Think of the most fun party you have ever been to or been a part of.......OK that's enough time. For some of you it was last night, for others it was kids ago right? We are told that heaven is going to be like that; times infinity! A never ending party; the best food and wine, friends, family, and famous folks you only read or heard about. Surf, sand, and Son. Opus One, Grand Cru, Microbrew. An eternity to party on dude! Picture this; Jesus the host, throwing it for us, because we fought for the right to party! Everyone is invited, several RSVP,even then some who accepted the invite ultimately allow excuses to get in the way and don't show. Most, however, decline the invite altogether.
Our fight is not of flesh and blood but spiritual. Working at (Trader Joe's, with the public, I constantly have eye candy dangling before my eyes. It's a fight to put on the blinders, nine out of ten times I fail. I'm a much faster repenter than I used to be. Thank God it's by grace through faith, not of doing good deeds or keeping a clean slate, or one would be able to boast and think they made it to the party of their own doing. Nope, it's all about accepting the invite, and fighting to follow through and showing up at the party we have been chosen to attend. How do I get the invite? I'm glad you asked.
Our fight is not of flesh and blood but spiritual. Working at (Trader Joe's, with the public, I constantly have eye candy dangling before my eyes. It's a fight to put on the blinders, nine out of ten times I fail. I'm a much faster repenter than I used to be. Thank God it's by grace through faith, not of doing good deeds or keeping a clean slate, or one would be able to boast and think they made it to the party of their own doing. Nope, it's all about accepting the invite, and fighting to follow through and showing up at the party we have been chosen to attend. How do I get the invite? I'm glad you asked.
I want you to think the most famous verse is Proverbs 5:19, but it isn't, it's close, but no. The most famous verse in the Bible is John 3:16 Go ahead just blurt it out when you have it. "For God so loved.." the people that go to Church, no...THE WORLD that he gave is only son...everlasting life to party on dude.
So we've established that we all have an invite, what happens next is your response, your RSVP. In the mean time, check out the life we are called to in Ephesians 1:3-13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A3-13&version=NLT The passage gives us a cross; our vertical relationship with God and our horizontal relationships with the world.
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