Growth How do we Speak to Each Other?

[Sandy Zalecki]

“Be filled wit the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always, for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.” (Ephesians 5:19-21) NKJ

Paul was writing to the Ephesians and admonishing them to speak to one another in psalms and hymns. He was also telling them to submit to one another in the fear of God. How could he write such a thing when he was in prison? Paul often talks about joy and making melody in your heart for the Lord when he was in prison. How many of us could do the same thing? I am sure that I would not be happy and giving thanks if I were in prison and I am sure the prisons of our day are a lot more human than the ones in Paul’s day.

My main concern for the church today is how we speak to one another. Do we speak to one another is psalms and hymns and spiritual songs? Do we make melody in our hearts to the Lord and each other? Do we submit to one another in the fear of God?

Frankly, I don’t see as much of that as I do brothers and sisters in the Lord that desire to argue with one another. They want to prove that they are right and the other person is wrong. Is it pride, is it anger, or is it something else that has brought on this onslaught of Christians fighting one another?

Have we forgotten that God’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is the source of spiritual life? If the vessel is not filled with God’s Spirit something else will fill it. The lust of the flesh, the pride of life, and the world will fill us and we will forget that we are His. We need to think and act like we are His. That doesn’t mean that we won’t have disagreements at times, but we should always overflow with love for one another. We should pray for one anther, help one another, and speak blessings into each other’s lives. This is what it means to live a Spirit filled life.

Are you doing that today?

 

[for_his_glory]

This reminds me of what James said. Look at what Paul and Silas did while in prison. They sang praises to the Lord and even when the shackles were removed they still stayed as they had compassion on the guard that he would not get in trouble. They trusted in the Lord and were set free. What about our own prisons within ourselves when the world seems to tighten around us and tries to consume us. Are we going to curse the day we were born, or are we going to trust in the Lord for our time of being set free.

James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

 

[Sandy Zalecki]

This reminds me of what James said. Look at what Paul and Silas did while in prison. They sang praises to the Lord and even when the shackles were removed they still stayed as they had compassion on the guard that he would not get in trouble. They trusted in the Lord and were set free. What about our own prisons within ourselves when the world seems to tighten around us and tries to consume us. Are we going to curse the day we were born, or are we going to trust in the Lord for our time of being set free.

James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

You quoted a couple of my favorite scriptures. "Forsaking not the assembling f ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, a so much the more as you see the Day approaching." (Hebrews 10:25) NKJ. It seem to me like the the closer the Day of the Lord gets the more angry Christians get toward one another.

 

[for_his_glory]

This is something I wrote a long time ago when I was getting frustrated with other people, especially in Christian forums, but yet trying to keep peace within myself.

Now is the time to stand up and say enough is enough! It is time to start loving each other unconditionally as Christ loves and forgives us unconditionally, 1 John 4:7, 8. We as lazy Christians are to blame for what is happening in the world today. We have allowed Satan to rule over this world, not God. Quit blaming God for the problems when he is the one with the solution.

Quit believing that this is a majority rules society and start believing in the spoken word of God through what the inspired prophets wrote. Learn to discern what teaching you are hearing, 1John 4:1-8, and start standing up for truth. Remember, each one of us has to stand before the judgment seat of Christ and give account for all we did and said while we were on this earth. Do you want to hear Jesus say, well done thou good and faithful servant, or depart from me I never knew you. It’s your choice because we have freewill from God so be careful for all you do and say.

Many different types of religions have been trying to teach us Gods word through their own doctrines and interpretations and this is what is pinning Christian against Christian or religion against religion through debating and arguing Gods word. It is no wonder that those who do not know God turn away and want nothing to do with anything they hear. Confusion brings with it frustration and drives people away.

The word Christian means to be Christ-like and it's time to stand up and take account for our own selves and be about our Fathers business. The only way you will find truth is to read and study this word for yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to give you wisdom and understanding, John 14:26.

 

[Sandy Zalecki]

This is something I wrote a long time ago when I was getting frustrated with other people, especially in Christian forums, but yet trying to keep peace within myself.

Now is the time to stand up and say enough is enough! It is time to start loving each other unconditionally as Christ loves and forgives us unconditionally, 1 John 4:7, 8. We as lazy Christians are to blame for what is happening in the world today. We have allowed Satan to rule over this world, not God. Quit blaming God for the problems when he is the one with the solution.

Quit believing that this is a majority rules society and start believing in the spoken word of God through what the inspired prophets wrote. Learn to discern what teaching you are hearing, 1John 4:1-8, and start standing up for truth. Remember, each one of us has to stand before the judgment seat of Christ and give account for all we did and said while we were on this earth. Do you want to hear Jesus say, well done thou good and faithful servant, or depart from me I never knew you. It’s your choice because we have freewill from God so be careful for all you do and say.

Many different types of religions have been trying to teach us Gods word through their own doctrines and interpretations and this is what is pinning Christian against Christian or religion against religion through debating and arguing Gods word. It is no wonder that those who do not know God turn away and want nothing to do with anything they hear. Confusion brings with it frustration and drives people away.

The word Christian means to be Christ-like and it's time to stand up and take account for our own selves and be about our Fathers business. The only way you will find truth is to read and study this word for yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to give you wisdom and understanding, John 14:26.

:amen:amen:amen:amen:amen:amen:amen:amen