Jan 26 + Satan being exposed and shamed

Today, some students presented their literature circle assignment and we had a great discussion.

I learned a bit more about The Sorrow of War's story. In the discussion, a question was asked along the lines of "How do you deal with past negative experiences?", and I shared that I come to God to get over past experiences, and I read to the class Philippians 3:13b-14: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward. I shared again later but from a different prompt, about how vaping and smoking was negatively affecting me but I had been in denial of it for a while. I didn't bring up anything about the Lord when speaking of this, but my sharing brought Jose, someone sitting next to me, to tell me he liked it, so I told him about how it was all God's work. I then shared the gospel with him and I'm glad he seemed very interested.

I loved today's class (obviously). I felt that the Lord gave me those verses to share, partially because I could feel from Him that I was in His will while sharing, but also partially because I know Satan didn't want me to open my mouth and share it. Right before reading those verses, I was getting really nervous (which doesn't really happen often, even with sharing verses to others) which was a clear tell of the enemy. He lost his poker-face; I could tell he was trying to raise my nerves up to keep me from sharing. What a pitiful attempt! It only made me all the more determined to share this verse; I had to shame him and his attempt to suppress my portion. Thank You Lord for this experience! Satan is so weak when you're in your mingled spirit! The fullness of God is in Christ, and He is in me, doing it all for me! What a privilege, that the Lord has shown me how to live Him and remain in my spirit, where His Spirit (He Himself) is dwelling, strengthening me! I love You, Lord Jesus.

Ephesians 3:16-17a: That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith,

Lord, make your home deeper in my heart today and this weekend.

I've been memorizing Ephesians chapter 3 because it is so crucial to our Christian life. I'm currently working on verse 9, so let's see where I'm at next Friday. My goal is to be finished by then because I already know parts of verses 14-19, and there are only 21 verses in total.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Feb 12

Today we had a substitute teacher and I came in pretty late, but we were given an assignment about the Vietnam war to do in Commonlit, which I've still yet to start on.  I learned more rules about level three lockdowns because we had to do a drill during this class period. I liked this class, but I wish we didn't have to sit in the corner for so long for the lockdown. I would have got much more work done. Jesus is God! I love enjoying God.
Read more

Mar 20

 Today we started on a presentation about "A Devoted Son." We got a lot of work done in the long class. I had to battle my OCD because the fonts were all over the place from the theme that I set, and many other formatting things were inconsistent in the presentation while/after we worked on it. I have a problem with taking over too much in group projects because my OCD so strongly wants everything to be my orderly way. I think that I've somewhat overcome this. I kept the weird non-theme-fitting font, but I had to at least make every slide's font the same. I hope we get a good grade on this assignment! O Lord Jesus, how I need You today. Lord, don't let me forget about Your sweet name and Your life-giving Spirit that I can breathe in simply by calling out to You.
Read more

Mar 5

 Today I came in a bit late and we were going over two poems, and then answered questions about them on canvas for the rest of class. I wish I came in earlier, because the first poem was called "The Lamb" and it was pretty Biblical; it was about the Lord Jesus but it was very hard to follow. I don't think God made me with a poetry-keen brain, which I am completely fine with. I had some great fellowship with Mr. Rease about the poems and in general about God's predestination and such.  This is the last assignment of the day that I need to get done and it's 3:09; school is about to end. I love doing my schoolwork here because I can go home and enjoy the Lord without Him reminding me to take care of my human responsibilities, because I already have! The Lord has really been getting me through this day; I got 7-ish hours of sleep and I can't wait to take a power nap when I get home. Thank You Lord Jesus, for Your so easily-accessible presence, a simple two words a...
Read more