A Christ Follower: The Journey

The Way to Live the Victorious Christian Life is NOT to Do or Perform Anything! BUT TO STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! STOP Trying to make it happen and get it done.   "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him."   Ps. 37:7 STOP Focusing on yourself, your issues, your needs, your problems, your sin and... "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith". Hebrews 12:2 STOP Trying to do right and not do wrong in your own strength: "Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus." Rom. 6:11 STOP Being anxious about your circumstance and your situation and "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7 STOP Trying to be good, act like a good Christian and do good works for "Those who enter God’s rest also cease from their labors as God did from his". Hebrews 4:10 STOP Trying to improve yourself and be a better person and know that &qu

In love he predestined us to be adopted as his children in accordance with his pleasure and will.   Paul        Did you ever wonder why God does what God does?  I mean, when you really wonder about it, have you ever wondered what is his motivator that motivates him to be motivated to do what he gets motivated to do? And then, he just goes right on ahead and does what he does.      Well I can't give you an answer on what always motivates God to do what he does, but I can tell you something that might just be the answer.  Simply check out the scripture above.  What do the first 3 words say?  "In love he..."      Yup! God is motivated because God is "IN love" with you and me, and a whole bunch of other folks that he permanently adopts as his children.  In other words, if you are reading this, and you turned your life over to Jesus, you are an adopted child of God because God simply chose to love y-o-u.  He did not do it because you were so pretty, hands