1 Peter 2: 13-25 NIV

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
15 For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
16 Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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BreathOfGod

I wanted to share a thought about the power of 'touch' in our lives... [at the risk striking doctrinal chords]. While there are various ways that 'touch' can reach into our lives, I'm referring here to physical touch.


Somehow, some way, I managed to get a 'hitch' in my step today. There are lengthy explanations as to the source of said 'hitch' of which I will mercifully spare you. (Suffice it to say that it is primarily self-inflicted ~ which means its totally within my 'power'...

beenblessed

We are commanded to love God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind and to love our neighbor as ourselves.

In this, God is telling us to love Him and demonstrate our love for Him by loving our neighbor.

So who is our neighbor? Jesus answered this same question with a parable.

30 Then Jesus answered and said: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed,...

beenblessed

I've had so many things running through my head lately... most of them of the "grumbling & complaining" kind of blithering. (So many, actually, that I'm having trouble sorting them out!) And as I try to sort them out, my attitude continues to slide down the slippery slope of Satan.

This morning I'm reminded of the book we are studying on Monday nights - The Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer. In it Joyce directs us to think about what we're thinking about; to take...

beenblessed

Well, I think to some it hasn't really changed, but to me...it seems a bit different. Christian Forum Site is still a wonderful forum, no doubt about that. The difference? I think it's the atmosphere. When I first it was a very slow, quiet place - to me this place was boring! When you've just come from a forum where posts fly in at a rate of 1 every few minutes, it is a change.

While slower and not as big as other (i.e., 400 foot long pages), it was a pleasant place. No angry debates...

NearertoGod