YES SIR EXACTLY SIR NOT WITH BITTERNESS IN YOUR HEARTS AND SEVERE THE LORD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH SIR THIS IS DYNAMIC AND POWERFUL SIR THE BEST SERMONS PROFESSOR DICTATED THIS PIECE REALLY INSPIRED THEM...THANKS AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU SIR
It is tempting to say something trite here. While I have no problem with being glad, and serving the Divine Father, one gets the impression that this one element of life is the most important... except it's not what the "greatest commandment" says. I'm glad, in part, because I know what the Divine Father's Love feels like (totally mind-blowingly wonderful!!!), and I'm glad to bear witness to that reality of the Father loving each and every one of us (regardless of one's religion or lack thereof) with an infinite or immeasurable Love. But it's more about doing the Father's will... which had me stumped for a long time, until I read this: "111:5.1 The doing of the will of God is nothing more or less than an exhibition of creature willingness to share the inner life with God-with the very God who has made such a creature life of inner meaning-value possible. Sharing is Godlike-divine. God shares all with the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit, while they, in turn, share all things with the divine Sons and spirit Daughters of the universes. 111:5.2 The imitation of God is the key to perfection; the doing of his will is the secret of survival and of perfection in survival. 111:5.3 Mortals live in God, and so God has willed to live in mortals. As men trust themselves to him, so has he-and first-trusted a part of himself to be with men; has consented to live in men and to indwell men subject to the human will. 111:5.4 Peace in this life, survival in death, perfection in the next life, service in eternity-all these are achieved (in spirit) now when the creature personality consents-chooses-to subject the creature will to the Father’s will. And already has the Father chosen to make a fragment of himself subject to the will of the creature personality. 111:5.5 Such a creature choice is not a surrender of will. It is a consecration of will, an expansion of will, a glorification of will, a perfecting of will; and such choosing raises the creature will from the level of temporal significance to that higher estate wherein the personality of the creature son communes with the personality of the spirit Father. 111:5.6 This choosing of the Father’s will is the spiritual finding of the spirit Father by mortal man, even though an age must pass before the creature son may actually stand in the factual presence of God on Paradise. This choosing does not so much consist in the negation of creature will-"Not my will but yours be done"-as it consists in the creature’s positive affirmation: “It is my will that your will be done.” And if this choice is made, sooner or later will the God-choosing son find inner union (fusion) with the indwelling God fragment, while this same perfecting son will find supreme personality satisfaction in the worship communion of the personality of man and the personality of his Maker, two personalities whose creative attributes have eternally joined in self-willed mutuality of expression-the birth of another eternal partnership of the will of man and the will of God." truthbook.com/urantia-book/paper-111-the-adjuster-and-the-soul
Rachel Martin Consider Jesus's loneliness at the winepress in Isaiah. Or at Luke where he tells the daughters of Jerusalem to weep for themselves. What were those women thinking at that time? God has a special place close to His heart for the heart broken and the lonely.
Dan Keane but He didn't abandoned you. He still loving you. Even when you feel he's distant, He's right there on your side, just like in Luke 24.13-35. If you feel abandoned know that we can talk buddy. Hope God bless you. Hug from Brazil.
we are here to serve God
Ya'll pray for R.C. Sproul's family. It's looking like he will see the Lord of glory soon.
help us to serve with gladness Lord it is a privilege to be able to do so
YES SIR EXACTLY SIR NOT WITH BITTERNESS IN YOUR HEARTS AND SEVERE THE LORD IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH SIR THIS IS DYNAMIC AND POWERFUL SIR THE BEST SERMONS PROFESSOR DICTATED THIS PIECE REALLY INSPIRED THEM...THANKS AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU SIR
It is tempting to say something trite here. While I have no problem with being glad, and serving the Divine Father, one gets the impression that this one element of life is the most important... except it's not what the "greatest commandment" says.
I'm glad, in part, because I know what the Divine Father's Love feels like (totally mind-blowingly wonderful!!!), and I'm glad to bear witness to that reality of the Father loving each and every one of us (regardless of one's religion or lack thereof) with an infinite or immeasurable Love. But it's more about doing the Father's will... which had me stumped for a long time, until I read this:
"111:5.1 The doing of the will of God is nothing more or less than an exhibition of creature willingness to share the inner life with God-with the very God who has made such a creature life of inner meaning-value possible. Sharing is Godlike-divine. God shares all with the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit, while they, in turn, share all things with the divine Sons and spirit Daughters of the universes.
111:5.2 The imitation of God is the key to perfection; the doing of his will is the secret of survival and of perfection in survival.
111:5.3 Mortals live in God, and so God has willed to live in mortals. As men trust themselves to him, so has he-and first-trusted a part of himself to be with men; has consented to live in men and to indwell men subject to the human will.
111:5.4 Peace in this life, survival in death, perfection in the next life, service in eternity-all these are achieved (in spirit) now when the creature personality consents-chooses-to subject the creature will to the Father’s will. And already has the Father chosen to make a fragment of himself subject to the will of the creature personality.
111:5.5 Such a creature choice is not a surrender of will. It is a consecration of will, an expansion of will, a glorification of will, a perfecting of will; and such choosing raises the creature will from the level of temporal significance to that higher estate wherein the personality of the creature son communes with the personality of the spirit Father.
111:5.6 This choosing of the Father’s will is the spiritual finding of the spirit Father by mortal man, even though an age must pass before the creature son may actually stand in the factual presence of God on Paradise. This choosing does not so much consist in the negation of creature will-"Not my will but yours be done"-as it consists in the creature’s positive affirmation: “It is my will that your will be done.” And if this choice is made, sooner or later will the God-choosing son find inner union (fusion) with the indwelling God fragment, while this same perfecting son will find supreme personality satisfaction in the worship communion of the personality of man and the personality of his Maker, two personalities whose creative attributes have eternally joined in self-willed mutuality of expression-the birth of another eternal partnership of the will of man and the will of God."
truthbook.com/urantia-book/paper-111-the-adjuster-and-the-soul
Loved this nugget of truth! Thank you for your joyful service.
I didn't want this clip to end. 👏👏👏
Most of the Time it's Hard being Alone & Broken 💔
Rachel Martin
Consider Jesus's loneliness at the winepress in Isaiah. Or at Luke where he tells the daughters of Jerusalem to weep for themselves. What were those women thinking at that time? God has a special place close to His heart for the heart broken and the lonely.
so dang good
People serve money with gladness. Open your eyes and see if I am lying.
So should i pray to God for gladness and wait to be glad before I serve?
I have been struggling with that
No. I feel abandoned by Him.
Dan Keane but He didn't abandoned you. He still loving you. Even when you feel he's distant, He's right there on your side, just like in Luke 24.13-35. If you feel abandoned know that we can talk buddy. Hope God bless you. Hug from Brazil.
Psalms 13 my bro, mediate on it