Esp. 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.
We are the light of the World. God is that light we reflect so we should walk in that power and authority.
Colossians 2:9-10
Complete = perfection
We have been made perfect in Christ. We have all the fullness of God in us.
When we realize that we are perfect in Christ and walk in His fullness, we can walk it out. But we can't walk out who we are not.
You have probably heard people tell you that one day you'll be perfect in Christ. This is not the New Testament gospel. The New Testament gospel says you are seated with Christ, you are complete, righteous, Now Walk It Out!
One of our armors in Christ is the breastplate of righteousness. The breastplate represents the protection of your heart. We must continually guard our hearts. There are just things I don't do or say to keep my heart protected. We live what is in our hearts.
So how do walk out our righteousness?
It's about your heart and how you see yourself. We can't see ourselves as unworthy, undeserving, useless, unclean or any other way than how God sees us. We must see ourselves as precious in the eyes of God, as righteous, worthy, deserving, valuable, clean and any other way that God sees us. We must stand in the completion of Jesus. When we have this consciousness of who we are in Christ, then we walk in a way that let's Him lead us.
Hebrews 10:1-2
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice so we have no need of feeling guilty about the things we have done in the past, present or future. If we have any sense of guilt, then we have not totally believed what Jesus has done for us. When you understand that God sees you as not guilty, then there is no need to feel that God is going to judge and penalize you.
Colossians 3:15 (AMP)
And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your heats [deciding and settling with finalty all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].
Once we are at peace with whatever situation, then we can trust God and believe He will lead us in the direction we should go.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Back Pain and What It Does to You!!!
If you suffer from back pain I don't need to tell you what it does. But after suffering with extreme back pain for nearly 11 years I can surely sympotheis and understand what you are going through both physically and mentally.
I broke my back in two places just lifting something. I heard two snaps like a pencil breaking and felt the immediate pain. Two and a half years later I had a spinal decompression and fusion. I was worse after surgery and the night mare got worse. I know what the term weaping and knashing of teeth means. I want to help you if I can. If it is just having someone to talk to or helping you get through problems that come from the pain. My daily pain on a scale from 1 to 10, would be a 6. A 10 would be passing out from the pain. A 9 would be screaming. So I think you can figure out the rest. Now I'm talking about this type of pain while on strong pain pills. Along with the aching pain comes nerver pain. Nerve pain an be spikes, numbing, fire and sore muscle pain. On top of all that I had to deal with a stabbing pain on my left hip from where they chisled bone off to graft my spine in place. Well I'll tell you that this is just the beginning of it. There is mental problems that develop from long term extreme pain. A feeling of uselessness is one. As a man from my generation you were the provider. So I really have a hard time with that. I also have had no kind of life. I'm very limited on activities and have to decide as I go if I can go do something with my wife or kids. Pain Is always there. There is also problems with being on the drugs.
So how do I deal with all this? Well the answer is not with the doctors. They just look at me and say sorry there is nothing we can do. There is one thing that I know for sure and that is my relationship with God. There first thing I know is that He didn't cause my injury, nor is He testing me to see how I handle it. I know what some are now saying. If God loves me so much why hasn't He healed me? First I can tell that if I didn't believe in Him, I would have been dead long ago. Second His Words says He did heal me at the cross of Jesus. So how come I'm not completely healed? It's me. I simply haven't completely believed Him. Even though I haven't believed I know His love for me sustains me and gives me the confident expectation that I will be completely healed. He encourages my constantly. Hey if you don't want to handle the pain this way, then at least I am here to help you deal with the pain and all those nasty side effects that come with it. Nobody else knows what you going through and they probably don't even care. I've been told I was imaging the pain, told I was lazy and just useing it for an excuss and the list goes on. I look forward to hearing from you.
I broke my back in two places just lifting something. I heard two snaps like a pencil breaking and felt the immediate pain. Two and a half years later I had a spinal decompression and fusion. I was worse after surgery and the night mare got worse. I know what the term weaping and knashing of teeth means. I want to help you if I can. If it is just having someone to talk to or helping you get through problems that come from the pain. My daily pain on a scale from 1 to 10, would be a 6. A 10 would be passing out from the pain. A 9 would be screaming. So I think you can figure out the rest. Now I'm talking about this type of pain while on strong pain pills. Along with the aching pain comes nerver pain. Nerve pain an be spikes, numbing, fire and sore muscle pain. On top of all that I had to deal with a stabbing pain on my left hip from where they chisled bone off to graft my spine in place. Well I'll tell you that this is just the beginning of it. There is mental problems that develop from long term extreme pain. A feeling of uselessness is one. As a man from my generation you were the provider. So I really have a hard time with that. I also have had no kind of life. I'm very limited on activities and have to decide as I go if I can go do something with my wife or kids. Pain Is always there. There is also problems with being on the drugs.
So how do I deal with all this? Well the answer is not with the doctors. They just look at me and say sorry there is nothing we can do. There is one thing that I know for sure and that is my relationship with God. There first thing I know is that He didn't cause my injury, nor is He testing me to see how I handle it. I know what some are now saying. If God loves me so much why hasn't He healed me? First I can tell that if I didn't believe in Him, I would have been dead long ago. Second His Words says He did heal me at the cross of Jesus. So how come I'm not completely healed? It's me. I simply haven't completely believed Him. Even though I haven't believed I know His love for me sustains me and gives me the confident expectation that I will be completely healed. He encourages my constantly. Hey if you don't want to handle the pain this way, then at least I am here to help you deal with the pain and all those nasty side effects that come with it. Nobody else knows what you going through and they probably don't even care. I've been told I was imaging the pain, told I was lazy and just useing it for an excuss and the list goes on. I look forward to hearing from you.
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