Quit Something
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· 7 viewsFor fresh things to be forged in our lives, we must resign and quit from key areas in our lives.
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We are on a forward moving Journey with God where new things await those who overcome with and in Jesus.
We are on a forward moving Journey with God where new things await those who overcome with and in Jesus.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
Revelation 21.
Series Recap — Fresh Beginnings include Necessary Endings
Series Recap — Fresh Beginnings include Necessary Endings
Learn Something
Create Something
Master Something
These are key components of things being made new.
For things to be made new, some old things need to be put away.
For things to be made new, some old things need to be put away.
Quit Something
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
It is easy to sleep through the things that merit our being alert and awake!
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
Eph 5:14
Ephesians 5:14
Sleep physically, emotionally, relationally is not only beneficial, but it is mandatory.
Diet & Exercise needs to be Diet & Exercise & Sleep
The sleep Paul is addressing here isn’t that kind of sleep
Ephesians 5:15-
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Some of items to quit are best identified through our sleepy eyes filled with slumber
Story: shower heads and itchy dogs
“Awake, O Sleeper, and arise from the dead”
“Awake, O Sleeper, and arise from the dead”
Some of our items to quit sleep are best identified by their aroma — the stench of death.
“Lazarus, Come out.”
John 11:11-15
After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Some of the sleepy stench of shame, guilt, fear, anxiety, insecurity, bitterness, grudges, malice… those are in an entirely different kind of sleepy zip code than shower heads and itchy dogs!
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead.”
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead.”
Quitting Something...
Quitting Something...
Not only taking a good hard look at your schedule and commitments...
Need to take a good hard look through your eyes of slumber… and you need to take a good strong whiff to see what deadly smells might emerge… quit those, and your learning, creativity, and mastering will take on a whole new life.
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Moving forward into all things being made new involves us becoming adept and energized to quit the deadening and deadly.
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”