STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

8/25/2019 ~ Desire

⛳   DesireAM1.mp3 (39m 29s)   Desire.pptx Darkness has not a glimmer. God looks for all to see His truth given to life. Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, ... ~ Psalms 37:4-5 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. ~ Psalms 38:9 The fear of the wicked will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted. ~ Proverbs 10:24 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, ... ~ Ecclesiastes 2:10 You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. ... ~ Psalms 145:16-19 A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. ~ Proverbs 13:19 The desire of the lazy man kills him, For his hands refuse to labor. ~ Proverbs 21:25 The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich. ~ Proverbs 13:4 Time does not return to the valleys left behind Lazy man    has nothing       Diligent soul    is rich Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemaking. ~ Proverbs 24:1-2 ... Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. ... ~ Ecclesiastes 6:8-9 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. ~ Proverbs 13:12 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. ~ 1st Corinthians 14:1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. ~ 1st Timothy 3:1 For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. ~ Philippians 1:23 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. ... ~ Hebrews 11:16 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 5:2 For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. ~ Hosea 6:6 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. ... ~ Romans 10:1-3 "... and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, ..." ~ Mark 4:18-19 ... we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, ... ~ Ephesians 2:3 Lust swells from discontent hearts   Fulfilling the desires of lusts:                             → of the flesh                           → of the mind By nature children of wrath ... in which you once walked according to the course of this world, ... ~ Ephesians 2:2 The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. ~ Proverbs 21:10 ... put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, ... ~ Colossians 3:4-5 ... godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 7:10-11 Only by depths of understanding is freedom found  Godly sorrow         ⮡  Repentance leading to salvation                    ⮡  Not to be regretted                              ⮡  Producing:                                            ● Diligence                                            ● Indignation                                            ● Clarity                                            ● Vehement desire                                            ● Zeal                                            ● Vindication    Sorrow of the world                                      ⮡  Produces death PART 2   DesireAM2.mp3 (38m 48s) Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. ~ James 1:18 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. ~ James 1:21 The battle is lost if courage is not maintained   Which is able to save your souls     ↑         BIBLE    ←   Receive with meekness the implanted word ⭩   Lay aside all filthiness overflow of wickenness   ... The desire of the wicked shall perish. ~ Psalms 112:9-10 The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. ~ Proverbs 11:23 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. ~ James 4:2 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. ... ~ 1st John 5:14-15 ... put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. ~ Romans 13:13-14 Permanence is a vapor without strength of Faith   Let us walk properly, as in the day             ⮡  Not in:                    ● Revelry and drunkenness                      ● Lewdness and lust                    ● Stife and envy Jesus Christ     ←    Will  Power         Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ... ~ 1st John 2:15-17 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. ~ James 1:14 ... large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. ~ James 3:4 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short ... ~ Hebrews 12:14-15 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly ... ~ Lamentations 3:25-26 ... good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ~ 1st Timothy 2:1-4 A blanket of reason has been thrown to all men  Be made for all men:   Desires all    Men to be   Saved     → Supplications     → Prayers     → Intercessions     → Giving of thanks   GOD       ⮡  That we may lead           Quiet and peaceable life           in all godliness and reverence          ↑          Knowledge of the truth I desire therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; ... ~ 1st Timothy 2:8 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. ~ Hebrews 13:18 ... they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, ... ~ 2nd Timothy 4:3 "... I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance." ~ Matthew 9:13 ... "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ..." ~ Luke 9:23-25 Finding life reveals the womb of our creation    Whoever loses his life   For My sake will save it Come after Me   Deny oneself        ⮡  Take up one's cross daily                                        ⮡  Follow Me   ... "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." ~ Mark 9:34-35 ... whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. ... ~ Mark 10:43-45 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ~ Galatians 5:24 ... Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. ~ Revelation 22:17 The practices of man more often neglect the worship of God. Unsatisfied loneliness of not having, absent of confidence in God, causes percolating jealousies and underlying anger. Battling the beast from within musters the best in us or leaves us defeated. Festering on the puss of one’s emotions denies holiness ● None of our desires are hidden from God ● God satisfies the desire of all living things ● Only by diligent works can true value be found ● Better with good purpose than wandering desires ● Desiring a heavenly home is a natural part of hope ● Salvation comes by submitting to God’s own truths ● Put to death evil desires & all that goes against God ● Regrets deliver spiritual strength otherwise missing ● Turn from evil and receive the implanted word ● The desires of the wicked will perish ● Desires absent of God’s will obtain nothing ● Walking with Christ denies passions of the flesh ● Without peace and holiness one falls short of grace Desires of the heart create following destinies. Passion defines purpose. Darkness has a chilling absence of meaningful time.