Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, September 7, 2012

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Determined

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: determined

What does it mean to be determined?

What is something that you have determined to do in your life? In your spiritual journey?

Why is the enemy determined to stop us - and how does he try?

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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6 comments:

UnknownSeptember 7, 2012 at 4:24 AM
Hi Sharon,

He sure is determined to stop us by various means. Making us feel tired, apathetic, sorry for ourselves, depressed, sick, too busy with other things and so on, so that we don't pray, read the bible or fellowship as we should, or would want to.

Christ helps us/me to be determined to endure and run the race before us, with His Help and Light Shining In Front of us.

Hope you are ok, miss you, God Bless - Nita.
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Janettessage.blogspot.comSeptember 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM
This hit too close to home this morning, so I think I will just chew on it and not comment pass this point...I am determined not to give into the enemy!
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AudreySeptember 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM
I am determined to be one who pleases God.
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Chatty CroneSeptember 7, 2012 at 6:30 PM
To make a choice and stick with it.
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CharlotteSeptember 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Determined is a good word. We are usually determined to please God, but satan is determined to keep us from it. We have to be more determined than he is.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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SharonSeptember 14, 2012 at 11:39 AM
What does it mean to be determined?

I like the word (synonym) undaunted. To me, being determined means to never give up, to never give in to the temptation to quit. It means a choice of will to do something, in spite of my feelings. It means a dogged effort to achieve something, which requires overcoming obstacles.

What is something that you have determined to do in your life? In your spiritual journey?

I've toyed with getting my Master's degree. But have not yet *determined* to do that! I suppose one thing I've determined to do in my life is to keep OFF the weight that I lost 3 years ago. In my spiritual journey, I have determined to stay in the Word on a daily basis - knowing that this also affects my faith stamina and endurance.

Why is the enemy determined to stop us - and how does he try?

The enemy is determined to stop us because he hates God - and therefore, he hates God's children. The devil wants to rule it all, and to the extent that we participate in advancing God's Kingdom, he must stop us. He tries in so many ways. A master of lies, self-deception, temptation - he uses every weapon at his disposal to thwart us, discourage us, defeat us. He wounds us at our most tender spots, and picks at every vulnerability.

Fortunately, he fights against the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.

Determined was my *word* for the year 2011.

This year, I am determined to OVERCOME!!

GOD BLESS!
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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.

Anonymous

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.

Emily Freeman

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Friday, September 7, 2012

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Determined

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