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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Monday’s Life In Him - Justified In Christ

Happy Monday Everyone! Who wants to join in “Monday's Life In Him”? It’s easy… Just grab this button below & post it somewhere either on your blog post or on your main page. Then… Write a post about HIM (Jesus) Sometimes I just post a verse, sometimes I share a short story or sometimes I write a short study.Either way… Let’s spread His Word and His Love!

^{Here is what I have for today:}

Imagine two chairs sitting across from one another.

One one side you have the seat of "Condemnation". On the other side you have the seat of "Justification". IN the middle between these two chairs is THE CROSS OF CHRIST. To get from the seat of "Condemnation" to the seat of "Justification"... the person needs to go through the Cross of Christ!!

Condemnation is not a feeling. Condemnation is our standing, our position. It is a sentence. Condemned = GUILTY!

Justification is not a feeling. Justification is our standing, our position. Justification is a sentence. Justified = INNOCENT!

Notice I did not use the words, “not guilty”. Justification is better than “not guilty” – If you are Justified, you are INNOCENT. If you are IN CHRIST then you are JUSTIFIED, INNOCENT.

A criminal can be guilty of his crime, but in court be found “not guilty” even though he is indeed guilty of his crime. The blood of Jesus and what He did on the cross makes us better than “not guilty” – it makes us INNOCENT of all charges!! We are JUSTIFIED!!

Gal. 2:16

¹⁶Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Romans 8:1 says,

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit"

IN CHRIST!

Are you IN CHRIST?

Eph. 2:13

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Phil. 1:26

²⁶That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

“IN Christ”

The word “IN” =

G1722 (taken from Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionary)
ἐν
en
A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state)

This relates right back to JUSTIFIED IN CHRIST!

Your POSITION is IN CHRIST.

Your POSITION is JUSTIFIED.

If you are IN CHRIST, you are JUSTIFIED.

INNOCENT!!

Set free!

Made whole!

Made whole IN CHRIST!

Praise God!

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Ok, it’s YOUR turn now.

Grab the button above & write a post about Him.

Then come back here & link up so we can all visit you!

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Monday’s Life In Him–Self Righteousness

^{Here is what I have for today:}

^{Matthew 6:1-6}

¹ "Be careful! When you do good things, don't do them in front of people to be seen by them. If you do that, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

² "When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites. They blow trumpets in the synagogues and on the streets so that people will see them and honor them. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward. ³ So when you give to the poor, don't let anyone know what you are doing. ⁴ Your giving should be done in secret. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you. ⁵ "When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites. They love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners and pray so people will see them. I tell you the truth, they already have their full reward. ⁶ When you pray, you should go into your room and close the door and pray to your Father who cannot be seen. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and he will reward you.

Maybe this all sounds like mumbo-jumbo, but it doesn’t to me. To me this means something very important.

We as Christians are different. We are different than other’s in the world. We stand out. We should stand out because of our light. We should stand out because we don’t do the things we used to do. We should stand out because of the love we have for others. People should be able to watch us & see Jesus through us & see that we are different.

In the case of the scripture above… these people are not standing out because of their “light”. They are standing out because they are “showing off” their “good deeds”. These people are self righteous! They want to be seen by everyone. They want everyone to see how “holy” they are. They do good things out in front of everyone purposely To.Be.Seen.

They blow trumpets in the streets when giving to the poor…

“LOOK AT ME!!!! I am so holy, I am giving to the poor!”

They stand on the street corners or in front of the church to pray loudly to make themselves look soooo holy.

Self righteousness.

Self righteousness in God’s eyes is ugly.

Need I say more?

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Monday’s Life In Him – Rainbows!

Happy Monday Everyone! Who wants to join in “Monday's Life In Him”? It’s easy… Just grab this button below & post it somewhere either on your blog post or on your main page. Then… Write a post about HIM (Jesus)Sometimes I just post a verse, sometimes I share a short story or sometimes I write a short study.Either way… Let’s spread His Word and His Love!

^{Here is what I have for today:}

^Rainbows:

^{I just thought I’d point out some interesting rainbows in scripture. Or should I say, ‘lack of’ rainbows…}

^{In Genesis 9:16 God says,}

^“When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and I will remember the agreement that continues forever between me and every living thing on the earth."

This is because God has already destroyed the Earth twice with floods. Lucifer's Flood & Noah's Flood. So we know that the rainbow is a PROMISE from God.

Now let’s move on to God’s throne:

Rev. 4:3

… All around the throne was a rainbow the color of an emerald.

Here we see our promise from God! All around the throne was a rainbow!!

We are seeing heaven here. Heaven from the inside! Another thing that is amazing to me is the worship that will be going on in heaven! It says:

⁸“Day and night they never stop saying:
    "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
       He was, he is, and he is coming."

⁹ These living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever.¹⁰ Then the twenty-four elders bow down before the One who sits on the throne, and they worship him who lives forever and ever. They put their crowns down before the throne and say:
¹¹ "You are worthy, our Lord and God,
       to receive glory and honor and power,
    because you made all things.
       Everything existed and was made,
       because you wanted it."

But now a different view of God’s throne:

^{Rev. 20:11}

^{Then I saw a great white throne and the One who was sitting on it. Earth and sky ran away from him and disappeared.}

^{Why white? Why no rainbow?}

^{This is the “Great White Throne Judgment” – the time when sinners will come out of hell all stand in front of God to be judged out of “the books”. One book being the “Book of Life”. A saved person (born again, child of God) will have their name written in the Book of Life but a sinner will not. The other books opened will have every single deed recorded in them. Every act, every word spoken, every thought… every single time they were told about Jesus and continued to reject Him. The sinner will be judged according to these books.}

^{Unfortunately these sinners, while standing in front of God, will not see a rainbow. They will not see a rainbow because they have no promise. They never accepted Jesus as their Savior while alive on this side of the grave. They are being judged & sentenced to hell for the rest of eternity. There is no hope for them.}

^{If we keep on reading through verse 15 it says,}

^{“And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”}

^{This is so sad.}

^{This is why we need to be proclaiming the gospel in all we do. We need to lead others to Christ.}

^{Jesus said, “}Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" - Mark 16:15

And we need to let our light shine. People should see Christ through us. We may be the only bible some may ever see, so “In all we do, we need to do it for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31)

Now it’s your turn!

Write up your post about Jesus & link up here with us so we can find you! Spread His love!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Meet Me On Monday!

Good Morning Everyone!I am looking forward meeting some new people today… so come visit me & let me know you were here so I can visit you too :) Be sure to check out my post below this one to link up with Monday's Life In Him!

Midget Momma $1200 Budget…Deals and Freebies

I need to upload photos from this weekend to show some memories for this “Memory Making Mondays with Supermom” – If I have time I will do it during naptime :)

Monday, October 11, 2010

“Post-It Note” Tuesday

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

Never wordless with me :) life

I really like these photos family 018 family 017 Coming Home

To me, these are comforting.

Now it’s your turn… Go link up!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Post-It Note Tuesday & Blog Hop

Oh! And A Blog Hop!

Head On Over Here Too & Find Some New Blogs To Check Out!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Come Visit Me, I Am Waiting!

Hello to all my friends & hello to anyone who is here visiting. I hope you enjoy it here & want to stay for a while! I will visit all who visit me, just leave me a comment & I will make my way over to your site sometime during the weekend. Make sure to come back in about a week or so to see my new blog design from Wacky Jacqui's Designs! She was having a special this week that I took advantage of & I can’t wait to see my new & improved blog :) Have a great day!

Well… I am not funny… but here is this one too :) I wish I could be funny, but I’ll leave that up to my other half. He is funny enough for both of us :)

Here is a photo I think is funny. It looks like my preacher-man hubby is drinking a beer at 8am while pushing Gracie in the stroller around the neighborhood… He’s not. It’s a root beer. But I think it’s kinda funny :)

Here is a hop for blogs, facebook & twitter:

Five Question Friday:

{aka 5QF}Rules:You answer 5 questions & then link up!So here I go…

THE QUESTIONS:

1. What is the first nightmare you remember? I don’t discuss my nightmares. My nightmares are real.

2. Even if you're not a sports fan, what's your favorite sport to play/watch? Soccer! And volleyball :) Play! Why watch when you can play?

3. If you could pull off one piece of trendy fashion, what would you want it to be (jeggings, hats, thigh high boots, etc.)? I’ll take thigh high boots. My thighs are too big for these & I am too short. Just won’t work for me :(

4. Did you make good grades in school? No. I hated school. I blew off everything until I was failing & then pulled my grades up to a D- just to pass the class. Not the smartest thing I ever did. I even took extra classes in HS to get it over with quicker. I graduated a semester early. That’s how much I hated it.

5. What magazines do you subscribe to? None at the moment. I have a weekly gossip mag. coming, but I did NOT subscribe to it. I don’t know why it’s coming, but I like it, lol. In the past: A few parenting mags, and Highlights for the kids.

YOUR TURN!!