I was reading yesterday and today Colossians through 2 Thessalonians and 3 verses particularly jumped out at me. Colossians 2:6+7 says, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving." And 2 Thessalonians 3:3 says, "But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one." It seemed to link in with Psalm 34 and 37, about how faithful God is. I have been really blessed and encouraged with all these. It has been speaking into some of the work situations when sometimes things happen that seem very strange and awkward. It's so good to know that He is in control and will guard us from the evil one.
I was also reminded that if we don't love the Truth (of God's Word), we will believe the lie (and the father of lies!) So, how important it is that we dig deep into the treasures in the Bible and that we are rooted and built up and established by Him.
I also wanted to share J C Ryle's devotion for today.
"Bringing forth fruits worthy of repentance is a truth which should always occupy a prominent place in our Christianity. It can never be impressed on our minds too strongly, that religious talking and profession are utterly worthless, without religious doing and practice. It is vain to say with our lips that we repent, if we do not at the same time repent in our lives. It is more than vain. It will gradually sear our consciences, and harden our hearts. To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance."
~ J.C. Ryle
I do hope you are also blessed and challenged and encouraged.
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