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Deut. 11:13

‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

This one caught me in a real awkward spot. I've heard this verse hundred of times again and ran with it but never thought about any underlying thought when I came to it, I finally listened to myself hearing that verse. My first conscious thought was logical, "If I love God and serve Him with all (100%) my heart and all my soul, what is left for me?" I nearly rejected that thought because it wasn't anything of a christian response, but this thought came out of me. I continued to read the next verse loving the talk about God's rain in due season and His goodness. Then I came to sobering verse 16

¹⁶ Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them,

That was one of those scripture that helped me recognize the fight, looking like a christian or being a Christian. It caught me the way that the verse told me to take heed to MYSELF. Slapped me in the face and reminded me to pay close, special attention to some of the ploys that I pull on myself. Some reactions that I have, that if not dealt with and brought to the light may undermine my whole walk forfeiting that latter rain blessing.

My initial response wasn't the proper christian response so I'll just sidestep it and keep on trucking. This is a very serious thing if I respond with a "what about me God" comment. There will be many times God asks for all of me. My actions may attempt to show a loving heart, but deep within me I'm saying "what about me God?" I never wanted to walk down that road due to a fear of thinking that I am not a good Christian with selfish thoughts like that. When I do that, I have placed my appearance as a Christian and my own feeling good about myself above God.

I realized that I want to get to that point where I can say with all my heart and all my soul that this action or response is solely for Him. The fact that all this happened doesn't make me a bad Christian. If recognized something wrong in my heart or soul and chose not to deal with it, well that might have an argument. Take it to God, Is anything impossible with God? I end with Ephesians 5:8-14.
God Bless

GOD IS LOVE

HEY, MIGHTY MEN OF GOD, I HOPE YOU HAVE PUT ON GOD'S LOVE FOR THIS JOURNEY OF PRIZE FIGHTERS, IT WILL TAKE ALL OF HIS LOVE TO SEE US THROUGH THIS SEASON OF OUR LIVES. MAY GOD GRANT EACH OF US HIS LOVE, PEACE AND JOY TO TRANSFORM US MORE INTO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON JESUS.

(3/3) want the better prize.. LEFT JAB ouch!

(2/3) ever have legs,wings??? That got me going...on 2 tim 3:16- 4:8 by reading this i understand that i need to work on spreding the "good news" because i do

(1/3) Fwd:
Well ive done my shadow boxing as for genesis 3:1-19 i understand that they sinned so we have consequence ...3:14 i dont understand did the serpent

Sparring...

Proverbs 27:17

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.

spar ² (spär)

intr.v. sparred, spar·ring, spars

1.

a. To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.

b. To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.

Not to get lost in words but to see the purpose behind the name. This blog is available for the month's Prize Fighters and will be 1 one of the sparring rings. To be clear it is not a place where someone can come and theologically or intellectually flex on a new believer or the group. However this is a blog where brothers can offer questions, insight, wisdom and personal revelation from reps an shadowboxing to sharpen other brothers. Bottom line is we want to strengthen our fellow prize fighters for whatever they may face.

Father God, I pray that your Holy Spirit be upon each Prize fighter as he contributes, reads and reflects on your word. That there is a prize set before each person and that we all run in a way that we obtain the eternal prize, a deeper understanding of who you are and how much you are for me.

In Jesus name I prayer.

Amen

So post your blogs on whatever God's word is speaking to you. Comment on your sparring partners questions to edify and strengthen. All in all, keep it Gospel.

God Bless,

J Johnson.