From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"

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Sent: Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 5:41 AM

Subject: 6-19-23 THOUGHTS

6-19-23   THOUGHTS

Sometimes a good, practical list is just what is needed.  There’s not much doubt as to God’s desires for us, as concerns behavior,  as we read the following.  Shoring up the actions required below is some pretty awesome character!  We need to read this frequently to remind ourselves of who we should be.  If we are to LIGHT and SALT, we need to think and behave as below.  This reading is most powerful!    John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him."

Rom 12:9-21    [Let] love [be] without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
10  Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;
11  not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
12  rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,
13  contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
14  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15  Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
16  Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
17  Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
18  If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
19  Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.
20  "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD."
21  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

My Prayer:
Teach us, O God, to see plainly the rightness of Your ways.  May we simply submit and obey, rejoicing to be Your children.  May we keep Your word as we invite You to come and make your abode with us.  Help us to apply the right behaviors in our reading this morning, Father.  Increase our desire to be Your children.  Give us energy and zeal, and focus, and a mature knowledge of You, that we might increasingly please You.  We want to abide in Your presence as we bring Jesus to a lost and dying world.  Thank You for the salvation that is Jesus.     We pray in His name,          Amen.