This is real good. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:51 PM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Womens Email Devotional - Saturday November 01, 2008
> > > Gwen From Wichita, KS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Women's Devotional" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:44 AM > Subject: Womens Email Devotional - Saturday November 01, > 2008 > > > : > : > : HAND IN GLOVE > : > : > : **Are you spiritually dead? Are you lacking God's > strength? Would you like to pray with someone? > : > : "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). > : > : Often we treat Christianity as a religion: a set of do's > and don'ts. I go to church, I give my tithe, I teach Sunday > School, I try to love my neighbor as myself. Oh, yes, we do > these things because we love Jesus, right? Yet what we're > sometimes doing is tacking Jesus onto our own agenda. > : > : Christianity is much more than a religion. It's a life -- > the life of Jesus Christ in us. Just think, the Risen Lord > Jesus Christ is living His life in us and through us - right > now. That means it's no longer me struggling to live the > Christian life. It's His life, His energy, His love, His > joy, His patience...flowing through me moment by moment. > : > : Take, for instance, a glove. It's a good glove, made well, > and very useful. But by itself it's totally lifeless; it's > quite useless, really. But when I put my hand inside it, > what happens? Suddenly the glove springs to life. It can > pick things up, it can write, it can do any number of > things. Wait a minute: it's not the life of the glove, is > it? It's the life of a living human filling the glove that > does the work. > : > : That's what it means to be a Christian. The Bible says in > ourselves we are spiritually dead. (Ephesians 2:1) It's only > when Christ comes in and fills us completely--as this hand > fills the glove--that we can do the Christ-like things. This > is not just a nice concept, but a spiritual reality. The > living Christ in us makes all the difference. Let me give > you an example. > : > : When I was going through a very difficult time in my > life-- when it seemed like I was going to loose everything I > had worked so hard for: everything I loved and cherished--I > sometimes felt overwhelmed. One day when I was doing R.N. > duty on West 2--my ward--I was walking down the hall towards > a room that had its call light on. A wave of total despair > came over me. "I can't handle another day of emotional > stress," I thought as I felt myself slipping over the edge. > "Good thing I'm having a nervous breakdown here in the > hospital. They can call an ambulance and take me away." > : > : Suddenly, I heard a voice, not out loud, but in my heart. > "Is Jesus Christ still within you?" > : > : "Yes," I said. "That part hasn't changed." > : > : "Then don't worry," He said. "I can handle this." There > was a tinge of humor in His voice as He added, "I've handled > a lot of stress, you know." > : > : Immediately, the panic lifted. With great relief, I > remember thinking, "Then I'm okay. Together we'll make it." > Peace filled me once again. > : > : Are you experiencing this "Christ-in-you" life? If you > have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior--you've > asked Him to come into your heart and to take control--then > He is within you. Now give Him the freedom to live His life > in you and through you. > : > : ~Lord Jesus, thank you that You are living inside of me. > Infuse me with Your strength and Your energy today. Think > Your thoughts through me. Speak Your words through my mouth. > Reach out to others through my hands and heart. Amen. > : > : Questions: How do you interpret the thought of having > God's strength and power? What does it mean to you to allow > God to take control of your life? > : > : About the Author: Grace Lescheid > : > : > : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who > are reading today's devotional. 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