I know some of you have been really waiting for my posts on my 21 day spending time with God challenge. I am sorry that I haven’t been able to share
until now.
Matthew 16:24New Living Translation (NLT) 24 Then Jesus said to his
disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must
turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.
I have to say that the challenge was not easy at the beginning but now I
am really glad that I decided to do this. Day 1 was actually a turning point
for me because after doing some praise and worship I asked God to show me His
heart I took my Bible and I opened it with my eyes closed and I landed on
Matthew 16:24
I was so convinced that that was not what God wanted me to read so once
again I took my Bible and landed on
Matthew 7:
21-23 New Living Translation (NLT) 21 “Not everyone who
calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in
your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your
name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break
God’s laws.’
Those two Scriptures together were definitely God teaching me what true
salvation is. Many of us have been to churches where were told to just pray the
prayer of repentance and we would be saved. I personally believe that that is
the first step but real salvation really comes when we really deny ourselves
and let Jesus be the lord over our lives. This means that we let Jesus renew
our minds and in doing so we become more like Him. This reminds me of the story
of Jesus and the young rich man in Mark 10 this man had kept all Ten
Commandments but still Jesus told him that he had to give up his entire possessions
take up his cross and follow him; this man was not willing to do so and was not
able to follow Jesus.
I learnt that I have to give God all of me at all times because He wants
to be lord over my life and everything that concerns me.
Thanks for reading and God bless you
Joanne
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