it." george orwell
I would imagine that bondage to sin is not what mr orwell was thinking when he pinned these words...but it is so true. we are often bound by our sin to the point we are totally unaware of it. we walk through this world living as it does. We act as the world does. Are we tired of walking as the world does, when will we call on the name of jesus to Come break our chains? He is always beside us, walking with us. He wants to cut our chains to sin...if we would only ask.
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.[a] This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
11 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. 12 So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.
13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”[b] 14 We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus,[c] will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. 15 All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[d] being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
Will we let him come fill us up? or would we rather go on living and wallowing in our sin? would we rather be bound to the sins of this world? I for one want him to come fill me to overflowing. I don't want anything to do with the ways of this world. I want to live wholy and totally for him. Sin can take a hike, cause Jesus is here with me and in me...it has no place in me. Will you let him in to drive out sin? will you let him fill you to overflowing? I pray so!
Father i pray that if there is any body that reads this that needs to pray, or needs someone to pray for them that they wouldn't hesitate to either comment on this post, or somehow get in touch with me. I pray for those that won't read this or will read it and not pray. Father help them see you are the only way...this world holds nothing any of us need. ALL i need is you!
amen
8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
11 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. 12 So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.
13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”[b] 14 We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus,[c] will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. 15 All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[d] being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
Will we let him come fill us up? or would we rather go on living and wallowing in our sin? would we rather be bound to the sins of this world? I for one want him to come fill me to overflowing. I don't want anything to do with the ways of this world. I want to live wholy and totally for him. Sin can take a hike, cause Jesus is here with me and in me...it has no place in me. Will you let him in to drive out sin? will you let him fill you to overflowing? I pray so!
Father i pray that if there is any body that reads this that needs to pray, or needs someone to pray for them that they wouldn't hesitate to either comment on this post, or somehow get in touch with me. I pray for those that won't read this or will read it and not pray. Father help them see you are the only way...this world holds nothing any of us need. ALL i need is you!
amen
