Friday, July 19, 2013

Refocus- Part 5


Paul wrote in Romans 3:10.
10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
Read Psalm 14:1 and Psalm 53:1
Paul wrote in Romans 3:23.

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Paul wrote in Romans 5:8.

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God made the first move by focusing His Love toward us.

Paul also wrote in Romans 6:23.

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So how do we refocus our minds to receive this free gift?

We should start by praying to the Lord Christ Jesus.

Paul wrote in Romans 10:13.

13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Paul wrote in Romans 10:9.

because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Paul wrote in Romans 12:1-2.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

We must renew or refocus our minds.  How do we do that?  We do it by praying unceasingly, by reading and studying God’s Holy Word and by witnessing to all mankind.  By training our minds to think of Jesus we allow God to refocus our lives.

We do not, by ourselves, have the ability to refocus our lives to a Godly or moral standard.  We fall far short of that mark, but there is one who can refocus our lives, if we let Him.

Paul wrote in Titus 3:4-6.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,”

This pouring out of God’s Holy Spirit gives us the ability and power to live our lives for the Lord Christ Jesus.

Read Acts 1:8.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

There it is again.  We refocus by witnessing to all mankind.  Wow, is that not the Great Commission?

Read Matthew 28:19-20.

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Oh Gracious Heavenly Father,

Thank You for loving me and giving you Son as a ransom to pay for my sins that I may live with You forever.

I Love You, God!

I praise Your Holy Name, Amen.

Cdr. Myron Burrows
Royal Rangers Leader
www.nbcornerstone.com

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