Dry Drunk=False Religion (Book Of Galatians.)

I was writting down in my Bee and Dragonfly Journal about the A.A meeting on Thursday night.

This journal is for any scriptures that stick with me. As I believe they are massages from God. So here what I wrote.

A.A meeting Thursday night the guy mentioned 2 Timothy 2:13.

 "If we are faithless, he remains, fuithful, for He cannot disown Himself".

Stevie also mentioned something that really stood out and is coming to mind right now  "Dry Drunk = False Religion.

I feel something in my spirit just now. I feel like a dry drunk.,.."Restless, Irratable,

and discontented.

Then I was listening to this abide meditation (https://abide.co/prayer/13859k)

 it says Living  by the law.. not by Christ is a false gospel. I believe this is what Stevie meant about false religion. The meditation was about Galatians 2:20 

"I have been crucified with Christ and no longer live, but Christ lives in me."

So I opened my Bible at the book of Galatians to see what truth comes up

• *Not acting in line with the truth of the gospel!
•  I am trying to do, in my own strength what Christ alone can do.
• Because I am trusting in myself I have failed  on the good.
• If I trust in Christ, He could not have failed
• Come and confess every failure of temper, every failure of the tongue however small, every failure owing to the absence of the Holy Spink and. presence of the power of self.
• I am believing in the law instead of "CHRIST".
•  The just shall live by faith, yet the law is not a faith

When I read below what Joyce Meyer had written, it pointed out why I was Restless, Irritable, and Discounted. My spirit was at dis-ease with my flesh. So this is why it is important for me to write things in my journal. It might not make sense at first but it will.

My favourite quote I learned at Celebrate Recovery was "Thought unravel when they pass through the lips and fingertips".

Do your part

Before we can enjoy any real victory over sin and experience change in our behavior, we must learn that only God can change us (see Galatians 3:2-5). We cannot perfect ourselves and when we try to do so we only become very frustrated. 

God has called us to perfection and has given us perfect hearts, but the working out of it is a process that takes faith, patience, and time. 

As we face the truth, admit our faults, and place our faith in God to change us we will see results but we must trust His timing. Things do not always happen when we think they should.

We are partners with God and we do have a part to play. Our part is to believe and obey any specific instruction God might give us; His part is to work the good thing He has placed inside of us to the outside of us where it can be seen and enjoyed by others and ourselves. When we get into "works of the flesh" (our energy trying to do God's job) we get frustrated. 

God Himself frustrates, opposes, and defeats us until we humble ourselves and lean entirely on Him (see I Peter 5:5).

It took a long time, but I finally learned that every time I felt frustrated I had stopped trusting God and started trusting myself to accomplish whatever needed to be done at the time.

We received Christ totally by faith and that is the same way we must live our lives. We realize that we need to change and frequently become very disappointed with ourselves-even feel condemned-when we do not.

 We are much better off to put all the energy we use trying to change ourselves into prayer and trust God to do what needs to be done.

By faith God is working in you and you will see wonderful changes, but you must turn the project of your perfection over to Him entirely. Let God be God in your life! 

Instead of saying, "I'll never change," say, "God is working in me as I trust Him, and I believe I am getting better and better every day. God is strengthening me in my weaknesses and helping me overcome bad habits."

 

MY CARD FOR TODAY ..FITS WELL WITH THIS MESSAGE