Proverbs 23:15-18

These are separate clusters, but I like them all...separately.

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice --indeed, I Myself;
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak right things.




17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day;
18 For surely there is a hereafter,
And pspyour hope will not be cut off.

Sorry if it doesn't flow right, God is still showing me how to arrange my thoughts.

This is the result of God revealing my laziness.

Lazy-

Strongs

-inactive, that is, unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless: - barren, idle, slow.
-sluggish, that is, (literally) lazy, or (figuratively) stupid: - dull, slothful.

Dictionary

disinclined to activity or exertion : not energetic or vigorous b : encouraging inactivity or indolence

The verse that really made me start this study was:

Proverbs 19:15- Laziness will cast one into a deep sleep, and idleness leaves one hungry.

If you don’t work you don’t eat-meaning you go hungry. (2Thes 3:10)

Proverbs 21:26 The desire of the slothful will kill him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 10:16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, the wages of the wicked to sin.

For the wages of sin is death. (Romans 6:23)


Ephesians 4: 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

It all boils down to “Am I going to work to fuel my flesh, or kill it? Am I going to work to feed my spirit, or will I let it die?” I must work to live in Christ. The bible says we are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Php 2:12). When you work you sweat; sweat is your bodies way of removing impurities. Likewise in the spirit, when I begin to work out my salvation, then will the fire get hotter, and the things of my flesh will be scraped away.

Fire.

It burns. Be hot or cold, but not lukewarm. When was the last time you touched a lukewarm fire? So, if I am not on fire, than what am I? Cold. Lukewarm. A fire will not continue to burn unless you feed it. Likewise in the spirit I must work to feed my fire, or it will go out!

- Refiners fire.
It gets hotter every time. Remain faithful in the fire, constantly feed the fire while you are in it. It is better to burn away the iniquity, than not burn at all.

-Fire in Relationship.
Combine fire with fire, and you get a bigger fire. Stir one another up to faith and good works (Hebrews 10:24). Speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). We are to fellowship in fire, not draw back. It is together that the fire gets hotter, and more impurities are brought to the top. More is brought to the light! (The sun is light; the sun is fire!) Walking together with other brothers and sisters in Christ, in the Spirit, in the Light is relationship. Relationship isn’t always fun. The point of the fire is to burn up the flesh, tell me the last time you stuck your arm in a fire, and it didn’t hurt, and it didn’t burn, you can’t it doesn’t happen. So add other people in the fire with exhorting and reproving me, it makes the fire hotter, and it hurts even more!

So what makes me think that I will be able to survive in Gods fire without Him? His spirit must be in me!! His spirit must be what my body is composed or, otherwise while I walk through the fire and it gets hotter, there will be nothing left to bring God glory.

The War.

There is a war in myself, with myself, to die to self. Apostate v. Apostolic – 1 John 2: 18-19. Religion v. True Christianity.

There are many battles in a war, you win some you loose some, but you are constantly fighting to prevail against evil. You are given all of your weapons:

2 Peter 1: 2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power (holy spirit) has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

In a war you have to hold onto our weapons, you cannot leave them behind. Without weapons how do you expect to fight the enemy, much less kill the enemy? What are your weapons? And the weapons of this war are not carnal, but spiritual (2 Corinthians 10:4). The word is living and sharper than any two edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). Not only do you have to hold onto them, but you have to use (work/labor) them also. And while you are fighting, you are cleansing yourself. The sword works to cut you to the heart. Proverbs 20:30 Blows that hurt cleans away evil, as do stripes in the inner depths of the heart. Iron sharpens iron.

-Relationship and War.

Psalms 119:11 Your word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34).


That pretty much speaks for itself.


Chose this day whom you are going to serve. Joshua 24:15

In Me by Casting Crowns

I really really like this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If you asked me to leap
Out of my boat on the crashing waves
If you ask me to go
Preach to a lost world that Jesus saves

I'll go, but I cannot go alone
'Cause I know I'm nothing on my own
But the power of Christ in me makes me strong
Makes me strong

'Cause when I'm weak, You make me strong
When I'm blind you shine Your light on me
'Cause I'll never get by living on my own ability
How refreshing to know You don't need me
How amazing to find that you want me
So I'll stand on Your Truth, and I'll fight with Your Strength
Until You bring the victory, by the power of Christ in me

If you ask me to run
And carry your light into foreign land
If you ask me to fight
Deliver your people from satan's hand

I'll go, but I cannot go alone
'Cause I know I'm nothing on my own
But the power of Christ in me makes me strong
Makes me strong

'Cause when I'm weak, You make me strong
When I'm blind you shine Your light on me
'Cause I'll never get by living on my own ability
How refreshing to know You don't need me
How amazing to find that You want me
So I'll stand on Your Truth, and I'll fight with Your Strength
Until You bring the victory, by the power of Christ in me

To reach out with Your hands
To learn through Your eyes
To love with the love of a savior
To feel with Your heart
and to think with Your mind
I'd give my last breath for Your glory

'Cause when I'm weak, You make me strong
When I'm blind you shine Your light on me
'Cause I'll never get by living on my own ability

when I'm weak, You make me strong
When I'm blind you shine Your light on me
'Cause I'll never get by living on my own ability
How refreshing to know You don't need me
How amazing to find that You want me
So I'll stand on Your Truth, and I'll fight with Your Strength
Until You bring the victory, by the power of Christ in me
The power of Christ in me
The power of Christ in me

Funny video

Random thought for the day:

The phrase:

"That which doesn't kill me will only make me stronger."

I don't know, this is very random. Could that contradict the Christian spiritual relm. Like, if something doesn't work to help kill our flesh would it be working to make it stronger? Kinda? I just heard that, and it made me start thinking about every action, and am I continually working to kill my flesh.

I think something fun to do would be to do a random thouoght for the day. It would take like a minute, and it is fun, and could be very funny. Maybe I will start doing that.

Taking every thought captive

I look at my schedule and then I loose all excitement. Then I wander off, and everytime I see anything, a pencil, a button, my backpack, any yellow,gold, or purple object,a cat - similar to a tiger, article of history ( I learned random history facts about LSU), just about anything, I get excited all over again. Crazy, but fun all at the same time.

L S of U

Ok, from what I understand, on Mon, Wed, and Fri I have Chemistry, then right after that Biology. And on Wed I have Biology lab, Chemistry, and then Biology. That should be fun. Tues. and Thur. I have Math and then English. I got credit for my freshman Eng. and am in the 2nd math (who cares). But since I finished the Engl. already I am taking a Engl. Lit. because I have to have 6 hours of it for my degree. So I am taking a class on British Authors. I am going to try and get on the Latin waitlist, but I don't have any expectations of actually getting in.

The cubicle things in the library are for grad. students, and teachers. I amde the mistake of asking my dad when you would be qualified as a "graduate student". I wasn't sure because I am tecnically not in college, but in the University for your Freshman Year, or something like that. So I thought maybe after you "graduate" from that to the College of "..." then you would be able to get a cubicle. Nope, you have to graduate to be a graduate student. It could be confusing. Better than, "London, who would want to go to LONDON? Do they even speak English there?"

Oh, I will be going to the College of Basic Sciences. Studying Biological Sciences, majoring in Biology, for now at least.

Well, I am going to go sit on the back porch, and study my English for my final test tomorrow. It smells so nice outside right now, the rain has made the sweet olive tree enchanting. And it is not too hot in the shade, if only I could always study in these settings. Hopefully it will rain everyday in college. REALLY, I hope it doesn't, that would make bike riding really impossible. Speaking of which, many people jerry rigged a crate basket to the handle bar! I love it! The only problem I may have with that is whether it will make steering harder, or block my view of bumps or small rodents. But, I can deal with that later.

I won.

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I got my schedule too. I will let you know what it is when I figure everything out, including the times and stuff.

And it was poison ivy, because the meds. the Dr. gave me are making the rash go away.

Orientation

I figured out today why they call it "orientation", because you are "orienting" yourself with all of your surroundings and so forth. I got it now, so I can use the word orient, as in I am going to orient myself with the campus.

I have realized the depth of my inferiority as a freshman today, I can not wait for this semester to go by, then I won't be quite so new to it all.

I think I blinked for my ID picture.

I get my schedule manana- I will be studying Basic sciences for now.

I don't like the Ritaza ( o lo que cerea) coffee shop, never going there again.

I got some scan trons, and blue books.

I will prolly be riding my bike, and the reason there are no bike trails on campus is because you are supposed to ride in the streets like a car. I want to get a bell, so I can inform walkers of my presence w/o the "Hey, coming through!!!" I

Tigerware is the coolest!

I don't like being referred to as a "tiger". When anyone of any authority talks to me, they are like, " Hey, you're a tiger now." *sticks tongue out- and gags*

There is an automatic membership to the LSU health club with your Student fee/membership. They have racquetball, and it is free. SO AWESOME!!! Tennis too.

My mind may be on overload, and I will have to de-bog my memory for the rest of the week.

I think the PAWS calendar is dumb, but I will most definitely consider getting a planner.

I got some cool study tips, and planning guides.

And most of all, I can't wait to start!


P.S.- Rat-patooie was ridiculously DUMB. NEVER want to see it again in my life.