He is the Light of the World. 5/13/15

Day 133 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/John.3

John 3:19-36

19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

John Testifies Again About Jesus
22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[a]

31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God[b] gives the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

May 11th God’s buy-back 

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the 
A condemnation situation May 13th
“For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.” GALATIANS 5:17
Here Paul is speaking a clear word about the intrinsic conflict between the flesh and the Spirit. It shows us that to have mixed emotions and to feel rumblings within us is a normal experience. We have this conflict because there are two natures within us that are intrinsically opposed to each other. That is why you cannot live “on the fence” as a Christian. You will be miserable. If you sometimes go along with the Spirit and you sometimes go along with the flesh, eventually you will reach the point of saying, “I do not want to be a hypocrite anymore. I am going to give up the whole Christian life.” And some people do give up the Lord because of this unresolved conflict within them.
The fact that you have inward turmoil indicates that the Spirit is in you and the flesh is in you. These two natures are intrinsically opposed to each other, and you feel the opposition. For example, if you turn your eyes a little bit and gaze on something that stirs up your flesh, you can feel opposition to God within you. At the same time, God in you is opposing sin and the flesh. He does not want to even be spotted by it through one glance (Jude 23). So both these natures are in us, each opposing the other. Then Paul says in Galatians 5:18, “But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.” Why does he add this immediately after verse 17? “Under the law” means that you are in a potential condemnation situation. Paul knows that when you feel the inward conflict between the flesh and the Spirit, you could potentially come under the law and be condemned. But you are led by the Spirit if you say, “Lord, I admit that there is something in me that has its lusts and its desires. But Jesus, I am coming to You. Thank You, Lord.” As you touch the Spirit, as you go to the Lord, you are not under the law. You are not categorized as a condemned person when that intrinsically corrupt flesh raises its head and you feel it. Rather, you are led at that point by the Spirit.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Ariana,Ariel, Rene, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Anna is out of the hospital.

National
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
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