Romans 8:12 Meditation
Text (Ro 8:12, NIV):
"Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it."
Amplified Rendering:
"In view of this, my brothers and sisters in Christ—my kin from God's Womb, we are in debt, but not to the false self, that we should feel pressure to give in to its deceptive thoughts, cravings, and inclinations."
Consecrating Prayer:
Holy Father...
Through Christ, I've been freed from the dominion of sin and death and been freed to enslave myself voluntarily to Christ's service. In the light of this, I commit in this moment to laying myself down at His Feet as His slave all the days of my life. Since I'm a slave of Christ and no longer a salve to sin, and since the false self within me is an infection and insubstantial, I have no obligation to satisfy it's cravings.
In the Name of Jesus, I declare these things...
Amen.
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A Note to All My Blog and Social Media Friends and Followers:
I've made it a point, over the last decade, to accept friend and follower requests from any who ask. I think I've "defriended" only three or four people in the last ten years and did so only because they posted inappropriate material to one of my walls or timelines. Thankfully, it's been several years since anyone committed such a breech of etiquette.
I write all this to indicate I have many "friends" and "followers," whom I do not know personally (yet!). Lately, I've been getting countless (sometimes more than 200 a day) messages from people I don't know. Please know this: I speak a brief word of blessing over each person who sends me a message, but I can respond directly to only a few each day. If I did not discipline my activities in this way, I could, conceivably, spend my entire day every day responding to such messages.
By disciplining myself to the above social media activity-limitation plan, I in no way want to belittle or disrespect anyone or hurt anyone's feelings. My hope and prayer is that, even if I don’t respond to your message directly, you will know I cherish you and pray you'll experience God's love and grace personally and deeply. Experiencing God is the highest Good anyone could ever experience. May each of you experience such Good through your pursuits of Divine Union with Jesus Christ, the Eternal Living God.
As always, may the Lord bless you and keep you…
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