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VIRTUE
CHRISTIANITY OASIS
HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS VIRTUE STUDY. MOST HAVE
HEARD OF VIRTUE BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT VIRTUE IS. LET US
SEEK AND FIND THE TRUTH OF VIRTUE TOGETHER, SHALL WE?
This is just a lil tidbit for those who feel called to serve
the Lord,
Ever felt strong enough to win over even the most stubborn
soul for the Lord? You step out and talk with others and you
share that Spiritual energy that you feel within and
actually watch them come alive before your very eyes? You
walk away feeling really great and like you have served your
Lord well. You crawl in bed and drift off to sleep in peace.
But, then the next day ... You awake and feel weak and
vulnerable.
WHY is that?
Jesus revealed this TRUTH ...
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Luke 6:18-19
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and
they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to
touch him: for
there
went VIRTUE out of Him,
and healed them all. |
This
VIRTUE is something WITHIN that others can tap into.
This is not only with those you are helping but also those
you encounter who quench your spirit with their worldly
words and deeds:
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2 Peter 2:8
For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing
and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day
with their unlawful deeds |
This
can DRAIN your VIRTUE and you can actually FEEL it at times.
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Mark 5:25-34
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood
twelve years, And had suffered many things of many
physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was
nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had
heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched
his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his
clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the
fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in
her body that she was healed of that plague. And
Jesus, immediately
knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of Him,
turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched
my clothes? And his disciples said unto him, Thou
seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou,
Who touched me? And he looked round about to see her
that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and
trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell
down before him, and told him all the truth. And he
said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee
whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. |
Notice
that Jesus FELT this VIRTUE had been DRAINED from Him
without HIS giving of it knowingly?
You see ... When you help others, VIRTUE leaves you that
MUST be REFRESHED lest YOU be DRAINED of the VIRTUE and feel
the void.
Like a stomach that cries out to be fed ...
It is no different than the body which needs to be refreshed
with food and water as your regular activities DRAIN the
nutrients ...
Your SOUL needs to be refreshed with SPIRITUAL food as well
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Matthew 4:4
But He answered and said, It is written,
Man
shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God. |
And
LIVING Water ...
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John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the
gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me
to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he
would have given thee
living
water. |
REFRESHING IS RENEWING ...
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2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward
man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. |
This
REFRESHING or RENEWING must be done EVERY DAY ...
It is simple ... It is a Spiritual cup within that is filled
and drained and needs to be refilled often to be able to
prevent it from being emptied.
One also needs to actually POUR the cup into others as to
refresh the cup often. Failure to do so will make your
virtue become stale and grow stagnate, being of no value and
having you feel worthless.
THAT is the aching within to ACT that many of you feel. Your
cup is full but you do nothing and it just sits there ...
USELESS.
So how does one REFRESH or RENEW the SOUL?
FEED your soul with:
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PRAYER
COMMUNE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
READ BIBLE
FELLOWSHIP WITH FAITH FILLED CHRISTIANS
READ STUDIES
LISTEN TO CHRISTIAN MUSIC
WATCH SPIRITUAL MOVIE WITH HOLY MESSAGE |
ANYTHING THAT REFILLS THE CUP WITH WHAT YOU WANT IN
THERE.
Cuz ladies and gents ... If you do not CHOOSE to fill that
cup ... There is an enemy of your soul that seeks to devour
your soul ...
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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom
he may devour:
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And he has absolutely NO PROB filling your cup with things
man dares not look upon.
Therefore ...
ESTABLISH THE HABIT OF THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS
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Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if
there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
THINK
on these things. |
REFRESH AND RENEW THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS WITHIN ... AND THAT
INCLUDES VIRTUE.
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2 Peter 1:4-8
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious
promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the
divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all
diligence, add to your faith
VIRTUE
; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge
temperance; and to temperance patience; and to
patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly
kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if
these things be in you, and abound, they make you that
ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Choose to ACT and ...
AND ...
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Colossians 3:10
Put on the
new
man,
which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him
that created him: |
Check out this study to learn more on REFRESHING and
RENEWING ...
http://www.christianityoasis.com/Keyword/RenewYourMind.htm
Take
care and have a SON-derful day
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