Friday, October 26, 2012

Of Choice and Consequence



Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.  Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

--Galatians 6:7-8 (NLT)




Heavenly Father,



Help me live to please Your Holy Spirit, so that I may enjoy that joy, peace and everlasting life that can only come from You.


Don’t allow me to ever forget that there are consequences to everything that I do—for You are a just God.

Keep me mindful that for every bad thing I do, there are bad consequences, just as for every good thing I do, there are good consequences.

By the choices I make—the seeds that I plant by my actions—I decide the harvest I will reap.

Caution me with the knowledge that while there is forgiveness, mercy and grace when I repent of my bad choices, there are always consequences of that sin which still remain.


Help me live to please Your Holy Spirit, so that I may enjoy that joy, peace and everlasting life that can only come from You.


In the name of Jesus, Amen.

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