I Will Place My Thought on You Today, Lord

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 i am committed to You, Lord, i will place my thoughts on You today.  Am i but an armchair theologian?  Surely i haven't experienced the bad things the Apostle Paul had.  i'm not facing a beheading, not in the literal sense anyway.  Yet i've heard the echoes of eviction.  As it was intended for me to hear.  i face at times suspicious eyes looking on, though Satan and his demons are laughing their asses off because it's all in my self-centered mind.  i am committed to You, Lord, i will place my thoughts on You only. No longer do i want to be so preoccupied with whether or not i can, i want to be able to stop and pause and think about whether or not i should.


YAH, You are in control and i know Jesus is coming.  You want me to live my life for Your honor and glory and a constant awareness that Jesus may return at any moment.  "...[It is] because Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this [world.]  Aim at Heaven and you will get earth 'thrown in'; Aim at earth and you will get neither." -[C. S. Lewis] It's time for a complete makeover in the image of Christ.  

Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure. -[Isaiah 46: 9-10] All of human history is about God continually revealing Himself to those who want to know Him.  The next major event will be the Rapture of the Church; soon thereafter, the world will experience seven years of tribulation.  Believers will be experiencing a wedding with Jesus in Heaven.   A traditional Jewish weeding last seven days.  

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