I wear fringe all year round, so having a kimono in my wardrobe is just another day in
the life of this free spirit.
Not exact matches
If the idea
of retiring to the Spring - like highlands, cosmopolitan cities, or beachside villages
of Panama appeals to the
free spirit within you, circle June 7 - 9 in your diary for International
Living's Fast - Track Panama: Lifestyle & Opportunity Conference.
so in your spare time
of denial read Romans chapter 10 verses 9 thru 13 and give your
life to Jesus Christ the one and only God that gave his
life for all mankind, rich or poor that we may be forgiven
of our sins and have power over the devil, and help the lost to find their way to salvation through the power
of the Holy
Spirit... so rebuke the devil and be
free, give your
life to Christ so you can begin to sleep at night... I love you all with the love
of Jesus Christ...
2 For the law
of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you
free from the law
of sin and
of death.»
2nd choice with your
free will, love and follow satan's lies and your
spirit dies while
living on earth, go to paradise, still hate Jesus, Day
of the Lord, and you get your wish, perish into the eternal flames, no eternity for you.
Joey Jesus came to set us
free and wants us to
live an abundant
life if you are struggling with sin and feel tempted to sin just tell God you are weak our biggest stumbling block mine included was my pride i did nt want to admit i couldnt do it in my own strength and yet that is where the victory is knowing that we cant and knowing that in him we can.When we know that we then become overcomers in Christ thats who we are.We do nt have to fight the sin we just accept that Christ has overcome our sins on our behalf thats how i dealt with my sin and when i am tempted i say Lord you know i am weak but i am trusting in your strength to help through your holy
spirit and he does.This is one
of my favoriote verses may you be set
free in Jesus name.Sin shall not have dominion over you brentnz
In this world, so full
of fictitious forms
of freedom that destroy the environment and the human being, let us learn true freedom by the power
of the Holy
Spirit; to build the school
of freedom; to show others by our
lives that we are
free and how beautiful it is to be truly
free with the true freedom
of God's children.»
Kaylee if you have asked Christ into your
life then the holy
spirit -LCB- he is the
spirit of Christ -RCB- dwells within you it is him that changes us all we have to do is tell him that we are weak in whatever area we struggle.You mention alcohol when tempted to drink just tell him Lord i am weak but i am trusting in your strength to empower me and he will thats is how we change.If we try and do it in our strength we might succeed for a couple
of times then fall back into our old patterns.Then it becomes forgive me Lord for my sin we feel guilt and condemned and that is the work
of the enemy who is out to destroy our faith in God and because
of our feelings we go and do the same things all over again.But we have a better way and that is to trust the one who is able to overcome having been set
free from my old
life style
of sin i am grateful each day to be walking in his strength not mine.So the Lord has given you the victory in Christ and even if we stumble sometimes in the process we remember there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus God bless brentnz
Economic security for all men means something about colonies, about tariffs, about the
free access
of goods to those people who must have raw materials and markets if they are to have in normal times a standard
of living adequate to relieve hunger and permit the
free development
of body and
spirit.
Listen to him: «The law
of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me
free from the law
of sin and
of death.»
Jesus was attacked as the Seal Prophet was attacked by the pagan and the jews
of Mecca for bringing that does not agree with the culture and customs they wanted to
live with such as
freeing slaves, forbidding the drinking
of spirits and all that was mentioned and known about the people Mucca doing before any signs
of Islam!
What matters is not that the organization
of the state be
freer and economics more equitable, though these things are desirable, but that the
spirit which says Thou remain by
life and reality.
Whereas continuing in sin enslaves us to the passions
of the body, dying and rising with Christ
frees us for
life in the
Spirit.
Those, on the other hand, who say that they are in despair are generally such as have a nature so much more profound that they must become conscious
of themselves as
spirit, or such as by the hard vicissitudes
of life and its dreadful decisions have been helped to become conscious
of themselves as
spirit — either one or the other, for rare is the man who truly is
free from despair.
He could exclaim to his intended readers, «There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law
of the
Spirit of life set me
free from the law
of sin and death» (Rom.
Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your
life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your
life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your
life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because
of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess
of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None
of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy
spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your
life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us
free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set
free by the power
of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz
Justice Frankfurter spoke
of the «agencies
of mind and
spirit which may serve to gather up the traditions
of the people,» and said that these concerned a «continuity
of a treasured common
life,» and that the «ultimate foundation
of a
free society is the binding tie
of cohesive sentiment.»
2 For the law
of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me
free from the law
of sin and death.
This approach has engendered a number
of fundamental features
of modern Western
life: its critical
spirit; its emphasis on
free assent -, its focus on the self as constructing its world and legislating its own values, and hence all the various modes
of personal, sociological and historical relativism.
I have suggested elsewhere that value -
free technology, the military - industrial complex, and narrow nationalism might be modern examples
of such principalities and powers.9 Hendrikus Berkhof suggests that human traditions, astrology, fixed religious rules, clans, public opinion, race, class, state, and Volk are among the powers.10 Walter Wink sees the powers as the inner aspects
of institutions, their «spirituality,» the inner
spirit or driving force that animates, legitimates, and regulates their outward manifestations.11 They are «the invisible forces that determine human existence «12 When such things dehumanize human
life, thwart and distort the human
spirit, block God's gift
of shalom, the followers
of Jesus are rallied for a new kind
of holy war.
If we put sibling conflict into the category
of «sin in the flesh,» then it is a sin from which «the law
of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set [us]
free.»
Also, I have touched upon his tendency toward sin as a
free, rational
spirit who is seduced into idolatrous loyalties both by fear
of losing his
life and by fascination with special advantages he can gain for himself by calculating self - aggrandizement.
Now, Paul exults,
life in the
Spirit sets us
free from the necessity
of the law.5
For the law
of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me
free from the law
of sin and death.»
Moses, the most humble man who had ever
lived on Earth to that point (Numbers 12:3), follows the Lord's
Spirit as the people followed Moses, leading them out from the place in which they were saved from death by the blood
of a lamb, through the waters
of the Red Sea where their enemies were swallowed up forever, traveling on in a new identity as God's chosen people —
free and sent on to serve and worship Him.
And
living in the
spirit lifts the burden
of sin, not the existence
of sin in our
lives,
freeing us to be more so in and like Him.
Paul wants believers to
live life in the
Spirit,
free from the damaging and destructive power
of sin in our
lives.
This same Jesus was crudified for the sins
of he world and received up into glory... From that place at the right hand
of Gdo he sat down expecting till all his enemies be made his footstool... I am his servant and I testify to you that he has filled me with his
Spirit or if you like he downloaded himself; (his image in me) Christ dwells in me... near 34 years now... and I am building myself up into him... Because Christ
lives greatly in me... I feel no need to force anyone to accept me... and I certainly need no one who like Bill can not discern the
living God, yet... to defing to me what faith is... it is not an opinion because God has already proven himself to me... but Bill is
free to his opinion... but I am goin got pray that God will be merciful to him and give him some proof... some pentecostal proof...
We can understand many ills
of the
spirit and even
of the body as caused by the damming up
of the way to a
life of free and self - giving love.
«He is our repose as the one
freeing the law from the contingent slavery in the flesh during the present
life; our healing, as the one healing [us]
of the affliction
of death and destruction through his Resurrection; our grace, as the distributor
of sonship in the
Spirit by God the Father through faith, and
of the grace
of divinisation for each one according to worthiness.»
I pretty much agreed with most
of what you have said and i think that the sinners prayer has been misused as a get out
of Jail
free card.A couple
of things that people miss is that God is in charge.As soon as you offer yourself to God and accept Jesus Chris the holy
spirit has liberty to work on you.Because he loves us he will discipline us so that we do repent
of our sins.The downside
of living a walk like that you are a hypocrite until you admit your sinfulness the holy
spirit can not help us because
of our pride.The second part was you talking about disciplining the flesh personally you cant discipline that which is corrupt our hearts are deceitfully wicked we need new hearts no amount
of effort on our part will transform our hearts that is the work
of the holy
spirit he changes our hearts so that we no longer desire to sin we would rather serve the Lord with all our hearts instead.brentnz
And now the church, through its new
life in the
Spirit, «sets us
free from the necessity
of the law.»
I love the whole
spirit of Christmas; The Christmas story from the bible is beautiful and so is the whole St. Nick (Santa) story and they both touch my heart... if you only want to love the jolly old elf because he gives toys to children then that is certainly your right... because we
live in the land
of the
free... Peace on Earth and good will toward men (and women)... no matter what you believe.
The best - kept secret in Christendom is that the
Spirit who is already present in our
lives strains to
free the cornucopia
of gospel blessings that the illusions
of discipleship keep stopped up.
I know
of a man who had the spiritual gifts
of evangelism, service, and creative communication, the heart desire to travel and be on the open road, the ability and knowledge to work on motorcycles, a fun - loving and
free -
spirited personality, and the
life experiences
of riding motorcycles.
Only when communities
live in mutual respect, when they together eliminate all caste atrocities, when they together remove hunger, when all their religious sing the song
of harmony, when they together celebrate God - given unity — then the
Spirit is
free.
He gave us His
Spirit so that we might
live a new
life, a
life free from the damaging and destructive consequences
of sin.
Jesus said if love the Lord with all our heart and all our mind and strength and love our neighbour as ourselves we fulfill the Law.The truth is none
of us can
live it without the holy
spirit and abiding in Christ only in him can we do that.We are no longer bound by the Law which brought condemnation and death but have been set
free through Christ righteousness which we receive by faith.
As Christians, we are reminded today that our ultimate allegiance belongs not to a political party or even a country, but to the Kingdom
of God, where the first is last and the last is first, where the peacemakers and the poor are blessed, where enemies are forgiven and slaves are set
free, where our King washes feet, where abundant
life grows from a tiny seed into a tree — not by power or might but by the
Spirit.
Our stocks might fall, our hopes
of promotion vanish; our salaries stop, our club doors close in our faces; yet, while we
lived, we would imperturbably bear witness to the
spirit, and our example would help to set
free our generation.
They managed to nourish both our bodies and our
spirit out
of the same domestic tabernacles
of life: Las cocinas.1 Here they were
free to talk, discuss, imagine, think, formulate and understand without coercion or control from higher authorities.
Only when communities
live with mutual respect, when they together eliminate all caste, atrocities, when they together remove and hunger, when all their religions sing the song
of harmony, when they together celebrate God - given unity, then the
Spirit is
free.
For the law
of the
Spirit of Life has set you
free in Christ Jesus from the law
of sin and death.»
Unencumbered by human frailties, Curiosity — like the rovers
Spirit and Opportunity, which survived on the Red Planet years longer than expected — will be
free to hunt for E.T. «If we find evidence for
life on Mars, boy, are we just gonna go wild with speculation about how common it is in the universe,» says Lou Friedman, a former scientist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and cofounder, with Carl Sagan,
of the Planetary Society.
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Free... To have a free and playful spirit is such a rarity nowadays... Either we're all too swamped in our day - to - day lives with all of the problems (smaller or bigger ones), endless schedules, routines, etc. that I have a feeling many of us forget to be in touch with ourselves... We forget to listen to our souls and follow the voice «inside» of us that is so often being «shut down» because we still have this one more thing to do that we might not really feel like, but we have to, or we have this one more place we have to go to, worrying that we're missing out in life if we don't go, e
Free... To have a
free and playful spirit is such a rarity nowadays... Either we're all too swamped in our day - to - day lives with all of the problems (smaller or bigger ones), endless schedules, routines, etc. that I have a feeling many of us forget to be in touch with ourselves... We forget to listen to our souls and follow the voice «inside» of us that is so often being «shut down» because we still have this one more thing to do that we might not really feel like, but we have to, or we have this one more place we have to go to, worrying that we're missing out in life if we don't go, e
free and playful
spirit is such a rarity nowadays... Either we're all too swamped in our day - to - day
lives with all
of the problems (smaller or bigger ones), endless schedules, routines, etc. that I have a feeling many
of us forget to be in touch with ourselves... We forget to listen to our souls and follow the voice «inside»
of us that is so often being «shut down» because we still have this one more thing to do that we might not really feel like, but we have to, or we have this one more place we have to go to, worrying that we're missing out in
life if we don't go, etc..
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law
of the
Spirit who gives
life has set you
free from the law
of sin and death.
In my mind, a bohemian
spirit is synonymous with an attitude
of being
free -
spirited and open - minded, as well as leading a
life less prone to stress.