{"id":10887,"date":"2014-03-10T09:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10887"},"modified":"2014-03-10T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T14:44:13","slug":"being-an-example-of-his-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10887","title":{"rendered":"Being an Example of His Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Preach the word! \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?version=31&amp;search=2+Timothy+4%3A2\" target=\"_blank\">2 Timothy 4:2<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --> <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<section>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jpdYgbMf0L8\" height=\"315\" width=\"620\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n(Oswald Chambers-1901 est.) We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His own message\u2014 \u201cThe words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+6:63\">John 6:63<\/a>). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God\u2019s purpose to make a person\u2019s life a holy example of God\u2019s message.There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God\u2019s truth. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples\u2019 lives after Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God\u2019s message in the flesh. \u201c. . . you shall be witnesses to Me . . .\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+1:8\">Acts 1:8<\/a>).Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God\u2019s message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to \u201cset your words on fire\u201d for His glory.______________________________________________________________<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">March 10, 2014<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Journal for Today-JDV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Good morning Lord; one more day, one more opportunity to allow You to live through me.\u00a0 God, I pray that you will make me a man after your own heart. \u00a0But I must confess, I am not anxious to be molded by the trials and flames that seem to be closest at hand in Your toolbox for accomplishing that goal. Just because I know trials can have a perfect result, does not mean I am eager to live them out to their desired result. And while I understand that You will only allow circumstances that are \u201cgood for me\u201d to touch me; and I also know that You will bring me through them, better than I was, I still resist. Please help me understand, know and accept that You are working in me so that I can become a man after Your own heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And God says<i>\u2026\u201d Some of My very best work in you relative to reaching others has occurred when you are unaware. Many times you have faced difficulties and many times you have trusted Me to bring you through them. This has not gone unobserved. And know that when you feel pain, and heartache, I feel it as well. It is why I sent Jesus. You cannot face any trial or circumstance He has not faced.\u00a0 And the world is filled with trials and difficult circumstances.\u00a0 Trust in Me, and do not rely on yourself, and I will make your paths straight. Seek first the Kingdom of God and everything you need, including the trials, circumstances and opportunities to reach others will be provided.\u00a0 You may not even know you are reaching others, you may not be aware that that I am using a difficult time to teach you and reach someone. Trust Me and know that if I would not spare my own Son, I will likewise not deny you any good thing.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preach the word! \u20142 Timothy 4:2 (Oswald Chambers-1901 est.) We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. 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