For those who are a bit behind... sermon.net/jimlightle/victorybound I recommend listening to the enitre Philippians study... and the Ephesians study if you are READY to dig into this life we call CHRISTianity; % after reading Eph chptrs 3 ~ 5 several times, % ---> then you will be comfortably prepared for the Colossians series coming along. >> sermon.net/jimlightle/sermonid/1200127649 Then we >can< use all our time to pray and to teach the word of God.” if only us pew-sitters would ALWAYS remember this, and leave the re$t up to GOD.} 2 Chronicles 31:3-5 (in Context) 2 Chronicles 31 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations Proverbs 4:23-27 !Keep vigilant watch over your hear!t; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust. Proverbs 4:22-24 (in Context) Proverbs 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations *{Eye in the Bible: Matthew 7:3 ; Jesus uses a deliberately extreme image in this passage--that of a plank in somebodys eye--to make a point about the human impulse to judge others while ignoring our own faults. Tend to your own flaws, Jesus teaches, before you get too upset about others. This doesnt mean we are NOT to help a brother if he is living sinfully... James1:5 Do any of you need wisdom? Ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to everyone. So he will give you wisdom. 22 Do what God’s teaching says; don’t just listen and do nothing. 3:13 Are there any among you who are really wise and understanding? Then you should show your wisdom by living right. You should do what is good with humility. A wise person does not boast. 4:11 Brothers and sisters, don’t say anything against each other. If you criticize your brother or sister in Christ or judge them, you are criticizing and judging the law they follow. And when you are judging the law, you are not a follower of the law. You have become a judge. **Helping People When They Sin 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone wanders away from the truth and someone helps that person come back, 20 remember this: Anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that person from eternal death and cause many sins to be forgiven.} 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 I want you to live as free of complications as possible. When you’re unmarried, you’re free to concentrate on simply pleasing the Master. Marriage involves you in all the nuts and bolts of domestic life and in wanting to please your spouse, leading to so many more demands on your attention. The time and energy that married people spend on caring for and nurturing each other, the unmarried can spend in becoming whole and holy instruments of God. I’m trying to be helpful and make it as easy as possible for you, not make things harder. >>All I want is for you to be able to develop a way of life in which you can spend plenty of time together with the Master without a lot of distractions.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 05:05:09 +0000