FITNESS, TEMPTATION, WORRY

(reprint)

+FITNESS—self discipline—doing what I must do.

+TEMPTATION—self control—not doing what I must not do.

+WORRY—self resignation—accepting what I cannot do.

WHAT IF JESUS TOLD YOU TO . . . ?

(I typed ‘bowels’ in the search bar, and was inspired to reprint/add to this from six years ago.)

Could Jesus tell you to do the same thing He told people in the Bible ?
No, Jesus wouldn’t tell me to do that—that was just for the person He was talking to in the Bible.

Such as . . .?
+”Sell all you have, give it to the poor, and come follow Me.”
+”You feed them.”
+”Let the little children come to Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God.” DON’T KILL THEM—Don’t “send them away,” as the disciples said.
+”Don’t lay up treasures on earth.” (as in the typical American retirement portfolio)
+”Where your treasure is, there your heart WILL BE ALSO.”
+”Lay up treasure in heaven.” (can’t lay it up in heaven and keep it on earth)
+”If you see your brother or sister in need, and shut up your bowels of compassion, how does the love of God dwell in you?”
+”Do good to all people, especially to those of the household of faith.”
– – –
The devil’s first words, to Eve, effective ever since:
“Did God really say . . .?”
What if Jesus asked you to do something uncomfortable, to give up . . ., to give away . . .?
You might ought to listen, and do it.
Learn from Adam and Eve—it boils down to a simple choice, not rationale.
Are you afraid to go against the grain of history, especially current American history ?
– – –
Better to be on the right side with God—the right side of His/story—than on the right side of momentary, modern history.

‘TRINITY’ – – – MERRY-GO-ROUND

The ‘trinity’ merry-go-round spins so fast, perpetual motion, risk of flying off the ‘salvation’ mgr—or getting kicked off for questioning ‘trinity’.

Does salvation have an exclusive connection to the ‘trinity’ mgr ?—

Evangelism—is ‘trinity’ essential ?—is ‘trinity’ helpful ?

Discipleship—is ‘trinity’ essential ?—is ‘trinity’ helpful ?

What is ‘trinity’ good for ?

What is ‘trinity’ essential for ?


  • ? – Always done it this way ?—
    NO
  • ? – Everybody does it this way ?—
    YES ? Maybe
  • ? – Everybody believes it this way ?—YES ? Maybe not—We’re made to think YES—because ‘trinity’ is a continuously, casually, automatically repeated assumption.
  • ? – Everybody understands ‘trinity’ is true ?—
    NO—NOBODY understands ‘trinity’.
  • ? – ‘trinity’ explains God better than the Bible ?—
    NO—what a joke !
  • ? – Circular explanations using man-made words ?—
    Go round and round
  • ? – Describing God in human terms ?—
    Go round and round
  • ? – Quickly mired in quicksand of created vocabulary that requires more explanation, and more explanation, and more explanation (everybody has to add theirs) ?—
    Go round and round


Who made the mgr ?

Got to keep it going—WHY ?

Everybody’s on board—everybody who is anybody is on board with the ‘trinity ‘.

Response to anyone questioning ‘trinity’—
Make the claim that “They reject Jesus’ divinity”—Such extremism is easier to dismiss than questioning the value of ‘trinity’.

In everything I read, ‘trinity’ explains God, to understand God better (OH?)
—Attempt to understand God sounds very dangerous.
—God explains God, for us to read and trust and believe, not add.
—Seems this verse applies:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”—including your theology, as written by God Himself.

“Did God really say” enough about Himself, clearly enough without our additions ?
His Word says it is VERY DANGEROUS to add.

I’ve never heard or read a rational, logical, spiritual, Biblical questioning of the ‘trinity’—so I started writing about it on AWordforThought.com


I propose the following:

RANDOM SURVEY

Hello, I’m conducting a survey for research.
Could I ask you four questions ?
No pressure.
No agenda.
You can ask me questions at the end if you wish.
-1- Are you a Christian ?
-2- Have you heard of the trinity ?
-3- Does trinity have anything to do with becoming a Christian ?
-4- Last question—answer is optional—then you can ask me—
(4) How do you become a Christian ?

TIME WELL-SPENT

Instead of spending time defending ‘the doctrine of the trinity’, or wasting time ?’explaining’? the trinity, or just saying ‘trinity’ automatically—
Use your personal time and your shared discussion time exploring the wonderful words about our wonderful God, all over the Bible.

Proving human-worded doctrine to another human gives way to a richer relationship with the God of all, Who graciously wrote down just what we need to know about Himself.

“Thank You, Lord !”

SKIN IN THE GAME

Now that fear has rocketed oil prices and gas prices at the pump, the war on Iran is more than the news on our screens.

We now have skin in the ‘game’—in the war to defeat Iran.

Americans, we have a choice in the game, in the war.
Which side are you on?—support America so freedom wins, or degrade America so evil wins.
Which side am I on ?—support America so freedom wins !

Get off the bench (the couch) from just watching—get in the fight with all our support and give everything to help us win.

OR

Complain and cheerlead against America—for Evil Iran to continue.

No middle ground now !

☆ P R A Y ☆

SUBTERFUGE and CENTRIFUGE

Iran’s subterfuges are going the way of their centrifuges.

Iran’s centrifuges are going the way of their subterfuges.

Bye Bye.

Thank God.

Thank the U S President.

Thank the U S Military, and all that makes it work.

Thank Israel.

MOANING to MORNING

What makes the difference ?
The letter ‘R’.

And what does ‘R’ stand for ?
A Relationship with Jesus.

And what does Jesus do ?
Jesus changes greeting the new day from “moaning” to “good morning”.

SEARCH BAR SUGGESTIONS

to save America
ai nuke
it’s not the first time

FULL MOON AGAIN

78,000 times the moon has gone through its phases with untouched, unwavering precision, just like the very first full moon “In the beginning [when] God created the heavens (sun, moon, stars) and the earth” (including us, to look at the heavenly bodies).

“When I consider the heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—what is man that You are mindful of him, . . .?”
That is another verse where we do well to read the whole chapter, Psalm 8.

MAKE IT EASIER

Americans have become accustomed to lots of things being easy.

We have come to expect things becoming easier.

This is so much the case that many believe we deserve easy, and easier.

The American dream has become synonymous with rights to happiness more than “the pursuit of happiness.”

This turns into thinking somebody (some thing) owes us something we didn’t earn.

Even our spiritual perspective is affected—God, make my life easier, fix my problem, make me comfortable.

MAKING IT EASIER =
MAKING US WEAKER

Even our military is affected—today,
we’re counting on power, precision, and performance of weapons and technology, and brave people operating them, to defeat bad guys once again.
The sacrifice of all Americans in past wars is not considered by most Americans now, because we are insulated from such hard denial of our personal comfort.

We must be very thankful for our mighty armed forces, and our leadership to use it wisely and decisively.
Pray for all those involved, and for the effective function of all weapons.


For our country, read HARD IS NOT THE EXCEPTION on this site.

Spiritually, please read GREATEST CHALLENGE on this site.