Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. June 24-25-26, 2005

6-24-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[OESY]

There's no question but that Marissa loves her chocolate pudding cake. LOL!

[JustAmy]

*grin*

That was her third birthday. She is now 5 1/2 and a little neater.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank y'all so much for the lovely poem and graphic!

[tuliptree76]

I'M HOME!!!!

Aaaaaah... I can FReep again. :-)

[Jack Deth]

Welcome back, tulip!

FReep away!

We missed you.

Jack.

[JustAmy]

LOL

Thanks.

[JustAmy]

Good evening, Mayor.

Thank you for Our Daily Bread.

It sustains us.

[tuliptree76]

Thanks, Jack. I missed you all too.

[JustAmy]

Thanks, Rus.

I downloaded this. I scanned this morning and am now scanning again. I'm not sure that it finished this morning. It seemed as tho it died. I may have lost internet connection while it was scanning.

Hope I find something.

[Mama_Bear]

Very nice poem, Jack Deth. I like it!

[Jack Deth]

Thanks, Mama_Bear:

And thanks for the graphics.

Jack.

[The Mayor]

That scan is very through and can take a while.
It's worth it, I hope you can figure it out..

[The Mayor]

June 27, 2005

Perfecting Holiness

Read:
Galatians 5:16-26

Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. —2 Corinthians 7:1

Bible In One Year: 2 Kings 14:21-25, Jonah 1-4

I had not worked in my yard for several weeks, and I was amazed at how quickly weeds had sprung up and taken over. Weeds don't need tending; they seem to love to sprout up for anyone who just lets things go. A bed of beautiful flowers, however, takes watering, feeding, and of course, weeding. Flowers thrive under the care of one who is not afraid to get dirt under his fingernails.

The Christian life takes work too. It requires the commitment of one's whole being to Jesus—body, mind, emotions, and will—to have a life that is wholesome, attractive, uplifting to others, and fulfilling to oneself. Even then, weeds of selfishness and sinful attitudes can quickly spring up and overrun the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).

That was the problem with many believers at Corinth. They had become overgrown with envy and divisiveness (1 Corinthians 3:1-3). So Paul told them to cleanse themselves from all "filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 7:1). By "holiness" he didn't mean they could be sinless, but blameless.

Lord, help us uproot any weeds of the flesh and the spirit before they become ugly habits. May the beauty of Jesus' character be what others see in us. —Dennis De Haan

The Weeding Process
1. Identify sins of the flesh or the spirit (Gal. 5:17-21).
2. Call them sin and confess them (1 John 1:9).
3. Stand firm in your position in Christ (Gal. 2:20).

If you yield to God, you won't give in to sin.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Why Would Anyone Want To Be Holy?

[JustAmy]

I left it running last night. It ran for over 9 hours.

The message said scanning is finished, please wait for summary. I closed it this morning. Would it take over 6 hours after the scanning was finished?

I will be gone again today. A funeral of a friend of 50+ years. I could start it again if you think I should let it run for more than 9 hours.

Thanks.

[JustAmy]

"If you yield to God, you won't give in to sin"

Thank you for bringing us the spiritual message this morning, Mayor.

Have a beautiful Monday.

[JustAmy]

Our new thread is here.

Hope to see you there.