{"id":811,"date":"2012-10-03T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.subsilioconsulting.com\/wordpress\/?p=811"},"modified":"2012-10-04T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:42:05","slug":"pearls-of-wisdom-10-03-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/03\/pearls-of-wisdom-10-03-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearls of Wisdom 10-03-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we talked about the pathway of righteousness that Jesus has set before us.\u00a0 He has gone before us and made a way.\u00a0 He is the way.\u00a0 His way is righteousness.\u00a0 In that way there is life and no death.\u00a0 We must remember that death does not just refer to separation from our physical bodies.\u00a0 It can mean separation from anything.\u00a0 Satan wants to separate us from joy and peace and love and blessing of any kind.\u00a0 He is the king of death.\u00a0 Jesus is the Lord of Life.\u00a0 He is our Life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That pathway of righteousness is a pathway designed for each of us individually.\u00a0 I think it is so neat that God works with us personally on an individual basis and yet we are all one of the same Body of Christ.\u00a0 He is interested in us personally.\u00a0 He wants to help us fulfill the destiny that He has designed for us as His children.\u00a0 Each one of our destinies has been divinely created or designed for us and given us or imparted within us when we were placed in our mother\u2019s womb.\u00a0 God had you and me in mind before we were ever born on this earth.\u00a0 He has a special place in His heart for each one of us.\u00a0 It was carved out before the foundation of the earth.\u00a0 What an awesome thought!\u00a0 Meditate on that for a while and it will take you out of your doldrums.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ephesians 2:10<\/span><\/strong> is one of my favorite verses.\u00a0 It so clearly lays out what God has in mind for each one of us.\u00a0 Let\u2019s look at it in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Amplified Bible<\/span>.\u00a0 It is really self-explanatory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For we are God\u2019s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned before hand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You and I are born again, or born anew by the blood of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 He made it possible for us to become God\u2019s children and be reconciled to our Heavenly Father once again.\u00a0 We are restored to our rightful relationship with Him.\u00a0 What a privilege and a blessing!\u00a0 Now we are equipped and anointed to walk in the path that He has prepared for us to walk in.\u00a0 The best part of all of this plan is that we live the good life which our dear Heavenly Father has already prepared for us.\u00a0 Living with the Lord and living for Him is the best life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I AM LIVING THE GOOD LIFE WHICH GOD PREPARED FOR ME AND WALKING IN THE PATH THAT HE LAID OUT AHEAD OF ME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS &nbsp; 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