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Repost @afoolforchrist92 • • • • • • First Thessalonians 5:16-18 says, “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Did you catch that? Give thanks in all circumstances. Thankfulness should be a way of life for us, naturally flowing from our hearts and mouths. Psalm 136:1 says, “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” Here we have two reasons to be thankful: God’s constant goodness and His steadfast love. When we recognize the nature of our depravity and understand that, apart from God, there is only death (John 10:10; Romans 7:5), our natural response is to be grateful for the life He gives. Paul was heavily persecuted, yet he wrote, “Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him” (2 Corinthians 2:14). The people of God are thankful people, for they realize how much they have been given. One of the characteristics of the last days is a lack of thanksgiving, according to 2 Timothy 3:2. Wicked people will be “ungrateful.” We should be thankful because God is worthy of our thanksgiving. It is only right to credit Him for “every good and perfect gift” He gives (James 1:17). When we are thankful, our focus moves off selfish desires and off the pain of current circumstances. Expressing thankfulness helps us remember that God is in control. Thankfulness, then, is not only appropriate; it is actually healthy and beneficial to us. It reminds us of the bigger picture, that we belong to God, and that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3). Truly, we have an abundant life (John 10:10), and gratefulness is fitting. #pickupyourcrossandfollowJesus #continuetogrowinChrist #turnyourlifetoJesusfully #usediscernment #dontbelukewarm #dontbefooled #hollyweirdisevil #comeoutfromamongthem #comeoutofmysterybabylon #havenothingtodowithunfruitfulworks #havenofellowshipwithdarkness #touchnottheuncleanthing #bechildrenofthelight #repentorperish #believeinthegospel #GodgivestheHolySpirittothosewhoobeyhim #LettheHolySpiritguideyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CD24nWoFU1F/?igshid=18rmsso4piw7y

Repost @afoolforchrist92 • • • • • • So what I’m going to do is break this down very simply. If your walk, your life, your actions, your motives do not display the fruits that the spirit produce, I have to ask, “Are you walking in the Spirit or the flesh? Let’s look at the works of the flesh: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. So for all you coming at me with all that “sometimes murder is ok talk”, that kind of talk is from someone in the flesh. Our sinful flesh produces certain types of fruit that reflect our nature, and the Holy Spirit produces types of fruit that reflect His nature. It is one of the main purposes of the Christian life, though, to progressively allow the Holy Spirit to produce more and more of His fruit in our lives—and to allow the Holy Spirit to conquer the opposing sinful desires. The fruit of the Spirit is what God desires our lives to exhibit and, with the Holy Spirit’s help, it is possible! #pickupyourcrossandfollowJesus #continuetogrowinChrist #turnyourlifetoJesusfully #usediscernment #dontbelukewarm #dontbefooled #hollyweirdisevil #comeoutfromamongthem #comeoutofmysterybabylon #havenothingtodowithunfruitfulworks #havenofellowshipwithdarkness #touchnottheuncleanthing #bechildrenofthelight #repentorperish #believeinthegospel #GodgivestheHolySpirittothosewhoobeyhim #LettheHolySpiritguideyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjtxNqlnFM/?igshid=1ryus4fzujq1g

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