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Drop-In Thoughts

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Early mornings are good times for me, often thoughts surprise me and then settle in to help and correct.  This morning was one of those mornings.

The initiating thought went something like this: As a Christian we, you and I do not have the right to do as we please. It’s a common teaching, I think, that we all have the right to do as we please.  And you know, for the NOT born again, I think that is a fair statement.  

But if you (and I) have been born again, at that exchange of sin for Righteousness, we (you and I) no longer have the right to do as we please.  We really don’t. 

We (the Redeemed) have been bought back from the evil one, and we forfeited our ‘right’ to sin at that time.   

1 Corinthians 6
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

We are now obligated to obey The Father, obligated to refuse to do as we please. However, glory, hallelujah, we have the right, the authority, and the Power to live holy for His glory and our good. 

John 1
12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—13 children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

2 Peter
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.

And then the next logical thought arrested my attention: If this confronts any one of us as unacceptable, then the only logical thing to do is check in with Him and find out if we have in truth been born again.

Messaging in good faith, Kathie 

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Conduit

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Maybe it’s just me but I don’t like the phrase GOD wants to use you.
I’m sorry, it just about makes me cringe. Not sure why. Probably something from long ago.
But let’s move on to what I do like.

Co-Laborers with GOD.

1 Corinthians 3:9 King James Version  9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

GOD is willing to love people. HE is willing to speak to people. How does HE do that?
His HOLY SPIRIT does this!

And HE in us speaks TRUTH.
HE in us helps the needy.
HE in us gives wise counsel.
HE in us comes alongside the lonely, the scared, and the broken, and cares for them.

It’s not a using me program – no it’s a giving us the privilege, giving you and me the privilege to watch ourselves do what we know we neither have the knowledge nor the love to do, but we see ourselves doing it!
And HE in us can do it all!
And HE if we will humble ourselves and agree to be holy conduits, HE will work with us, in us, and through us!

Perhaps it’s just the turn of a phrase but it’s mine and you are welcome to use it. 😊

Until next time  ~~~ Holy hugs, Kathie 

PS and here I sit on April 2, 2025, prayer Journaling asking Father to make sure none of the things He has done for me and in me goes unused by Him for His glory, for His Kingdom. When Father GOD is the One doing the using it’s a holy, wonderful, amazing, thrilling, glorious adventure. Just thought I’d give y’all this update. 😊 Oh to be USED by GOD! Every day please!