The day with dianne Louise

Therefore, God's chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as The Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. Above all, put on love- the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful. Colossians 3:12-15 Did you know you are holy and loved? It has nothing to do with how you feel or think about yourself. You are viewed through. Christ. What does holy mean to you? I know we can conjure up strange images of what 'holy' people should or would look like, but guess what? Holy basically means set apart, different from mainstream folk.  We are told by Paul to 'put on compassion'. Have you ever imagined compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience to be like a garment that you would go to your wardrobe and select to ...

Therefore put to death what belongs to your worldly nature, sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these God's wrath comes on the disobedient, and you once walked in these things when you were living in them. But now you must put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator. Colossians 3:5-10 How do I put to death my flesh? In myself I am capable of being good for about 5 minutes and then crash. I have to ask the Holy Spirit to take me beyond my failure, empower me and set me free.  We have the beautiful presence of the Holy Spirit dwelling within. It is He who brings us to repentance and awareness of sin. It is He who empowers us to overcome. As we walk in the spirit we are liberated. Just as I can dete...

So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. When the Messiah, who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Ok, so if I live at no 10 Downing st, I should check out the rooms, the kitchen, the garden, the bathroom; get to know my new home. Wouldn't it be funny if the new Prime Minister never bothered to investigate his new home, or get to know his staff. Imagine him living as if he still lived in Nottingham or Liverpool. I am reading our former prime minister(John Howard)s book. From the very beginning his passion was politics. He had a goal, a plan, a vision. When he found himself at  the prime minister's lodge, he embraced all that that honour entailed.  How can we, as children of the living God, joint-heirs with Christ, de...

If you died with the Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: "don't handle, don't taste, don't touch"? All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men. Although they have a reputation of wisdom by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self - indulgence. Colossians 2:20-23 The Colossians were being deceived into believing that a 'fuller' relationship with God could be obtained by severe treatment of the body via dietary regulations. All they were doing was giving themselves and the false teachers a reason to boast in their flesh, they were adding to salvation and gods were being fashioned. Our enemy wants us to worship anything but our one, true, God. Self efforts to save ourselves merely cause us to fall into his deceitful hands. Jesus ...

Therefore,don't let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. These are shadows of what is to come; the substance is the Messiah. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his un spiritual mind. He doesn't hold onto the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God. Colossians 2:16-19 When we are insecure in our relationship with people we are easily swayed by people who say they know the one we want to develop a relationship with. Until we know that person, intimately, for ourselves will we be swayed. But then comes the day when we know that we know that we know we know and we do not care for the opinions of others. This is the way it is with Christ. Others who sound so important can easily deflate us, intimidate us or over rule us...

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them through the cross. Colossians 2: 15 Feeing like you are nailed to a cross? Perhaps you flesh is dying? Rejoice! Jesus our example, by dying on the cross he destroyed the authority of Satan. By you dying to the fleshly appetites you destroy the power and authority of darkness in your life. Amen! Not only did Christ destroy Satan's authority, He disgraced him publicly. The proud angel had mud ( Christ's blood) on his face. As you crucify the flesh he loses and the Kingdom of God scores a try.  So many people live to follow sports, especially football yet something greater is here! The Kingdom of God is advancing as you master your flesh and run the distance, knocking aside your enemy with your faith. Keep going! You are disarming satan.

And when you were dead in your trespasses and the uncircucision of your flesh, He made you alive with Him and forgave all your trespasses. He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and He has taken it out of our way by nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:13,14 What a God! He delights in taking what is dead and breathing fresh life into it. Not only life is given by a wiping of all the past, righteousness is imputed. Do you understand what righteousness is? You are given a clean slate, but there's more, you were empowered to live a life to the fullest. You were given a new name, a seat in the heavenlies with Christ. All because you invited Christ into your life. Whenever condemnation comes you can tell it: 'begone!' Because the past is nailed to a cross, it is no longer yours. Now, you are the righteousness of God in Christ. Amen!