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Love Changes Us
I am always taken back and astounded by the Love of Christ Jesus, His life sacrificed for us, and the Love of the Father who sent His son to us. Today I think upon the everlasting and prevailing Love of the Holy Spirit, the one who indwells us forever prodding, teaching, encouraging, and correcting. His tutelage never ends, never fails, never gives up, and is never angered by our ignorance or our rebellion! When I just think about myself, it is hard to understand that level of love-His not losing patience with me while continuing to provide opportunities for me to grow and change through His guiding power of LOVE.
There is no good in me except for Christ Jesus who perfects me. So I no longer focus on my sin but on Christ crucified for my freedom. No longer do I put myself or my fellow man down with malice in my heart. Once there resided an anger within me that lashed out in rage, now there is a sensitivity that overcomes me; a sensitivity that causes me to retreat to that perfect Love. Do not get me wrong. I do make mistakes and say or do the wrong thing on occasion. However, today it is done without thinking about judging or anger. It just comes out of the old man impulses. One day I look forward for that to diminish as well; for the perfect Christ to be revealed from me.
So today we pray that we all are perfectly rooted and grounded; established in that perfect agape Love from above. Together we may come to an understanding of how wide, how deep, and how long the Love of Christ truly is. It is a love that goes beyond all our natural understanding and will fill us one day to the fullness of God!
Consider the Love of the Holy Spirit and ponder on the Love of the Father and Son. Bask in their unlimited love supply and allow the transformation to continue. With Love all is possible. Without it we will be doomed into eternity. This is the only way we can regard our former way of life:
"... put off your old self, which is corrupted by its deceitful desires, to be made new in the attitude of your minds; put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." Ephesians 4: 22-23.
Ephesians goes on to talk about the things we must shed. When I read them over there are times I am over whelmed and feel I cannot put off the old. And then I realize I cannot do it. It is only His Love in me that can produce the fruit of His Love.
Today I leave you with Ephesians 5:1 "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant sacrifice to God "
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Inspirational Thought by Dick Evans
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Fulfilling the Law
Galatians 3:10
Those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God's Book of the Law." (NLT)
Before Christ it was easy to know the laws to be obeyed. Think about it; there were the Ten Commandments. All those after Moses probably knew them by heart. And they still could not obey them. As hard as they tried, they fell into one mistake after another.
Then religion came into the act and created more laws. Laws are like rabbits; they seem to multiply at an ever increasing pace.
Today we have so many laws on the books that nobody can know them all. And yet ignorance of the laws of the land is not a sufficient excuse for breaking them. We are guilty of breaking laws each day that we do not even know of.
How about that speed limit sign you missed seeing? The officer pulled you over and you asked why. When he told you about the speed limit and what he clocked you traveling at, you responded that you never saw the sign. Ignorance is no excuse. You were guilty and had to pay the fine.
John 15:12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. (NLT)
Mark 16:15 Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. (NLT)
Jesus came to fulfill the law. He came to take away from us the burden of fulfilling it to satisfy requirements to be made right with God. He gave us one commandment and a commission. Yet, He made us right with God by having us simply believe in Him.
As we live out this Christian life as born again believers, we are not made wrong with God when we fail to fulfill that commandment or miss an opportunity to fulfill the great commission. Once made right, we remain.
This does not mean we have the right to ignore Jesus' commandments or the great commission. We cannot turn our back on them or we are turning our back on Jesus. We have a responsibility to work out our salvation doing what the Holy Spirit leads us into knowing that He will never give us a task we are not capable of fulfilling. |
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Ministry Schedule
Sept 3 FGBMFI Warwick Breakfast, Warwick, RI
Sept 18 Gospel Light Christian Fellowship, Danielson, CT
Shepherd of Faith Ministries Sept 22 Healing Workshop session 1 Richmond, ME
Sept 23 Healing Workshop session 2 Richmond, ME
Sept 24 Healing Workshop session 3 Richmond, ME
Sept 25 Homes of Revival Worship, Bucksport, ME
You read about the miraculous move of God in Liberia earlier this year. Now read the reports from Uganda. Pastor Tony Fiore, a friend of ours from Englewood, Florida and his team saw God move in wondrous ways last week.
Stay tuned to our Facebook page, website, blogs, and email messages for updates. Check our online schedule at http://theevans.org/schedule.htm.
New Book from Dianne:
Healthy Living Made Simple Get your copy now! Check out all the books we have by clicking the link to the left under Quick Links for Evans Bookstore. Stay tuned for a new book coming soon by Lavinia Barnett entitled "Your Words"
Looking for a speaker at your next conference, retreat, or monthly meeting? Consider Dianne and/or Dick Evans and give us a call or send us a quick email today! Access their latest Bio at TheEvans.org
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Came across an interview Dianne had on WWJC Radio in 2006. Listen to it by clicking here.
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Blessings to you and your family,
Dick & Dianne Evans
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