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Bible Study In My Distress I Cried Unto The Lord, And He Heard Me

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Saturday 5-2-20, Iyar 8 5780, 7th. day of the weekly cycle, 44th. Spring day

Day 23 of the Omer, Gevurah of Netzach: Discipline in Endurance
Psalm One Twenty, 1 Corinthians Nine:24-27

1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

1 Corinthians Nine:24-27
24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Examine the discipline of your endurance. Endurance must be directed toward productive goals and expressed in a constructive manner. Is my endurance and determination focused to help cultivate good habits and break bad ones?

Or is it the other way around? Does my endurance come from strength or weakness? Does it come out of deep conviction or out of defensiveness? Do I use my endurance against itself by being tenacious in my lack of determination?

Exercise for the day: Break one bad habit today.

Love always, Walter and Debbie
 
1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
amen - every time - God is faithful

:thumbsup



24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
i tried to do this as a young christian and failed a lot - which made me question my salvation - then i learned that Christ in me is the One Who does it through me - then it was easy

now i think of Christ in me and how successful HE always is - He never fails/falls/sins - and then i allow Christ in me to take me far beyond what is possible for me to do on my own

i am never again going to try to live FOR God

i will always now allow God to live THROUGH me for HIS glory:thumbsup
 
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