I am always thinking about things that I can share with you on CouchPotatoRedux. I thought of the three words that I want to share with you in this article.I hope they will encourage and invigorate your walk with Jesus
. The first word is faith. Of course my mind turned immediately to a passage that I have shared with you many times in CouchPotato articles: “For by grace are you saved through faith; and not of yourselves it is the gift of God.” I hope that you have received this gift of faith that God has offered through Christ. If not, you can claim it now. We are saved by faith. We live our lives by faith. We serve the Lord by faith in whatever He gives us to do. Faith is not a religious concept, it is a way of life that transforms us into children of God. Claim the gift of faith!!! The second word is freedom. When we receive Christ by faith into our lives, He sets us free. John 8:36 tells us that: “If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.” We are set free from the cycle of sin. We are set free from fear of life and of death. In Christ we are free to live. In Christ we are free to love, even as He loved. We are free to live His truth before the world. Jesus promised in 8:32: “And you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” In John 14:6, Jesus told us the source of truth: “I am the way the truth and the life, no man (or woman) comes unto the Father but by me.” Claim the truth of Christ by faith and live in the freedom that His truth brings into your life!!! The third word is fire. My mind turned to Acts 2:3: “And there appeared unto them (the believers in Christ) cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.” The first believers were set on fire by the Holy Spirit. We need to be on fire today. By accepting the gift of faith and living in the freedom of Christ, we can be on fire for Him like those believers in Acts. A young preacher asked John Wesley how he could become a better preacher (or something like that). Wesley told Him to “get on fire and the people will come and watch you burn.” That is true of all who are saved by faith in Christ and who have been set free by Him. This means you….get on fire so people can watch you burn!!! Well, these are the three words that came to my mind. I hope that they will enrich your life and encourage you to be Christ’s witness in this needy world. Bro. Joe
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