Monday, March 11, 2019
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Pray to Know the Voice of the Holy Spirit
It is important to attend to those people God has told us to attend to. Many people will try to get us to do what they want that God never told us to do.
Those who think they know whats best for our lives are the same people who would be angry if we suggested what they should do with theirs.
Its alright to share our wisdom with one another, but the ultimate decision about who to spend time with and what to be doing is between the Lord and ourselves.
The Holy Spirit knows far better than any other human being as to what He wants us to be doing. What He wants for us is always backed up by His Word.
The Word of God will never disagree with what the Holy Spirit is telling us. Learn to hear from the Holy Spirit and you will not make missteps.
John 16:13-14 " 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
Only in Christ can we Resist the Devil
Exactly! I am convinced that the devil whispers lies into the ears of many to cause trouble and division. I also am convinced that in the tribulation he will stop whispering and enter many many people to take over their bodies to do evil.
The devil causes people to think irrationally with rage in their hearts. Without Christ non-believer have no defense against him .
1 Peter 5:7-9
"…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering."
The devil causes people to think irrationally with rage in their hearts. Without Christ non-believer have no defense against him .
1 Peter 5:7-9
"…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering."
Acceptance of the Rude Behavior in our Time
I have observed that subtle rude behavior is far more accepted in our culture than it was when I was young, I am 67 years old.
Rudeness is seen as nothing important , when this happens it grows and becomes the norm. Because we don't recognize modern day rudeness as anything to be concerned about. We tend to focus on the Psychopath as the bad one in a sort of normal way of bad.
When a culture is living in the 2 Timothy 3 generation it is the ones who say these things are wrong who get attacked and said to be mean. God said it would be this way in the end. The bad would be called good and good would be called bad. Here are the traits of the last days, traits that will be normal and in nearly everyone.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days perilous times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
The word "Perilous" means "raging insanity", the very thing we see growing in our day. It was such an eye opener when a Sister in Christ found this meaning in her study of the original language.
Often we see or experience personally people who become angry when we tell them they did or said something rude. They will rage at the one who dared to expose their rudeness. Sadly anyone else in the room will see the rage as evidence that the one who exposed sin was the evil one. After all "what did that person say that made the other person so mad. Instead of standing behind the truth teller to help a mean person learn to restrain themselves, the crowd ends up defending the mean person and bludgeoning the truth teller.
Facebook is a good place to do this character study on narcissism. It is a place where people don't have to be in the presence of a real person, more than just a picture or writing on a page. When people feel this safe at letting their real selves hang out completely, knowing they can just "block" the irritating person who says what they don't like, they feel free to be as nasty as their inner heart really is.
One never has to apologize for brutish language on facebook, they simply unfriend or block the one who brings them conviction and quickly forget what they did.
Don't misunderstand, I am all for excluding and blocking wicked people who come to start trouble. However the narcissist will do this with decent people because they cannot control them. Those who love to control others and conversations will not be able to stand the lack of control.
I had one woman ask me to block her! Why wouldn't she just block me? This woman wanted control over me, so she commanded me to do something she could have easily done herself. She also wanted to start a fight. She wanted to make sure I knew she was wanting to get rid of me. Had she just blocked me I might not have noticed. This is such nonsense. When a narcissist wants me to go away, I give them what they want.
I have seen many childish responses on facebook but because of the crowd that loves God I have personally seen more love and kindness than the former.
Do not allow fighters, revilers and trouble makes remain your friends. You will not win them to Christ by remaining in their lives as punching bags. Not only do they cause trouble for you, they will attempt to cause division between you and good friends.
Proverbs 16:28 "A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends."
Remember, God doesn't need us to work in that wicked persons's life, He can bring others after we are gone.
Isaiah 26:10 "10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD."
We must learn to hear from the Holy Spirit, dimming the sound of the people around us to be able to discern God's will for our lives.
Rudeness is seen as nothing important , when this happens it grows and becomes the norm. Because we don't recognize modern day rudeness as anything to be concerned about. We tend to focus on the Psychopath as the bad one in a sort of normal way of bad.
When a culture is living in the 2 Timothy 3 generation it is the ones who say these things are wrong who get attacked and said to be mean. God said it would be this way in the end. The bad would be called good and good would be called bad. Here are the traits of the last days, traits that will be normal and in nearly everyone.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But realize this, that in the last days perilous times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
The word "Perilous" means "raging insanity", the very thing we see growing in our day. It was such an eye opener when a Sister in Christ found this meaning in her study of the original language.
Often we see or experience personally people who become angry when we tell them they did or said something rude. They will rage at the one who dared to expose their rudeness. Sadly anyone else in the room will see the rage as evidence that the one who exposed sin was the evil one. After all "what did that person say that made the other person so mad. Instead of standing behind the truth teller to help a mean person learn to restrain themselves, the crowd ends up defending the mean person and bludgeoning the truth teller.
Facebook is a good place to do this character study on narcissism. It is a place where people don't have to be in the presence of a real person, more than just a picture or writing on a page. When people feel this safe at letting their real selves hang out completely, knowing they can just "block" the irritating person who says what they don't like, they feel free to be as nasty as their inner heart really is.
One never has to apologize for brutish language on facebook, they simply unfriend or block the one who brings them conviction and quickly forget what they did.
Don't misunderstand, I am all for excluding and blocking wicked people who come to start trouble. However the narcissist will do this with decent people because they cannot control them. Those who love to control others and conversations will not be able to stand the lack of control.
I had one woman ask me to block her! Why wouldn't she just block me? This woman wanted control over me, so she commanded me to do something she could have easily done herself. She also wanted to start a fight. She wanted to make sure I knew she was wanting to get rid of me. Had she just blocked me I might not have noticed. This is such nonsense. When a narcissist wants me to go away, I give them what they want.
I have seen many childish responses on facebook but because of the crowd that loves God I have personally seen more love and kindness than the former.
Do not allow fighters, revilers and trouble makes remain your friends. You will not win them to Christ by remaining in their lives as punching bags. Not only do they cause trouble for you, they will attempt to cause division between you and good friends.
Proverbs 16:28 "A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends."
Remember, God doesn't need us to work in that wicked persons's life, He can bring others after we are gone.
Isaiah 26:10 "10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD."
We must learn to hear from the Holy Spirit, dimming the sound of the people around us to be able to discern God's will for our lives.
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