The News....

The News....

Every morning I open to the news to see what is happening in the world and nation...I am hard pressed to find something positive....

Then in the mail, I receive letters from various missionaries and organizations which are filled with praise for the work done throughout the world that is so positive...these things are not nearly as headline news in the world but causes rejoicing amongst the angels as people are coming to know The Lord...

The world order versus God's world...good versus evil.....acts of the flesh versus the fruit of the Spirit....a stark contrast....around us...on the personal, regional, national and world level...all affect us daily, but we can choose where we want to put our trust, our energy...

There are those who stand for God in all arenas and they need the prayers of the saints, worldwide...we have opportunities to make that stand as well.....do we stand for the flesh or the Spirit????

thank YOU for Your Word, help me to display Your fruit rather than the fleshly side of life....Help our leaders to make right decisions....not to be drawn into the their own fleshly desires....

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
—John 10:10

Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.