Daily Bread - JAN/03/08
1 Thessalonians 5:16 - Rejoice always.
There is nothing ambiguous about this verse of scripture. The command is direct and essential for the well-being and spiritual growth of the saints of God. The Greek word for rejoice (chairo) shares a relationship with the word for grace (charis). The grace of God that is brought to us by the Holy Spirit fills us with joy and rejoicing if we will yield to Him (Titus 2:11; Galatians 5:22; Romans 14:17; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Peter 1:8). There is a constant need for this infilling and divine inspiration so that we might continually enjoy this glorious fellowship as well as shine as a light to a lost and sad world (Ephesians 5:18-20; John 7:38-39). As we yield to the joyful inspirations of the Holy Spirit we will discover the acts of His grace (charismata) being revealed in us and through us (1 Corinthians 12:4-11).
Be blessed,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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