Unresponsive

TOPIC: Our Demise

SCRIPTURE: "...consider the members of your earthly body as dead..."(Col.3:5)

OBSERVATION: We are to regard ourselves as dead to certain things
Completely and totally unresponsive to:
Immorality, Impurity, Evil Desire, & Greed
Anger, Wrath, Malice, Slander, & Abusive Speech

APPLICATION: As I was reading this passage I started thinking about my mom. You see, her physical dwelling place is only a mile and a half from my house. The amazing thing about her is that this verse is actually true of her. Regarding Immorality, Impurity, Passion, Evil Desires, & Greed furthermore when it comes to Anger, Wrath, Malice, Slander, & Abusive Speech my mom is unresponsive to these temptations.
The Lord said to me, you need to follow your Mom's example. You need to become like her in everyway when it comes to temptations.

Unresponsive

Dead as a doornail (As a grandpa use to say)

My mom was and is truly a saint. For the past 11 1/2 years she's been with the Lord. Her body is buried in Danville Memorial Gardens. Periodically, I feel promoted by the Lord to drop by her grave to remind me of several things. One that I've centered this blog around.

Let's Recap:

I am

U R

We

Are to regard ourselves as

DEAD

Completely
&
Totally
Unreponsive to
certain things.

SO

R U Dead?

If so

Are you staying that way?


Remember

It's

a

choice

to

remain

unresponsive


Romans 8:13 says, "...if by the Holy Spirit, you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will truly live."


PRAYER: Father God, thank you for reminding me the true life only occurs after death.