Thursday’s Thought

      A Mid-Week Inspirational Message

    © 2003-2009 Ron Adams

CONTINUING

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine.”

John 8:31

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     In physics the continuing movement of an object is said to be affected by (among other things) resistance, obstacles, and diversion. These same three affect one “continuing in His word.”

RESISTANCE

Fight against the opposition with faith and fortitude.

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren

who are in the world.

1 Peter 5:8-9

OBSTACLES

Do not let them hinder or cause you to stumble.

Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance

into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

2 Peter 1:10-11

DIVERSIONS

Don’t be sidetracked by worldly cares and riches.

"And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the

desires for other things enter in and choke

the word, and it becomes unfruitful."

Mark 4:18-19

Keep On Keeping On

If indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Colossians 1:23

Quotations from NASB