II Thessalonians 5:16 to 24
16. Rejoice evermore
17. Pray without ceasing.
18. In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19. Quench not the Spirit.
20. Despise not prophesyings.
21. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Pray without ceasing... Does this mean we are to ALWAYS be praying? Yes and no. You can pray throughout your day for various people, situations, needs etc. Ceasing doesn't mean you have to be on your knees in prayer 24/7. I have certain things that when I see them or hear something I will say a prayer for someone. Or maybe as I go through my day something will happen that will remind me of a situation that I should pray for. Do I do this all the time? I'm not perfect and I don't always do this but I do my best to pray without ceasing.
Are you quenching the Spirit? Make sure your reading the Bible, praying, attending church, have the right kind of fellowship, listening to the right kind of music etc. You don't want to quench the spirit.
These verses maybe short but each one has a lot to say. The one I want to focus on is one we talked about as a family back a few wks ago. Vr 22 - Abstain from all appearance of evil. We need to be so careful what we say, do, go or anything we do in life. One way of doing that is abstaining from evil. If you have a question on what your about to do or someplace you have thought of going to, it's best you don't do those things.
We don't go into bars, one is we don't drink and although when out soul winning those in the bars need to hear the gospel. We don't go in because someone whom you've been trying to win Christ may see you go in. They don't know that you aren't drinking when you go in. Then they go and tell someone that you went into the bar. You know what that leads to. So we avoid ALL appearance of evil.
Another thing which I've seriously considered doing on FB. Several friends of mine ladies don't have other men on their pg as friends. Why? They want to avoid all appearance of evil. This keeps you from ending up in an odd situation. Even though your husband may read everything that is posted it doesn't stop you from deleting a conversation, or someone looking to hurt you starting rumors. So avoid ALL appearances of evil!
There are so many area's that could be touched on for avoiding the appearance of evil. You need to decided as an individual what you need to change, or what you need to avoid that you were considering.
16. Rejoice evermore
17. Pray without ceasing.
18. In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19. Quench not the Spirit.
20. Despise not prophesyings.
21. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22. Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Pray without ceasing... Does this mean we are to ALWAYS be praying? Yes and no. You can pray throughout your day for various people, situations, needs etc. Ceasing doesn't mean you have to be on your knees in prayer 24/7. I have certain things that when I see them or hear something I will say a prayer for someone. Or maybe as I go through my day something will happen that will remind me of a situation that I should pray for. Do I do this all the time? I'm not perfect and I don't always do this but I do my best to pray without ceasing.
Are you quenching the Spirit? Make sure your reading the Bible, praying, attending church, have the right kind of fellowship, listening to the right kind of music etc. You don't want to quench the spirit.
These verses maybe short but each one has a lot to say. The one I want to focus on is one we talked about as a family back a few wks ago. Vr 22 - Abstain from all appearance of evil. We need to be so careful what we say, do, go or anything we do in life. One way of doing that is abstaining from evil. If you have a question on what your about to do or someplace you have thought of going to, it's best you don't do those things.
We don't go into bars, one is we don't drink and although when out soul winning those in the bars need to hear the gospel. We don't go in because someone whom you've been trying to win Christ may see you go in. They don't know that you aren't drinking when you go in. Then they go and tell someone that you went into the bar. You know what that leads to. So we avoid ALL appearance of evil.
Another thing which I've seriously considered doing on FB. Several friends of mine ladies don't have other men on their pg as friends. Why? They want to avoid all appearance of evil. This keeps you from ending up in an odd situation. Even though your husband may read everything that is posted it doesn't stop you from deleting a conversation, or someone looking to hurt you starting rumors. So avoid ALL appearances of evil!
There are so many area's that could be touched on for avoiding the appearance of evil. You need to decided as an individual what you need to change, or what you need to avoid that you were considering.
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