Sharon Sharing God: "FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY

Friday, February 8, 2013

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Righteousness

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: righteousness

What do you think the word righteousness means?

How would you define God's righteousness?

What does it mean to you to be able to *put on* the righteousness of Jesus?

Let me know what you think!!

"Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith." (Philippians 3:8-9, NLT)

"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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Chatty CroneFebruary 8, 2013 at 9:19 AM
God has to be righteous - but I am a softy.
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WandaFebruary 8, 2013 at 10:34 AM
I used to think of righteous only in the context of doing the right things. But over time I have come to learn God's righteousness is about being put in a right position with Him, which is achieved only through Christ.
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SandyFebruary 8, 2013 at 3:52 PM
I think of being made free of the bondage of sin. His righteousness is mine, meaning I am forgiven and holy in His sight. This is only possible because of the blood of Jesus.
Hugs & Prayers~
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bettyFebruary 8, 2013 at 4:37 PM
righteousness I always associated with moral living; holy living, kind of how God is, but now I'm not too sure reading everyone's comments.........

betty
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Nikki (Sarah)February 9, 2013 at 5:49 AM
for me righteousness means...no worries...He's done it...He's fixed everything so I can live free. It's all about grace b/c there's no way in myself I can live right.

Take gentle care Sharon...hope your weekend rocks.
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DeniseFebruary 12, 2013 at 8:21 AM
Being right through Jesus.
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SharonFebruary 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM
What do you think the word righteousness means?

It means perfection of holiness. Free from any blot or stain of sin. Right standing with God and with others.

How would you define God's righteousness?

A perfect standard of holiness, goodness, justice, truth, love - a standard so far above us that we can never achieve it on our own. God is the perfectly pure One.

What does it mean to you to be able to *put on* the righteousness of Jesus?

Ah, it means everything. It means replacing my filthy rags of sin with a white robe of cleanliness. It means that I have been granted access to the throne room of God Himself, and promised a heavenly mansion for eternity. It means that I no longer have to fear being judged or condemned for my sins. It means I am free...

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.

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Friday, February 8, 2013

"FAN THE FLAME" FRIDAY - Righteousness

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