He refines us so that we are whiter than snow...

Someone said..

♥"Troubles are like a washing machine.They twist, turn & knock us around but in the end we come out cleaner."

 I guess it's right!

If we see the trials of life as a refining and strengthening agent we sure will come out not just cleaner but stronger!

Let the trials we face not break our heart so that we  become bitter and give up. They may seem to  break us down but only to build us up so that we can be all that God intended us to be as better, refined and stronger individuals.

Even our God sometimes permits us to walk through fiery tests, not to burn us but refine us, so that we come out as gold! 

♥Zechariah 13:9

  "This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

♥Malachi 3:3

  "He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the Lord An offering in righteousness."

♥Psalm 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Be Blessed,

Julia 

Free indeed!

Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.1 Peter 2:16
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

I am so hungry to be 

All that I already AM AND IN WITH CHRIST JESUS!!

I want all of the weeds pulled, 

no matter how big the OUCH!! 

Purify us O Lord.......

O LORD...take a burning coal from Your alter and purge my heart, my lips, my mind, purge out the desires of my flesh. Give me a new desire, a new hunger, to walk Holy and blameless before you.

Don't allow anything to remain in my life that is displeasing and unholy in your sight,

I give myself to you in total dedication and consecration of all that I am and all that I have.

Take me Lord, make me into a vessel worthy to serve You.

Create in me a clean heart O Lord..

Renew the right spirit within me.

In JESUS Name,

AMEN

God's Word says...

✿♡❤Psalm 51:7

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

✿♡❤Zechariah 13:9

This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

✿♡❤Revelation 3:18

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

✿♡❤1 Peter 1: 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

☀Our God's looking for people who'll be on fire for Him and His Word and work here on earth!

☀He's looking out for people who will stand up boldly and speak up the truth of the gospel.

☀Carman writes in his book "Raising the Standard"

"..... we are blood-bought members of the most powerful army that ever walked the earth. We are filled with the same Spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. We are to be champions."

✿♡❤Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

☀Let's not fear times of trials and persecution which we will endure because we stand up to speak the truth!!

✿♡❤Revelation 7:13

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”

✿♡❤Revelation 7:14

And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

☀May His Word always be like fire in our mouth.

Julia

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean

God's Word says...

Psalm 51:7

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Zechariah 13:9

This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

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Revelation 3:18

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

1 Peter 1: 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Our God's looking for people who'll be on fire for Him and His Word and work here on earth!

He's looking out for people who will stand up boldly and speak up the truth of the gospel.

Carman writes in his book "Raising the Standard"

"..... we are blood-bought members of the most powerful army that ever walked the earth. We are filled with the same Spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead. We are to be champions."

Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

☀Let's not fear times of trials and persecution which we will endure because we stand up to speak the truth!!

Revelation 7:13

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”

Revelation 7:14

And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

May His Word always be like fire in our mouths..

Julia

Our Bodies..TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Hi ...

Good morning.. 

1 Corinthians 3:16 "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?"

If we have accepted JESUS CHRIST as our Savior & are the children of the most High God, we need to remember we no longer can do what we want to abuse this body for our vain pleasures. This body now is the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'. It's not our own!!

1 Corinthians 6: 19 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."

Many of us think this body belongs to us and we can do what we want with it. If we belong to Christ we are the Children of a God who is a HOLY GOD & we have no right to abuse or destroy this body by indulging in things that may harm our body.

Just note this verse..

1 Cor 3:17 "If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple. 

Yes we are to keep it Holy but the flesh is weak & so struggle in the area. Our selfish desires sometimes blind us to the fact that this body is not ours.

But The Holy Spirit will help in our weakness & intercede for us.

Romans 8:26 "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."

The indwelling HOLY SPIRIT will give us life, He's our promise of eternal life from God.

Romans 8: 11 "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you."

 So...we need to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God. THIS SACRIFICE HAS TO ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.

Romans 12: 1 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship."

God wants us to sacrifice our bodies, laying aside our selfish desires as a living sacrifice to HIM.

Have we done that??

Are we willing to do it???

In the Old Testament animal sacrifices was practiced, but even then God made it clear, obedience was more important than any sacrifice.

1 SAMUEL 15: 22 But Samuel replied:
       "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
       as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD ?
       To obey is better than sacrifice,
       and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

So we are to obey God. When we fail to do what HE wants us to do, we rebel & REBELLION IS SIN.

1 SAMUEL 15: 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
       Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
       he has rejected you as king."

Rebellion is like the sin of divination (witchcraft) & Arrogance like the evil of idolatry.

"REBELLION" & "ARROGANCE" are serious sin, did you know that???

Saul was rejected as King because of these sins & his Kingdom taken away.

SO LET'S BE OBEDIENT OF GOD'S VOICE AND OFFER OUR BODIES AS A LIVING SACRIFICE, ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.

You know God always has GOOD, ACCEPTABLE, PERFECT Plans for us.

Why don't we give HIM our best??? 

We all have areas where temptations is strong and habits hard to conquer.

Habits like over eating also is abusing our body. We don't live to eat, but eat to live.

Habits like smoking, addiction to alcoholic drinks affect this body. If we say this Body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, how can we abuse it??

We cannot destroy this temple.

We need to remember...

1 Cor 3:17 "If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple."

We need to seek God's help in areas we struggle &  work hard to overcome this temptation & prevailing sin.

Let's give our bodies in a good condition to our Lord.

GOD DOES NOT ACCEPT BLEMISHED SACRIFICES.

I am just reminded of this passage in Malachi chapter 1.

Let's read it.

Blemished Sacrifices

MALACHI 1: 6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty. "It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name.
      "But you ask, 'How have we shown contempt for your name?'

 7 "You place defiled food on my altar.
      "But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?'
      "By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible.

8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty.

 9 "Now implore God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?"-says the LORD Almighty.

 10 "Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD Almighty, "and I will accept no offering from your hands.

11 My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty.

 12 "But you profane it by saying of the Lord's table, 'It is defiled,' and of its food, 'It is contemptible.' 13 And you say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it contemptuously," says the LORD Almighty.
      "When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?" says the LORD.

14 "Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the LORD Almighty, "and my name is to be feared among the nations.

So let's not take God for granted.

How many times God shows us clearly some habits of ours are surely abusive and destroys our body.

How many times He's asked us to give it up and offer this body as a living sacrifice acceptable to HIM??

Have we been stubborn and rebellious??

It's time to turn from our wicked ways and sinful desires of the flesh that destroys this body.

We reflect God to our family and friends and those around. What image of God's character and attitudes do they see in us??

If we casually accept sinful pleasures and compromise with the world, HOW CAN WE PLEASE DOD???

WE ARE GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, A HOLY GENERATION.

OUR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONVENIENCE.

It often takes hard work to live by God's standards but not impossible.

WHAT WE HAVE TO GIVE UP  IS VERY LESS COMPARED TO ALL THAT WE WILL INHERIT..INCLUDING ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD.

If we are struggling with any habits that are slowly destroying our bodies,

~~1) We need to seek the HOLY SPIRIT'S help. We need to accept we have a problem with an addiction and be willing to let go.

~~2) Stay away form tempting situations and places.

~~3) Seek the help of fellow believers for prayer and support.

Let's not feel bad to confess our problem & reach out for help.

~~4) Be accountable to someone in the Body of Christ, who are willing to encourage us & pray with us.

 OUR BODY BELONGS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

 I like what my pastor said the other day, "This body is not ours, Let's live by HIS rules & not violate it. I can't say 'it's my body, I can do what I want,  it's my child, I can abort it' etc"

The Bible says in...

 PETER 1:16 "for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear." 

The Holy Spirit will help us. When He convicts us we are to be willing to let go of all that defiles our bodies.

HE WILL GIVE US STRENGTH TO OVERCOME EVERY SIN AND ADDICTION.

TRUST IN GOD.

So let us give no more excuses.

'Take all of me Lord...

Let me decrease and you increase..

In Jesus/Yeshua's Name

Amen'

Be blessed,

Julia