From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>
To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"
Sent: Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 6:22 AM
Subject: 11-9-21 THOUGHTS
11-9-21 THOUGHTS
We must travel the journey of life with a DEEP CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD! This is “Practicing the Presence of God”! It is AN ABIDING!
John 15:3-4 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
[I have chosen the Message Bible today. Please read this from a good literal translation]
1Pet 1:13-2:3 MB So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. 14 Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. 15 As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. 16 God said, "I am holy; you be holy." 17 You call out to God for help and he helps—he’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, he’s also a responsible Father, and won’t let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. 18 It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. 19 He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. 20 And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. 21 It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God. 22 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. 23 Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! 24 That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop, 25 God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.
2:1 So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. 2 Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God’s pure kindness. Then you’ll grow up mature and whole in God. 3 You’ve had a taste of God.
My loved ones (and me), WE need to clean house and roll up our sleeves to grow up mature and whole in God! Let’s decide that SLOPPY LIVING ISN’T FOR US! We have tasted His goodness, let’s ABIDE IN IT! RESTORE OUR SPIRITS LORD! [I hear a song...]
My Prayer:
O LORD, revive our spirits. Give us each a renewal of heart and mind as we focus on the sacrifice of MESSIAH on the cross. What a cost of love was displayed, that was from the beginning. May we taste fully and abide completely with You O God. Give us life from your word. In the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Amen