Comments on: Day 14 ~ Colossians 3:14 http://www.livingthejourney.com/2010/01/day-14-colossians-314/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Becky Keilen http://www.livingthejourney.com/2010/01/day-14-colossians-314/comment-page-1/#comment-7101 Becky Keilen Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:31:57 +0000 http://www.livingthejourney.com/?p=2141#comment-7101 I really appreciated this, Nate! I was challenged by the correlation between obedience and genuine love... How convicting that my usefulness to God depends solely on the depth of my "yes" to His Word! I really appreciated this, Nate! I was challenged by the correlation between obedience and genuine love…

How convicting that my usefulness to God depends solely on the depth of my “yes” to His Word!

]]> By: Michael Staddon http://www.livingthejourney.com/2010/01/day-14-colossians-314/comment-page-1/#comment-7086 Michael Staddon Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:11:06 +0000 http://www.livingthejourney.com/?p=2141#comment-7086 Thank you for writing this, Nate! It requires, as you said, "a laying down of our own lives in submission to God's Word" to show love to others. That is the command of God's Word, that we show that kind of love to others. This is the death that always results in life! This is the love of God that we keep His commandments! This is the kind of death that God's Spirit teaches His children not to fear, but to embrace. This is being transformed into Christ's image. Once again, we see that the Almighty has made it so that there are certain good things that can never be received without a certain hardship first, which cannot compare to the reward! To wish you great rewards could mean wishing you great trials. Fear not! Embrace the challenge with a strong graft and an unending flow of sap. Abide in Him and keep yourselves from idols! Thank you for writing this, Nate! It requires, as you said, “a laying down of our own lives in submission to God’s Word” to show love to others. That is the command of God’s Word, that we show that kind of love to others. This is the death that always results in life! This is the love of God that we keep His commandments! This is the kind of death that God’s Spirit teaches His children not to fear, but to embrace. This is being transformed into Christ’s image. Once again, we see that the Almighty has made it so that there are certain good things that can never be received without a certain hardship first, which cannot compare to the reward! To wish you great rewards could mean wishing you great trials. Fear not! Embrace the challenge with a strong graft and an unending flow of sap. Abide in Him and keep yourselves from idols!

]]> By: Caleb McLaren http://www.livingthejourney.com/2010/01/day-14-colossians-314/comment-page-1/#comment-6957 Caleb McLaren Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:11:58 +0000 http://www.livingthejourney.com/?p=2141#comment-6957 Dude! Thanks for making the connection between genuine love and faithful obedience! John 15 is such an amazing portion of God's Word. The definition of love that John 15 gives has changed the way I think about passages like Colossians 3. God Bless brother! Dude! Thanks for making the connection between genuine love and faithful obedience! John 15 is such an amazing portion of God’s Word. The definition of love that John 15 gives has changed the way I think about passages like Colossians 3. God Bless brother!

]]> By: Sharon http://www.livingthejourney.com/2010/01/day-14-colossians-314/comment-page-1/#comment-6956 Sharon Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:55:24 +0000 http://www.livingthejourney.com/?p=2141#comment-6956 Thanks for sharing, Nate!! It really makes you think deeper into the meaning of abiding in Christ and allowing His love to flow through us! Thanks for sharing, Nate!! It really makes you think deeper into the meaning of abiding in Christ and allowing His love to flow through us!

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