🌿𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟖:𝟐𝟒-𝟐𝟓🌿⁣ ⁣ For we are saved in this hope. (V.24) this verse is in reference to the verse before it…⁣ ⁣ We are saved in 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 of 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 (v.23)⁣ ⁣ 🏛Greek word for hope, 𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐢, means a desire for some good with the expectation of obtaining it. ⁣ ⁣ 🏛Greek word for persevere, 𝐡𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞, means a bearing up under, patience,⁣ endurance as to things or⁣ circumstances.⁣ ⁣ 🌿When we hope for things of this world that can be seen, that is not hope. A what you see is what you have kind of mentality. We can hope for a job opportunity, raises, other earthly things. The reality is those are not what we wait eagerly to receive at the end of our life.⁣ ⁣ 🌿𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞! We wait eagerly for our adoption, expectantly, striving towards holiness for an eternity in heaven. The thing we cannot see but we hope for. ⁣ ⁣ Maybe your struggling to have the hope that is found only in Jesus and you need help. I would love to help you! ⁣ ⁣ I love you and most importantly 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 🤍

🌿𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟖:𝟏𝟐-𝟏𝟒,𝟏𝟕,𝟑𝟑-𝟑𝟔 ⁣ Wisdom, worth more than choice gold and silver. Within wisdom is counsel and sound wisdom, prudence, knowledge and discretion, understanding and power. ⁣ ⁣ 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦? ⁣ ⁣ Wisdom is to fear God and hate evil. Listen and obey. The man who seeks diligently and does not neglect instruction is a blessed man. The blessed man finds life and favor from the Lord. ⁣ ⁣ When you fear God and keep his commands you also hate evil and the ways of evil. Pride, arrogance, a perverted mouth. Eventually the more you seek after God and what He wants for your life then you want to reflect that same love and run away from what God hates. ⁣ ⁣ 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲! ⁣ ⁣ 🌿𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦! 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴! 🤍🌿

🌿𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟒:𝟔-𝟗 🌿⁣ ⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴!⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰: ⁣ In verses 4 and 5, Paul says the Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS! Why? Because the Lord is near, or at hand. He is at hand through prayer for you. ⁣ ⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨: ⁣ ⁣ If we are rejoicing in the Lord always then we don’t need to be anxious for anything. Literally, be anxious for NOTHING!! But we can in every situation or circumstance through our prayers giving a thanks to God and giving Him our request gain 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦! ⁣ ⁣ God provides the peace your soul longs for but how do we go about applying this to our lives? Well Paul gives us that answer too! ⁣ ⁣ 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ⁣ ⁣ In verses 8 and 9, Paul gives us a list that you can learn to dwell on instead of anxious thoughts. Practice focusing on things that are true (Gods Word is true), honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, things of excellence and worthy of praise. ⁣ ⁣ This could also mean removing yourself from certain friends, work environments, refrain from certain entertainment like music and movies that are not wholesome. ⁣ ⁣ Paul practiced these things and then showed it through his example and teaching! ⁣ ⁣ 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮!!!

🌿𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒🌿⁣ ⁣ Jesus came to bring salvation and redemption to ALL and to teach us! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🌿We know he came to teach us from 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝟏:𝟏𝟒,𝟏𝟓. He came preaching the gospel of repentance to turn back to God for the kingdom is at hand. He also taught through His example and character. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🌿𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨: ⁣ - Renounce ungodliness ⁣ - Renounce Worldly passions ⁣ - Live self controlled ⁣ - Upright ⁣ - Godly lives ⁣ - Be zealous for good works ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦! ⁣ ⁣ 🌱Do you need or want help with how to live out the teaching of Jesus in your life? ⁣ ⁣ 🌱Do you want to know how to gain this redemption that was given for ALL? ⁣ ⁣ 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 message me! I would LOVE to study with you! ⁣ ⁣ 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘖𝘋 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘚 𝘠𝘖𝘜! ⁣ ⁣

🤍𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭: ⁣ ⁣ Samuel has anointed Saul as king of Israel. Saul is given a mission from the Lord, “Now go and strike Amalek and 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ””⁣ ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭15:3‬ ‭NASB95 ⁣ ⁣ (Ref. Numbers 14 for what Amalek did to Israelites coming out of Egypt)⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Saul goes to carry out this command and chooses to keep king Agag alive, and also keeps the best of the animals alive for sacrifice to the Lord. He did NOT obey the command God gave him. ⁣ ⁣ 🤍𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟:⁣ Saul passes the blame off on “the people”. He doesn’t just accept that he was the one that sinned. ⁣ ⁣ Samuel makes it known that 𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 is better than sacrifice. ⁣ ⁣ 🤍𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬:⁣ God wants our obedience. Obedience to His Word. Obedience displayed through our trust in Him. ⁣ ⁣ When we decide to make the rules instead of letting God be in charge we’re disobeying. What happened to Saul when he disobeyed? He was rejected from the Lord. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐥. Don’t make your own path when God already laid it out for us, we just have to follow it. His way will always be better than our own. ⁣ ⁣ Don’t be rejected by the Lord because you chose to make your own commands or add to the ones given. (Matthew 7:21)⁣ ⁣

🤍𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝟷𝟸:𝟷𝟿-𝟸𝟷🤍⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Paul talking to the Christians and giving instructions for how to conduct themselves now that they are Christians. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🤍𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬⁣ ⁣ 1. They are told not to take vengeance in their own hands. BUT they are to treat their enemy in a way that shows love. Feed them. Clothe them. Etc. ⁣ ⁣ 2. who takes the vengeance so we don’t have to worry anymore about our enemy? GOD DOES!! ⁣ ⁣ 3. When we 𝐀𝐂𝐓 and 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 in a manner 𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐘 to be called a Christian and be known by God towards others around us what is the result? ⁣ ⁣ 👏🏻the enemy feels the guilt of their action and will hopefully want to turn to you for spiritual guidance.🙌🏻⁣ ⁣ 🤍𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴: ⁣ ⁣ 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞! ⁣ ⁣ Overcome the 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 with 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃!

SEEK His strength + SEEK Him continually = Gladness!!

The Gospel❤️. I’ve seen a lot of things floating around on Pinterest claiming to be the gospel but they were all self motivating, inspirational talks and none of them were the TRUE gospel as told in the Bible. So I thought I would share what Paul’s words are when it comes to what the gospel is.

Are you willing to do what He commands? Since He did s o. m u c h. for you? ••• Rev. 19, Luke 4, Is. 53, Php. 2:5-6

trust wholeheartedly in the LORD, and you don’t have to fear any man