The Savage Five

As I lay in bed this morning, I was aware of every inch of my body as the pain demanded that I get up out of bed.   My hands have been so sore from all the work done in the previous weeks.  I ask the Lord to establish the work of my hands as I drag myself out of bed. Psalm 90:16-17 Let your work be shown to your servants and your glorious power to their children.  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes establish the work of our hands!   I know that even though we are called to do the hard work of weeding our own hearts, amending our souls and planting seeds, it is the Lord that does the work through us. We were never meant to do His work alone.  We are called to do His work together and by the power of His Spirit. I Corinthians 3:6-9 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.  He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according t...

Just like the soil in a garden needs to be amended in order to produce good fruit from the plants that grow there, so we must amend our minds to affect our souls. Good soil needs 3 vital components for healthy plant growth and fruit production.  Our souls need 3 key ingredients in order to grow and flourish and to be productive in our lives as Christians. Nitrogen provides the necessary components for the plant to make proteins from amino acids.  In other words it is the Central Dogma of the plant's life. DNA---> RNA----> PROTEINS The Word of God is the Christian's DNA.  We need to feed on it in order to have the necessary components for the development of all the features to be a mature, growing  and thriving Christian. It was the very words of God that brought life into existence ! He created all life from His words.  The Word of God is imperative to our existence as believers.   Psalm 33:6 NLT The LORD merely spoke, and the h...