In Christ.

     Before I begin this post, I am obligated to sorta-not-really apologize.  I realize my past few blog posts have been slightly A.D.D and not exactly written in proper form.
This one will also be. I will strive for paragraph unity, etc., but that is not my goal in my blog posts.

"HE IS ABLE

I loved what our family read tonight at the dinner table in The Daily Light. HE is ABLE to:

do exceedingly abundantly above all! Eph 3:20

make all grace abound! 2 Cor 9:8

aid those tempted! Heb 2:18

save to the uttermost! Heb 7:25

keep you from stumbling!

present you faultless! Jude 24

keep us until that Day! 2 Tim 1:12

subdue all things!Phil 3:21

His ability has no end, and He lives in us! Hallelujah!

"According to your faith let it be to you." Matt 9:28-29

Help us in our faith dear Lord.

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    In Christ we are able, if you'll only believe it!  Those who are Christians have received the Holy Spirit; we have The Spirit of Christ on the inside of us!  We CAN, through, in, and too Him, do great things!  

   You may be wondering as to how you get yourself to this place of truly embracing Christ in you. There isn't a formula.  

There is faith. 

Your thought life, it must be focused on The Lord. Speak words of faith, truth, and ultimately scriptures over yourself CONSTANTLY. Write it. Do what helps you. 

Speak over yourself that He is constant. In Christ, you have strength.  In Christ, you are a Child of The light, thus you arise and shine.  In Christ, you are able.  In Christ, you are Kingdom Advancer.  In Christ, you love-well.  In Christ, you press on to know your Lord MORE.  In Christ, you go hard.  In Christ, you are redeemed.  In Christ, you walk in His light. In Christ, you are a treasure. In Christ, you are filled with love.  In Christ, you are filled with peace that surpasses all understanding.  In Christ, you walk in tune with The Holy Spirit. In Christ, you lay the idol of 'ME' down and obey. In Christ, you are delivered.  In Christ, you are positive.  In Christ , you are an encourage-er.   In Christ, you soar.  In Christ, you are wise. In Christ, you are on a mission for The Almighty. In Christ, you are set apart.  In Christ, you have overcome. In Christ, your chains have been broken.  In Christ, you have heavenly, deep soul rest.  In Christ, you are dead to sin.  In Christ, you are bringer of HE and his LIFE. In Christ, you put to death evil.  In Christ, you wholeheartedly serve The Lord.  In Christ, you have everlasting and true life, hope, love, faith and so much more.

Here are a few scriptures that help me and may help you in this way:
  

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.-Mark 11:24 ESV.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory....- Colossians 3:1-5  NIV.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. -Colossians 3:23-24  NIV.

Philippians 3:2-21 MSG.

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. - John 15:4-5 NIV.

Proverbs 4.

...He rescued me because he delighted in me.-Psalm 18:19

Blessed is the man

who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the law of the Lord,

and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree

planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

The wicked are not so,

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

. -Psalm 1 ESV.

you whom I took from the ends of the earth,

and called from its farthest corners,

saying to you, "You are my servant,

I have chosen you and not cast you off";

fear not, for I am with you;

be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Behold, all who are incensed against you

shall be put to shame and confounded;

those who strive against you

shall be as nothing and shall perish.-Isaiah 41:9-11 ESV.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their lifewill lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?-Matthew 16:24-26 NIV.

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The Lordis the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary,

and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.-Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV.

Psalm 40 NIV.

Psalm 42 NIV.


Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. - Galatians 6:8-9 NIV. 

There are also many, many more.  But I'm choosing not to put them. 

Why?
  Get into The Lord and His Word.

YOU are found in Christ alone.