The New Life in Christ: For God will repay according to each one’s deeds. Romans 2:6.

For God shows no partiality. Romans 2:11.

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done. They were filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Romans 1:28-29.

Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.

“See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work. Revelation 22:11-12.

Amen.

The New Life in Christ: When you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 1Corinthians 11:17.

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.

As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your minister fully. 2Timothy 4:3-5.

Examining yourselves.

Amen.

The New Life in Christ: Gods power in your weakness.

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.

And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Romans 26-28.

Amen. 

The New Life in Christ: Be patient in suffering. Romans 12:12.

We also boast in our sufferings

 knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappointing us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5.

Amen. 

The New Life in Christ: Realize your faults and do not try to justify it by blaming others.

“Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? asked the LORD God.

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate.”

“The LORD God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.” Genesis 3:11-13.

Amen. 

The New Life in Christ: Which is there behind in your life, God's will or your own desires?

 Me: God, can I ask you a question?

God: Sure

 Me: Promise you won't get mad

 God: I promise

Me: Why did you let so much stuff happen to me today?

God: What do you mean?

Me: Well, I woke up late

God: Yes

Me: My car took forever to start

God: Okay

Me: At lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait

God: Huummm

Me: On the way home, my phone went dead, just as I picked up a call

God: All right

Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. But it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did you do that?

God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one

of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that…

Me (humbled): OH

GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.

Me: (ashamed)

God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.

Me: (embarrassed): Okay

God: Your phone went dead because the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.

Me (softly): I see God

God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.

Me: I'm Sorry God

God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in all things, the Good & the bad.

Me: I will trust you.

God: And don't doubt that my plan for your day is always better than your plan.

Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for everything today.

God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children...

The New Life in Christ: You search the scriptures…

As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind

so that God’s works might be revealed in him.” John 9:1-3.

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

The sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” John 11:1-4.

Amen.