If you’re worried about what’s going to happen, and what might happen to you . . .
or
If you somehow find hope and comfort saying things will work out and the pendulum always swings back to ‘normal’ . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me direct you to solid truth about things working out, with stipulations connected to a sweeping promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, the conditions—no point in focusing on the promise without meeting the conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ONE—“Love God<\/span>“ TWO—“Called<\/span>“ THREE—“According To His Purpose<\/span>“ Now, the promise with the conditions— If you’re worried about what’s going to happen, and what might happen to you . . .orIf you somehow find hope and comfort saying things will work out and the pendulum always swings back to ‘normal’ . . . Let me direct you to solid truth about things working out, with stipulations connected to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5948,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions\/5948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Since this promise is in the Bible, it’s talking about the God of the Bible, which means it’s talking about Jesus.
Loving God, loving Jesus, means a relationship with Him, based on accepting His payment for our sins on the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God called.
We respond.
His doing.
His initiative.
Jesus came.
Jesus died for us.
We confess our sin.
We surrender our life to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why He saved us.
Why He called us.
Why we’re still here.
His purpose is—
“We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God<\/span>, to those who are called<\/span> according to His purpose<\/span>.”
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Applying the title:
CONCERN FOR CONSEQUENCES
OR
CONSIDER THE CALL
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Results
or
Reward
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Fear
or
Faithfulness
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Survival
or
Sacrifice
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My Life
or
My Mission
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Mark
or
Martyrdom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"