Love you all, praying for you.
There’s a two letter word – that’s pretty important. The Word “IN” is mentioned 12,674 times within 9526 verses of the Bible. But there are three 'IN's that are secrets to your success. In Christ, In the Spirit, and Remain In. First you have to be in Christ – for your story to have a happy ending. How to be in Christ? The ABC’s - A: Admit you’re a sinner. That’s easy – have you ever done anything wrong? That makes you a sinner. B: Believe that God Raised Jesus from the dead – that His death in your place paid the price for your sin. That’s easy also – God planned it since before the earth began, Jesus told His disciples that is why He came. There were over 500 witnesses by historical record – even the Pharisees tried to pay soldiers off to deny it. And centuries later people are still giving up their lives rather than deny the truth that they have experienced - the risen Christ. The truth is always easy to believe – if you want to. And C: Commit your life to His control. That means a change of ownership – Time, Thought and Money decisions (your entire life) you give to His control. He gets the drivers seat, you move over to the passenger's seat - so you go where He wants you to go. That’s the first “in” being 'in Christ.' You will be a new creation – old things are passed away and everything becomes new! The Second “in” is In the Spirit. Once your life is made new in Christ – your old nature still wants control back. Temptation will always be there – you just now have the Grace (Divine power and favor) to overcome it! Walk in the Spirit – Ask Him To Fill You – Luke 11:13 – Let Him lead and you won’t fulfill the desires of your old nature. And finally -the final ‘in’ – is “Remain in” John 14:15 - Jesus said, “If you love me, you will obey what I command” (What I tell you to do). John 15:4 – Jesus said - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. He’s talking about success in life – no tree is successful without fruit. John 15:7 – Jesus said, ‘If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you. Remain in me is PiVAT - doing what He told you to do. My Words remain in you - that's PRISM - transforming your mind with His Word. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my followers. In John 15:9 – Jesus said “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.” And then He gave the secret. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in His love. Jesus' whole life – all He did was obey His Father in Heaven. He only did, and said, and went – where His Father told Him to. His Father was in the driver's seat - just like He now is with us. Jesus did PiVAT every day – that’s how He remained in Him. He gave up His own plans – and followed His Father’s plans for him. And Jesus said – that’s the secret – if you will obey what I tell you – you will remain in me. Just like I remained in my Father and obeyed – you do this to! Then He said why: Verse 11 - I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be full – complete! That’s a life like no other! Praying that you will always know that you are In Christ, praying that you will always walk in the Spirit. So while your old nature would like to regain control – it will always fail. And praying that through PiVAT before dinner you always hear His plans for you. And through your PRISM every day – you always hear the why to and how to. So His Word is always in you – so you remain in Him – producing fruit like crazy – and walking in the complete Joy that He gives! Love you all, dad
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