12 The result will be that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken their pleasure in wickedness, will be condemned. 2 Thessalonians 2 [source]
For today, a quick out of context but still fits I think interpretation of this verse in 2 Thessalonians. I wrote a note in the margin of my Bible, I am not sure when and it reads: People reject the truth so they can take pleasure in wickedness.
2 Thessalonians.
It says so much. It reads like it was written this morning. It is so today. And so with this verse in particular, the question bears answering is there any Truth that I am rejecting so I can salve my conscience and enjoy a ‘little’ sin?
Search our hearts, HOLY SPIRIT, see if there is any wicked way in us, forgive us and clean us making us fit for service I pray.
1It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, 2 proclaiming our love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, Psalm 92 NIV [source]
I read these verses a few days ago. I’m still enjoying them. I’m still mulling over the life-altering, life-bettering key found there.
Proclaiming in the morning and rehearsing at night.
Proclaiming in the morning JESUS, I love You! (see John 14:21)
And when the evening has come and we lay our heads to sleep, let us rehearse to ourselves that gracious old hymn Great is Thy Faithfulness LORD unto me. Let us remember and remind ourselves as we drift off to sleep the many ways He was faithful to us.
THEN based on the authority of the Word, we will see better days.
Here’s to Better Days! :)
Until Next Time ~ ~ ~ Kathie
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That’s what I heard Charles say. Charles Billingsley. I was watching/listening to a You Tube. Charles was in concert at a church in Macon, Georgia. And right about 30 minutes in he was encouraging the congregation and he said reckon. And I was off!
Some would say that’s a pretty southern word. It’s a godly word too. The Scripture passage I was thinking of was Romans 8:18. There Paul utilized it as an accounting term. Reckon. Count it. Count it as so. By the way in the KJV you will find Reckon 33 times. Here’s a link in case you want to check it out.HERE
Romans 8: 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. [source]
And so we count and if we count it so, I reckon that reckoning will change how we live. And I reckon, I need to do some reckoning.
I reckon. Seriously smiling here. :)
Now. One more thing and I’ll press publish.
That Charles Billingsley you tube? You got an hour and 28 minutes? I reckon it’s worth every minute I’ve invested. Perhaps you will too.
And a bit (translation: a few minutes) before the I reckon, he sings a song, and a certain portion of the lyrics is this: You wrapped my soul inside Your Arms. I don’t know about you but upon hearing those words I was wrapped in love this morning; and not just me but I saw in those words my Girls wrapped in His Arms too. Don’t you reckon some worship was going on? :)
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