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I'm out of control, thanks! This Thankful Thursday I am totally out of control. Or at least that's my goal!
Have you known anyone to get a DUI (Driving Under the Influence)? They are so drunk they've totally lost control. They are under the influence of alcohol. They act differently than they normally would. They might say things they wouldn't normally say and make poor decisions. It's not the person driving the car anymore, it's the alcohol. It's not safe to drive a car while drunk, right?
We will all be influenced by something. I want to be a person who LUI. (Lives Under the Influence of the Holy Spirit). If I am full of the Holy Spirit I will act and talk in ways I wouldn't naturally. I would have a strength that is not my own. I want to be so full of the Holy Spirit there is no room for me and my sinful (mean, critical, gossip, dishonest) ways. I want to give up MY control, and make my decisions based on His Spirit...
... so I can reap the fruits of the Holy Spirit... love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
I want to live out of control... and LUI of the Holy Spirit!
Angie xoxo
11 comments:
If you only knew what kind of day I've had and how heavy my heart was as I sat here. Then I clicked on the video and the first words that come up are, "In His hands is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind." My heart stuttered. My eyes teared. And then the song you chose was sung by our worship leader at church. And my heart wept. Because He did remember me in the midst of my day. Thank you, Ang.
love,
karen
I'm right with ya sista!!! Right with ya.
LUI too~
Fran
Amen sister! Amen! I am so right there with you! I've heard this analogy before and love it! Thank you for the reminder!
Much love to you, Miss Angie! :)
Lindsee
Amen! LUI - to give up the control I think I have and surrender myself to the influence of the Spirit! I love it!
Desperation for His Spirit is contagious. Praying for you and the full measure of His Spirit for each of us. I am not sure where I would be without His love. Love you, my friend. LUI, Annette
Amen! LUI of the Holy Spirit!
Blessings in Christ-
Ang,
this is amazing sound, I want more of the Lord, i'm so ungry for him in my life.. I love the LUI this is the way I want to live...
Amen!!!
Connie
GBU
Oh me too! I love taht LUI! Thanks for the word picture!
I love that...LUI!
Paula
Angie,
Thank you for the most generous and sweet comment...me? "such a talented writer"? Wow...for anyone but my husband (ex - legally right now)to say that just blows my mind still. He would always praise my gracious words written. I've never written in any formal format like this before. I've had many comments on my blog about having beautiful words, God gracing me with words, etc. It's still so hard for me to believe it. I guess my flesh is looking at the number of visits I have compared to some other blogs or whether my blog is worthy of being listed on a blog list. That is totally the flesh and so ridiculous. I started this blog to touch just one person and if nothing else to just commune with God and share my faith.
I appreciate your words about seeking godly counsel. I know what God's Word says about marriage and divorce and my Christian husband has found himself in the midst of Satan's powerful deceit. No biblical grounds for divorce and God's blessing far from on it but Satan told him otherwise. I'm standing in the gap and believing the Lord will reach him and show him the way back to the path God intended for both of us from the beginning. From a human perspective, it appears that is impossible as I have NO contact with him, he refuses. His actions say he'll never have anything to do with me and he'll never turn from this deceit (I truly believe this is the pain of his belief of a broken dream unable to be restored and his past baggage). But my God says otherwise. I do trust the Lord and I do know what His will is in this situation. However, I also know He gives us free will and He will not force my loved one to turn from his path and truly seek God. He is so scared and believing false truths about God's Word...twisting it to say he has God's approval in this situation. After ten months, I'm still in shock of what is he thinking. This is why I've continually saught different wise counsel. In my close circle of friends and family, they just want me healed and to go on with life. So, when the opportunity arises I seek those who've been in a similar situation (such as Amy)that would better understand why I'm so determined to believe God will resurrect my dead marriage as He resurrected a dead man Lazarus. My friends take the attitude of "if it's God's will, it will work out." That's not my personal philosophy. God's Word tells me what He desires and He hates divorce and tells us not to divorce but rather marriage is to be honored. Since no infidelity was involved I see our situation as totally reconcilable with God's power. So, I seek encouragement and support of the hope I have from others who have that same hope instead of the "if it be Thy will" mentality. I have a couple friends from the blog world who are believing with me for restoration. I know it's not His will to be permanently divorced because we both know God divinely joined us. He has professed that I am his dream girl and soul mate and I will never be convinced otherwise. He prayed specifically for the type of woman he wanted and one month later I "appeared" and met every request he had of God.
My Christian counselor says I should stop seeking the opinions of others because of how it can affect me when they don't have the same belief. However, I've said from day one that Jesus healed many people based on faith alone...such as the bleeding lady and the two blind men. So many scriptures all tell us to believe and not doubt, we have not because we ask not, if we believe we'll receive what we ask for. What if I didn't stand and believe with all my might in His restoration, would it not happen? I don't know; I just know that He does heal and answer based on faith. rejoiceminstries.org has been a great help also. They whole heartedly believe with a spouse and God keeping the covenant and praying for the prodigal spouse to return. The Steinkamps who "run" that organization are a living testing. I shouldn't be rambling this much on your blog.
Thanks for stopping by. Come back again.
Love,
Paula
Great idea Angie. That is my goal as well, to live under the influence and be smelling of Jesus! Everything else is so meaningless! I hope you are doing well. Have a super weekend....
Love,
Kelley
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