03/04

{03/04/04}

look at the truth of our own mistakes bringing our knees to the cross in this entry i found from my past.

i feel i have opened the door to certain things and in this the enemy has moved in and allowed more "things" to take over my life. i feel james 4:4-10 discusses my conclusion. lord cleanse my hands and purify my heart so i may be humbled before you. miserable i feel, miserable and weak do i feel. and i want this feeling to humiliate me.

i am not sure what the "thing" was but in reality it makes no difference. the issue was with the heart being lured into idolatry. the passage in james is the firm declaration of the jealousy of god. i love this as it starts in vs. 4 calling me an adulteress. then hitting me with the awareness of god's broken heart of jealousy towards my actions and doing what he does best to draw us in to him.

{03/04/09}

this was in part of a message i was working on concerning purity.

romans 6:19

before christ we used our bodily members/agents to walk in unrighteousness. now, because of the death and resurrection we now use those members to pursue righteousness.

sin management mode

controlling sin - "i won't do that anymore," or "i will abstain from that"

sin is put to death by beholding christ more and more

paul is saying instead of using the members of the body to try and manage sin, chase righteousness with those very members.

i continue to be amazed at the place god has brought me through the cleansing power of his cross. and the emphasis continues to be on what he has done.