baseball chapel - "Caught Napping"
"It wasn't so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn't know the first thing about living, tell you how to live." - Ephesians 2:1
"In GOD's great mercy, we have been redeemed - purchased with the blood of JESUS CHRIST - from the penalty of our sin, and given the gift of eternal life through faith in HIM. We have been made children of the KING, cleansed from all our guilt and have the SPIRIT of the living GOD dwelling within us. We have been made brand new.
"And yet...in many respects our lives look just like those around us who do not know CHRIST. We unconsciously follow the pattern of godless living that is commonplace and 'normal' in this world...Instead of reflecting the JESUS who lives within us, too often we reflect the culture that is around us. We need to wake up from our spiritual 'napping' and break out of the mold that we have been subtly pushed into by our society. Don't follow the crowd; in love, lead it - by your life and through your words - right to JESUS.
"JESUS died for me. I want to live for HIM!" - Bev Sparling
suggested reading: 1 Peter 1
"In GOD's great mercy, we have been redeemed - purchased with the blood of JESUS CHRIST - from the penalty of our sin, and given the gift of eternal life through faith in HIM. We have been made children of the KING, cleansed from all our guilt and have the SPIRIT of the living GOD dwelling within us. We have been made brand new.
"And yet...in many respects our lives look just like those around us who do not know CHRIST. We unconsciously follow the pattern of godless living that is commonplace and 'normal' in this world...Instead of reflecting the JESUS who lives within us, too often we reflect the culture that is around us. We need to wake up from our spiritual 'napping' and break out of the mold that we have been subtly pushed into by our society. Don't follow the crowd; in love, lead it - by your life and through your words - right to JESUS.
"JESUS died for me. I want to live for HIM!" - Bev Sparling
suggested reading: 1 Peter 1
posted by melilotnfosco | 1:54 PM
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i don't know what version she used, but here's her 1 Peter 1:14-16:
"Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn't know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by GOD's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. GOD said, 'I AM holy; you be holy."
sounds like it's from the message
yes it does. but that wasn't the point. the point was that i like how it says it.
i know that's not the point. i like what she says, too. i was just commenting on your comment.
:) that's a very good chapel -- and much needed (for me, & for a lot of us, i think)
ooh, by "a lot of us," i didn't mean us in our little blogging community; i meant the whole population :)
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