“A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.”
JEREMIAH 20-22
3This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place. (22:3)
2 TIMOTHY 1
I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
For years this has been my favorite verse...it reminds me that we have power and we can increase that power which comes from God by "fanning into flame". Being someone who loves to build fires, I know exactly the benefit of doing this...fanning brings oxygen to the fire which can cause a few tiny embers to erupt into flames.JOURNAL
It is such an awesome visual that God gives us the spirit...however that spirit must be attended to if it is to roar in our lives. We can't expect to ignore it and just hope that it will have an impact...we must focus on it and do all the things through obedience, prayer, sacrifice that will bring oxygen to the spirit in our lives.
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
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