the triune God of love

God is not alone in the universe

God revealed Himself with love, in communion with Jesus the son and the Holy Spirit

Matt 3

God exist in an eternal circle of love

Father through the Spirit send His love to the Son Jesus and Jesus is so filled with love that He love the Father through the Spirit

In this circle, God wants to invite us into this circle of love

   A love that it unconditional, unselfish, a love that fulfils and satisfies

   In the love circle, we are filled till overflowing

Salvation is not just escaping hell.. but to enjoy God

Romans 5

Love is a gift from God tt comes from the Holy Spirit

Romans 8 37

3 things to grow deeper in love

1. Zero anger

Number 14

God is not easily irritated, provoked

Jesus is very kind, and gentle

Matt 11

It's not easy, but we can do it through the Holy Spirit

If we are angry, we are bit by bit killing ourselves

If we are angry, we grieve the Holy Spirit

2. Constant forgiving

1 John 4

If there unforgiveness, we don't know God

Only if we forgive that God lives in us

We can't claim to love God but unforgive people

Letting go is just a choice to make

Luke 6

3. Unlimited patience

Jesus have unlimited patience

1 Tim

Proverbs

A patient man or woman is very powerful

With patient, is even better than a warrior

#love, forgiveness, patience, anger

give thanks

Discipline of thanksgivings

Col 2 6

Large amt in quality and quantity

Hebrews 12

Be thankful

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God want to put us in remberance.. what God has done for us and what will be done for us

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Jesus gave thanks to the Father!

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Give thanks

2 Cor

Paul gone through so much, almost died for some many times

How thanks giving Strength us

1. Thanksgiving redirects us to God's grace

Thanksgiving is the way for us to enter God's grace

Pslam 100

Yud - to lead or to do

Delet - a path, a door

Heh - To behold

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3. Thanksgiving results in God's provision

John 6

When we give thanks, God will multiple the little on our hands to bless others

Pslam 136

Start and end our day by giving thanks

Pslam

Pslam 103

Naturally, we remember the bad.. we must learn to remember the good 

    Recount our blessings regularly

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Don't focus on what God has not done but remember what God has done for us

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Instead of Complaining, we can choose to sing praises to God

Hebrews 13 15

Eph 5

Eph 5

Summ

Pslam 150 6

Thanksgiving help us look back with peace, look forward with faith, look around with love

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#thanksgiving #grateful #

The Holy Spirit in us give us inner peace that concurs all

Songs

Romans 8

Songs 8

John 15

Who is this belovered, who is Jesus

1. Giver of life

John 1

Gen 2

2. Sustainer of life

Hebrews 1

God didn't give life to the world and leave us alone... he is still giving and sustaining 

We maybe overwhelmed and drown by our situation, but God will not leave us alone

   God don't bring us so far to leave us there

Isiah 46 4

God will not abandon us half way

3. The resurrection and the life

Failure is not fatal, not final

Learn to draw strength form the beloved.. strengthen ourselves from the Lord

1. Thought

Romans 8

Our thinking can either bring life or death

   Thoughts of faith hope and love that brings life

We can choose the things of our thinking

2 Cor 10

2 Tim

Thoughts of faith, hope and love

2. Word

Proverbs

Our words can bring joy or cause miserable

   Again, we can choose

John 6

Words Jesus spoke are of life

Hebrews 10

Profess = to speak the same way

   Choose to speak the scriptures of Bible and accept them as truth... 

Job 1

It's the natural that when we go though though times, we will complain or even becomes bitter

Job 2 1

Job's wife responded

Job 2 10

Job didn't sin with His words

Job 1 , 13, 19

Job accepted that God is good!

Guard our words!

3. Action

Romans 8 13

John 4

John 4

John 4 34

Doing the will of the Father brings norishment, like food to the body

John 5

Jesus only does the will of the Father

What Jesus do, we also do

Luke 4

Whatever Jesus practice, we must make it our practice

#Strength, failure, thinking

the spirit of the disciplines part 4 pic ok

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The devil don't have to worry that their patients believed in God cos their habits and mental is not changed.. will soon fall back to darkness

   

James 2 19

Salvation is not only knowing God, but also a change of habits and practices of our life

   Imitate Jesus' way of life.. this is where spiritual discipline is required

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Have to do with our body... 

   Involve the entire being.. not just the mind

1 cor

Members = our hands and feet are Jesus' hands and feet

Our body are to be in union with Christ

   Our body and spirit must be in sync

Gen 2 7

Inner transformation happens when there's contact

Our soul and body is very tightly linked tgt as one

Matt

Embedded in our body are cravings...

Have we trained our body to submit to the will of God

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Flesh = cravings

This cravings stop us from cultivating rhe fruitbof the spirit

Romans 7

Flesh cos it got to do with the body... Gossip, shy away, sexual cravings

   Being a Christian won't make this go away automatically

Jesus has victory over the flesh.. partly is cos He is born sinless and has spiritual disciplines

Jesus says to follow and imitate Him

Gal 6

We will be be transformed into Christlikeness

Sowing and reaping takes time... Keep on sowing...

   With no conditions, no strings attached, set no time limitations

Romans 6 13

To present = to keep doing

There will be some point where the bondage is broken

Faith always require action.. exercise unto godliness

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Spirital disciplines are not auto even to Jesus

Hebrews

Obedience is also not automatic to Jesus

Read and think about Christ doesn't help us to be more Christlike... But we need to exercise 

Romans 5 10

If we imitate Jesus how he lives, there will be transformation

1 cor 6

Gen 2

When God created, He spoke and it happened.. galaxy, animals, plants

Only for man, God created differently.. 

   When the breath of the holy Spirit tt touch the dust of the body and the soul comes alive

Gen 1

Life is worth living only when we have joy... Life is not just for prestige and wealth

1 cor 9

1 Tim 4

We need to train / exercise our soul

   Bring our soul to the divine

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In solitude will break all stubbornness

The Holy Spirit brought Jesus to solitide to be prepared for the challenges he will face to be the savior of the world

Phil 4

Only practice will change our life

1 cor 9

To Paul, self control is the most important.. beating his body to be his slave, not giving in to moral cravings

We don't serve for ppl.. we serve for our inner life

Paul said imitate me in my spiritual disciplines as I imitate Christ