Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 8:13, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
One thing is guaranteed when you apply the cross in your life–“you will live.”
You cannot help but live.
Everyone that applies the cross is a living saint.
You cannot apply the cross and not be living.
Resurrection life is spontaneous.
When you touch the Lord and by the Spirit interrupt your murmurings, your reasonings–all the activity of your flesh–you keep your self in death, you keep your flesh in death, and resurrection life bursts forth spontaneously.
You come to a church service and you have a testimony.
You meet someone and you have the gospel.
You talk with the saints and there is genuine fellowship.
You are just a living person.
This is how you can tell if you have applied the cross.
How living are you?
If you are dead, if there is no supply, no life, it may be that inwardly you have not cooperated with the cross in your environment, you have not activated your spirit.
Or you have allowed unclean thoughts to go by unchecked, undealt with, so that your inward parts are defiled and you are deadened.
Thus, the way to know if you have applied the cross is simply by your livingness.
You are fresh and living.
You are alive with God.
This is the way you can tell the cross is operating in you.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
MONDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
David Burnette
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Dwight Byrd
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jim Mabe
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Karen Slane
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lamar Knight
Larry Barker
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lorraine Elliott
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Scott Nix
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher
Tony Breedlove