Oh how it stings.
James 3:11-12
Colossians 4:6
Speak Evil
Gracious
Seasoned with Salt
Only one lawgiver
Able to save or destroy
Who Are You?
Pierced, am I. I am opinionated and critical.
Remember your place - You Are Not The Light.
The job of the Holy Spirit has been filled, no more applicants need apply!
God will convict - this is not your position
God will judge - this is not your position
God will make sin apparent - this is not your position
Do you help or harm?
Is it about your or their well being?
A critical heart is a problem, it usurps God's position. A critical heart is toxic for your faith because it places you before God in your own eyes.
Speak evil: katalaleo verb
To speak against one, to criminate.
Root: katalalos noun
A Defamer
Gracious: Noah Webster
Favorable, Kind, Expressing kindness, contributing to the happiness of others.
Seasoned: artyo verb
To prepare, to arrange
Root: airo verb
To raise up, lift up, elevate
Salt: halas noun
symbol of lasting concord because it protects and preserves.
wisdom and grace in speech
For some reason this reminds me of Nichole Nordemans song Take Me As I Am:
To wear wisdom like Solomon's robe
For the patience and perspective of a man like Job
Just to soar on wings of eagles
For no other reason than the bird's eye view
For a flight or two
And the list gets longer
Who I wish I was, and was no longer
…..and the list gets longer… between who I wish I was and (want to be) no longer.
I know that all of this has to do with heart change and of that I'm in desperate need. Desperate.
I can't be good enough, I want to be. I'm not. I fail and fail and fail again. Yet trying each day to submit, resist, draw near, receive grace, be humble…..before I am humbled.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
#shereadstruth Day 15
James Study:
More Grace Free Watches
Proud Open Sojourners
Humble Lifts Upholds
The LORD Loves
We are wanderers, faithless, striving, controlling, doubters, idolators, sinners, fighters, takers.
BUT GOD - my favorite phrase in the bible….
I have to start over….every day, every hour, every minute…. Submit, Resist, Draw Near, Be Cleansed (receive grace) Humble Before the Lord.
More: Megas adj. Greater.
Used of intensity and its degree of splendor, prepared on a grand scale.
Root 1: Megistos adj. Greatest, very great, exceedingly great.
Root 2: Meizon comparative Greater. Larger. Stronger.
Grace: Charis noun.
1. that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm
2. Good, well, loving kindness, favor - of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting His Holy influence up on souls, turns them to Christ.
* Keeps Them
* Strengthens Them
* Increases Them in faith, knowledge and affection
3. The spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace.
Proud Hyperephanos adj.
Showing ones self above others. Overestimate of ones means or merits. Despising others. Treating them with contempt. Haughty.
Referece: Proverbs 3:24 in Septuagint. But in the Hebrew it's not proud but scoffer.
He scoffs at the scoffer, yet He gives grace to the afflicted.
Scoff: luwts verb
To scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly, to mock, to boast, to be inflated.
Affliced: anav noun
Poor, humble, afflicted, meek, needy, lowly
Humble: tapeinos adj.
Lowly in spirit
The Lord: Covenant God.
Free: nathar verb
Unfasten, loosen, set free, unbind.
Open: paqach verb To open the eyes specifically.
Lifts: zaqaph verb
used only twice
To raise up - all those bowed down.
those who are bowed down:
Kindred to one being hollow or arched.
Hebrew: Hollow
Watches: shamar verb
To keep, to guard, to keep watch & ward. To Protect, Save life.
Sojourner: Get noun
A temporary inhabitant.
A newcomer lacking inherited rights.
Root: guwr verb
Abide, dwell, inhabit, to be a stranger, to be continuing - surely.
Upholds: uwd verb
To Surround
To go round and round
To restore, relieve
But He gives more grace:
Very great loving kindness.
Treat others better than yourself…. don't treat them with contempt.
Don't mock others or be arrogant.
Get yourself back to your appointed place. See Day 12
Although you journey, continue on, surely. The Lord keeps watch over you, protects you, saves you.
Stop all this striving, it's just one foot in front of the other, sometimes it's rocky, but keep going. You are restored, you are supported, there is hope. Keep on expecting good.
More Grace Free Watches
Proud Open Sojourners
Humble Lifts Upholds
The LORD Loves
We are wanderers, faithless, striving, controlling, doubters, idolators, sinners, fighters, takers.
BUT GOD - my favorite phrase in the bible….
I have to start over….every day, every hour, every minute…. Submit, Resist, Draw Near, Be Cleansed (receive grace) Humble Before the Lord.
More: Megas adj. Greater.
Used of intensity and its degree of splendor, prepared on a grand scale.
Root 1: Megistos adj. Greatest, very great, exceedingly great.
Root 2: Meizon comparative Greater. Larger. Stronger.
Grace: Charis noun.
1. that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm
2. Good, well, loving kindness, favor - of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting His Holy influence up on souls, turns them to Christ.
* Keeps Them
* Strengthens Them
* Increases Them in faith, knowledge and affection
3. The spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace.
Proud Hyperephanos adj.
Showing ones self above others. Overestimate of ones means or merits. Despising others. Treating them with contempt. Haughty.
Referece: Proverbs 3:24 in Septuagint. But in the Hebrew it's not proud but scoffer.
He scoffs at the scoffer, yet He gives grace to the afflicted.
Scoff: luwts verb
To scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly, to mock, to boast, to be inflated.
Affliced: anav noun
Poor, humble, afflicted, meek, needy, lowly
Humble: tapeinos adj.
Lowly in spirit
The Lord: Covenant God.
Free: nathar verb
Unfasten, loosen, set free, unbind.
Open: paqach verb To open the eyes specifically.
Lifts: zaqaph verb
used only twice
To raise up - all those bowed down.
those who are bowed down:
Kindred to one being hollow or arched.
Hebrew: Hollow
Watches: shamar verb
To keep, to guard, to keep watch & ward. To Protect, Save life.
Sojourner: Get noun
A temporary inhabitant.
A newcomer lacking inherited rights.
Root: guwr verb
Abide, dwell, inhabit, to be a stranger, to be continuing - surely.
Upholds: uwd verb
To Surround
To go round and round
To restore, relieve
But He gives more grace:
Very great loving kindness.
Treat others better than yourself…. don't treat them with contempt.
Don't mock others or be arrogant.
Get yourself back to your appointed place. See Day 12
Although you journey, continue on, surely. The Lord keeps watch over you, protects you, saves you.
Stop all this striving, it's just one foot in front of the other, sometimes it's rocky, but keep going. You are restored, you are supported, there is hope. Keep on expecting good.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
#shereadstruth Day 12
My thoughts before I get into defining the words that stuck out for me today:
The only way to resist is by submitting to God. Drawing near. Humble yourself before God. Get in your appointed place, the wing, the cleft of the rock, hemmed in, in the shadow of the Almighty. Withstand, continue on safe and sound. Draw near, join together (have the mind of Christ 1 Cor 2:16) with God in your place and position, Likewise God will position Himself to you.
This is how you have "clean hands" "purified heart" This is not a work of our own but of the Holy Spirit.
Submit: hypotasso - Verb Arrange Under (yea, that's helpful) I generally defer "all things submission to Rachel Evans.
I find it interesting that in the verse prior the greek uses the word Humble: Tapeinos Adj. Lowly in Spirit
Then in verse 10 uses Humble again. But in Verse 7 "Submit yourself to God"
Root 1: hypos - by or under
Root 2: tasso - to put in order, to appoint.
Resist: anthistemi - Verb Withstand. Resist. Oppose (or benadryl, sounds like antihistamine)
Root 1: anti Over, Against, Opposite
Root 2: histemi To cause, to make to stand. To make firm, fix, established.
I like definition #3 To continue safe and sound. To stand unharmed.
For me, many times I get all heebee jeebee'd out when I read these tests… resist the devil, stand against the schemes, withstand in the evil days… I feel powerless and a little scared.
Draw Near: eggizo - Verb To bring near. To join one thing to another, to approach
Root: eggys Near of place and position.
Those who are near access to God.
Cleanse: Katharizo - Verb To make clean.
In a moral sense:
1. free from defilement
2. to purify from wickedness
3. to free from guilt of sin
All things I'm incapable of.
Purify: hagnizo Verb 1. Ceremonially. To make pure, purify, cleanse. 2. Morally
Root: hagnos adj. Definition 2. Pure:
1. Pure from carnality, chaste, modest
2. Pure from every fault, immaculate
3. Clean
All things that I am not able to do. Pure from carnality? Pure from every fault? Immaculate? Please, even my house isn't immaculate. Let alone my mind, my heart, my soul, my spiritual life.
But when I am humble, our good friend Noah describes it as:
A deep sense of unworthiness in the sight of God.
That I am, have, can be. When I'm in my appointed place, in the wing, cleft, shadow; resisting is okay, not scary. I can withstand, continue on safe and sound. Draw near, approach. It's ok because I'm clean and pure through grace. Yes I have a sin nature. I am not the sin. I mess up, every day, every hour, minute. But I know I can approach the throne of grace with confidence. (Heb 4:16) Receive wisdom without judgment. Speak life (if only for a moment), before I mess up again, starting the process all over again. And that's life. The journey. The lessons learned.
Grace and Peace to you (and me)
The only way to resist is by submitting to God. Drawing near. Humble yourself before God. Get in your appointed place, the wing, the cleft of the rock, hemmed in, in the shadow of the Almighty. Withstand, continue on safe and sound. Draw near, join together (have the mind of Christ 1 Cor 2:16) with God in your place and position, Likewise God will position Himself to you.
This is how you have "clean hands" "purified heart" This is not a work of our own but of the Holy Spirit.
Submit: hypotasso - Verb Arrange Under (yea, that's helpful) I generally defer "all things submission to Rachel Evans.
I find it interesting that in the verse prior the greek uses the word Humble: Tapeinos Adj. Lowly in Spirit
Then in verse 10 uses Humble again. But in Verse 7 "Submit yourself to God"
Root 1: hypos - by or under
Root 2: tasso - to put in order, to appoint.
Resist: anthistemi - Verb Withstand. Resist. Oppose (or benadryl, sounds like antihistamine)
Root 1: anti Over, Against, Opposite
Root 2: histemi To cause, to make to stand. To make firm, fix, established.
I like definition #3 To continue safe and sound. To stand unharmed.
For me, many times I get all heebee jeebee'd out when I read these tests… resist the devil, stand against the schemes, withstand in the evil days… I feel powerless and a little scared.
Draw Near: eggizo - Verb To bring near. To join one thing to another, to approach
Root: eggys Near of place and position.
Those who are near access to God.
Cleanse: Katharizo - Verb To make clean.
In a moral sense:
1. free from defilement
2. to purify from wickedness
3. to free from guilt of sin
All things I'm incapable of.
Purify: hagnizo Verb 1. Ceremonially. To make pure, purify, cleanse. 2. Morally
Root: hagnos adj. Definition 2. Pure:
1. Pure from carnality, chaste, modest
2. Pure from every fault, immaculate
3. Clean
All things that I am not able to do. Pure from carnality? Pure from every fault? Immaculate? Please, even my house isn't immaculate. Let alone my mind, my heart, my soul, my spiritual life.
But when I am humble, our good friend Noah describes it as:
A deep sense of unworthiness in the sight of God.
That I am, have, can be. When I'm in my appointed place, in the wing, cleft, shadow; resisting is okay, not scary. I can withstand, continue on safe and sound. Draw near, approach. It's ok because I'm clean and pure through grace. Yes I have a sin nature. I am not the sin. I mess up, every day, every hour, minute. But I know I can approach the throne of grace with confidence. (Heb 4:16) Receive wisdom without judgment. Speak life (if only for a moment), before I mess up again, starting the process all over again. And that's life. The journey. The lessons learned.
Grace and Peace to you (and me)
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