Just Give Me Truth

* What God must do for us - He must save : "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him" (John 3:16-17).
* What we must do for God - We must serve: "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" (Isaiah 6:8).
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Salvation and service
* Salvation leads to service.

Those who have been saved by the Lord are to serve Him.

* Service arises out of salvation.
When we serve the Lord, we must never forget that we have been saved by Him.

"Let me go, for the day breaks ... I will not let you go unless you bless me!" (Genesis 32:26). George Philip describes this "incident" as "a parable of the whole of Jacob's life" - "On the one hand he wanted to hold on to God and yet he struggled against God."
We see ourselves in this. There is, within us, a constant turmoil of confused and confusing emotions. The Lord is drawing us to Himself. We draw back from Him. This is the battle of which Paul spoke in Romans 7:22-23 - "I delight in the law of God according to the inner man. But I see another law ... bringing me into captivity to the law of sin" - and Galatians 5:17 - "the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh." The 'wrestling with God', spoken of in Genesis 32, can also be described in terms of another kind of 'wrestling': "we do not wrestle against flesh and blood ... Therefore take up the whole armour of God ... " (Ephesians 6:12-13). Satan doessn't want us to hear God's words of encouragement - You are "no longer" what you were before you met with the Lord. You "have prevailed." You have been "blessed" by the Lord. He doesn't want us to have a spiritual testimony - " I have seen God ... " (Genesis 32:28-30). May the Lord deliver us from the sadness and shame of the "double-minded man" who is "unstable in all his ways" (James 1:8). In our 'wrestling', let us remember Jesus' 'wrestling' in the Garden of Gethsemane, and let us pray, with Him, " Father ... not as I will, but as You will" (Matthew 26:39).
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More notes from George Philip:

Genesis

Rejecting True Friends

Rejecting true friends who have done you no wrong is not a formula for being embarrassed when you fall short. What does that accomplish? Shutting true friends out when you have fallen short is not a recipe for hard times. What fruit does that produce?
WWJD?

Blessings, in Christ
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There everywhere, and yes even at church. The bow-man's.

They stretch their bows out having their arrows ready to shoot always looking for just one person to target. You see it makes up for their losses, and if you look past their pride, arrogance, titles and yes even the braided (slang for rats nest) hair. You'll see their true colors coming thru...

Remedy: Pray for them and give thanks to God. Why you might ask? Well aside from the fact that scripture states that we should pray for such people. If you look even further into the situation you'll probably find that someone has put them up to it.

Ah!.... blink... blink...