Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, January 4, 2013

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Firm

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: firm

What does the word firm mean to you?

What do you think it means to stand firm in the Lord?

What challenges weaken your firm faith legs?

Let me know what you think!!

"Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong."
(1 Corinthians 16:13, NLT)

"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." (1 Corinthians 15:58, NIV)

"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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10 comments:

DebbieJanuary 4, 2013 at 3:21 AM
What a great word to ponder! It wasn't until I read this that I thought about the fact that what makes us stand firm has as much (MORE!) to do with that upon which we're standing as it does with us. If the surface is a wobbly one or a mushy one, we can't really stand firm, can we? I guess the only reason we can ever stand firm in the LORD is because of His firmness and not ours.

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UnknownJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Hi Sharon,

Was pondering what to write and then I read Debbie's comment above and I think she has said it for me.

Happy New Year - Nita.
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Nikki (Sarah)January 4, 2013 at 11:11 AM
touche Debby..I totally agree. Standing strong....Have a great weekend Sharon.
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CharlotteJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:17 AM
I think of firm being similar to solid. Standing firm is important. I think of the opposite as something like quicksand. The wise man built his house on the rock (solid and firm).
I linked your blog on Spiritual Sundays. Sorry for the problem. I don't know why but many times the linky doesn't come up. Then later it does.
Thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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JanetJanuary 4, 2013 at 12:54 PM
Good question today! Standing firm is allowing God's strength to give us that power to stand on-as Debbie said so eloquently!
Love you!
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Chatty CroneJanuary 4, 2013 at 7:54 PM
Firm - means not to hard and not to soft. I mean you are like a rock where you won't listen but you are weak - you know your mind.
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WandaJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:53 PM
When I think of firm, I think of something that doesn't easily move. Which is exactly how we are suppose to be in God. Not easily moved by those things going on around us.
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GayleJanuary 5, 2013 at 9:26 AM
I'm grateful God is solid when I'm total mush.
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SharonJanuary 8, 2013 at 5:50 PM
What does the word firm mean to you?

Unmovable, undaunted, solid and strong. Firm is granite. Firm is resolute and determined. (Firm is NOT the condition of my body at the moment...)

What do you think it means to stand firm in the Lord?

It means to not allow yourself to be shaken by circumstances or worries. To not give in to the attacks of the enemy. To refuse to believe lies, or deceits, or doubts. Standing firm in the Lord starts with using His Word as a solid foundation, and trusting in the Cornerstone of our faith - Jesus. It is looking at Heaven in confidence and hope, refusing to be tossed about by the turmoils of this world.

What challenges weaken your firm faith legs?

Health issues, worries about my sons, concerns about my aging parents - mostly anything that challenges my feeble sense of control. Not yielding and accepting God's sovereignty in my life always leads me to sinking sand.

Standing firm on The Rock with all of you!!

GOD BLESS!
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DeniseJanuary 8, 2013 at 6:35 PM
When I am weak, crumbling like a cookie, He helps me to stand strong, not ruin a perfectly yummy cookie.
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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, January 4, 2013

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Firm

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