Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, December 16, 2011

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Revolt

Welcome to "Fan the Flame" Friday.

This is a weekly post that will be "short and sweet" (kinda like me...)

Just a word and a phrase, a sentence or a question...just a little something to "fan the flame" of your creativity!

Today's word: revolt

What does the word revolt mean to you?

How was the birth of Jesus a revolt against the world's status quo?

How was it a revolt against the devil?

It what ways has the Savior, the Prince of Peace, caused a revolution in your heart?

Let me know what you think!!

"This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you…For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:6-7)

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7 comments:

DebbieDecember 16, 2011 at 7:12 AM
What a great follow up Fan the Flame to the previous post!

I like the word "revolt" better than "rebellion". I think it speaks of a boldness prompted by a bubbling that simply refuses to be squelched. It just spills up and over.

I do think it was and is a revolt against the Enemy in every form. It is/was a revolt against Satan himself and every lie that he has told and will tell.

That God doesn't love us enough to save us.
That God works in worldly ways.
That what we expect should be just as we expect it. (Just to name a few)

And yes, it was/is a revolt against the status quo. Personally, I think the SQ is one of Satan's most masterful creations.
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Nikki (Sarah)December 16, 2011 at 10:28 AM
great thought as always Sharon. Have a great rest of the day.
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ReneeDecember 16, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Very thought provoking...revolt...never thought of it like that but it works doesn't it. Revolt to me means standing up against something that is unfair...demanding change. Revolting against Satan's lies is one I like! God bless.
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bettyDecember 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Revolt - first word that comes to mind is revolution and Jesus sure caused a revolution when he came! To those who decided to "revolt" along with him, to take up our crosses and follow him, life has never been the same, and definitely all for the best!

betty
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Chatty CroneDecember 16, 2011 at 6:03 PM
Oh Sharon I am so tired tonight, but wanted to say hello - I am running late as usual!

Great post today. sandie
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CharlotteDecember 17, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Seems like almost everyone is revolting against someone or some thing these days. Certainly the greatest revolution came to the world in the form of a baby 2000 years ago. That revolution is still going on today. Thank you for this thoughtful post.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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PamelaDecember 18, 2011 at 3:53 AM
What a revolt the Christ Child brought. Even the religious leaders wanted to ignore Him but they couldn't. He preached a loving God, they preached strict adherence to rules. Love always wins and one day every knee will bow in honor of the One who came and brought light to us.

Merry Christmas, Sharon.
Pamela
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

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When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Revolt

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