Uni-verse 155/10,000 Romans 12 v 9
Rom 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Scripture says that the world is neither flat nor round, it is binary. Both good and evil exists in it. We need to love the good and hate the evil. This is based on binary logic or binary pattern of thinking. How do we know what is good and what is evil? The Word of God and our conscience will tell us what is good and what is evil. We must cleave to or stick to what is good. We must abhor, implying both hate and avoid, what is evil.
Both good and evil have different shades. As we grow more mature in faith, we must increase in the intensity or the passion of our love for good and our hatred for evil. Many Christians think that positive thinking is sanctioned by the Bible. The author of the book, " The Power of Positive Thinking," Norman Vincent Peale pastored a 5,000 strong church. But, he was also a member of the Freemasons. Loving what is good and hating what is evil is the core of righteousness. It implies an ability to first of all recognize or discern what is good and what is evil. As one preacher once told me, counterfeit currency is 99 per cent like the original. It is only one per cent that makes the difference between what is genuine and counterfeit. Hence, we must be careful what we believe,think and do.
The Biblical pattern of thinking is based on the precept: cling to what is good, let go of what is evil. The key to the human mind is : be at it, beat it. Be at it -means that we need to be positive continuously or believe, think,talk and act positively. When we do this we are loving what is good. Beat it -means that we need to beat the negative continuously. In what we believe, think, talk and act we must get rid of the negative. In doing so, we abhor and let go of what is evil.
Be at it corresponds with our breathing in while beat it corresponds with our breathing out. Just as breathing in is as important as breathing out for respiration to be complete, be at it is as important as beat it for divine inspiration. For we can use this thought process to connect with God all the time in praying without ceasing as breathing is coterminous with life, in meditating on the Word of God day and night and in motivating or renewing our minds all the time.
Prateep V Philip
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U127
Uni-verse 127 For Better through verse
Dan 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Daniel was mindful of the irrevocable command of the Persian empire but he was unmindful of the consequences. He made no secret of his faith as he kept his windows open as before towards Jerusalem as he knelt in prayer three times a day. In the sixth chapter of the gospel of Mathew, Jesus advices us to close our doors and windows and to pray in secret. When we close the doors of anxiety and worldly desires as well as the windows of doubt whether God will answer our prayers, He will deliver us from the pit of lions. We need to keep the door of Jerusalem or faith in Christ open. We need to keep wide open the windows of praise and gratitude to the Lord for His benefits and blessings. This, indeed is the open secret of answered prayer.
When we pray with our physical doors and windows closed and our spiritual door and windows open, the Lord will intervene to deliver us from all the plans of Satan, the roaring lion and his pride. Even King Darius despaired that he could not save Daniel as a command sealed by him was irrevocable. Daniel's implacable foes thought that they had sealed his fate by this ploy. But, not only did they fail in their plot, they became a prey along with their families to the very fate they had plotted for Daniel. So we must pray even more fervently when there is a threat of us becoming a prey to our enemies's conspiracies.
When the threat of lions loom large in our lives, we must not be perturbed. When our lives are threatened on account of our faith, we must kneel in prayer before the Lord as before. While we may pray in secret, the Lord will answer us in the open that all will know that it is He who delivers. He takes us sometime into the very pit of lions in order that our faith is tested and we obtain a testimony of His love, power and mercy. Daniel's deliverance led to Darius issuing another edict asking people to pray and praise the living God of Daniel. When we are delivered from our lions, our faith is strengthened and His Name is glorified.
Prateep V Philip
Dan 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Daniel was mindful of the irrevocable command of the Persian empire but he was unmindful of the consequences. He made no secret of his faith as he kept his windows open as before towards Jerusalem as he knelt in prayer three times a day. In the sixth chapter of the gospel of Mathew, Jesus advices us to close our doors and windows and to pray in secret. When we close the doors of anxiety and worldly desires as well as the windows of doubt whether God will answer our prayers, He will deliver us from the pit of lions. We need to keep the door of Jerusalem or faith in Christ open. We need to keep wide open the windows of praise and gratitude to the Lord for His benefits and blessings. This, indeed is the open secret of answered prayer.
When we pray with our physical doors and windows closed and our spiritual door and windows open, the Lord will intervene to deliver us from all the plans of Satan, the roaring lion and his pride. Even King Darius despaired that he could not save Daniel as a command sealed by him was irrevocable. Daniel's implacable foes thought that they had sealed his fate by this ploy. But, not only did they fail in their plot, they became a prey along with their families to the very fate they had plotted for Daniel. So we must pray even more fervently when there is a threat of us becoming a prey to our enemies's conspiracies.
When the threat of lions loom large in our lives, we must not be perturbed. When our lives are threatened on account of our faith, we must kneel in prayer before the Lord as before. While we may pray in secret, the Lord will answer us in the open that all will know that it is He who delivers. He takes us sometime into the very pit of lions in order that our faith is tested and we obtain a testimony of His love, power and mercy. Daniel's deliverance led to Darius issuing another edict asking people to pray and praise the living God of Daniel. When we are delivered from our lions, our faith is strengthened and His Name is glorified.
Prateep V Philip
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