Oh the weight I gain
When I Put On anxiety, I will be anxious.
When I Put On fear, I will be fearful.
When I Put On despair, I will be hopeless.
Oh the weight that you will gain
When you Put On _____________, what will you be?
But...
Oh the weight that we will lose
When we Put On Peace, we will Put Off Anxiety.
When we Put On Faith, we will Put Off Fear.
When we Put On Hope, we will Put Off Despair.
To Put On~
"to make part of one's appearance or behavior; to wear like a garment."
Put On+ Put Off~
Now what?
Put Into Practice & Press Forward~
Wearing our new clothes, whether you or I feel like it or not!
Press Forward in Joy, when discouragement overcomes our soul.
Press Forward in Peace, when anxiety ruffles our feathers.
Press Forward in Patience, when discontent in the waiting.
Press Forward in Kindness & Goodness, when selfishness keeps us in my own world.
Press Forward in Faithfulness, when distrust leaves us isolated.
Press Forward in Meekness, when pride keeps us puffed up.
Press Forward in Self~Control, when the rebellious child in us starts to emerge.
Press Forward in Love, in His Love that lives within us,
because
Whatever we wear on the inside will be produced on the outside~
His Fruit
that enables us to
Put Into Practice~
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me,
or seen in me~ so that the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9
Put On + Put Off + Put Into Practice = Peace
What do you have to Put Into Practice
in order to Press Forward in His Peace?
Put Into Practice & Put On Jesus~
To Wear Him.
To Clothe yourself with Him,
like a garment,
all of Him,
because
He is all you need to
Press Forward.
So let’s
Fast
from Putting On our heavy laden clothes
by
Putting on
His Clothes
that make us
weightless~
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:12-14
What do you have to lose?
Weightless Log
1st Pound: Self
2nd Pound: Complaining and Blame
3rd Pound: Chaos
4th Pound: _____________
5th Pound : Judgement
6th Pound: Distractions
7th Pound: Jealousy
8th Pound: DIS
9th Pound: Procrastination
10th Pound: Fear
11th Pound: Temporary
12th Pound: Frustration
13th Pound: Anxiety
14th Pound: I Don't Wanna
15th Pound: Forsaken
16th Pound: Control
17th Pound: Meaningless
18th Pound: Unimaginable
19th Pound: Despair
20th Pound: Knowing
21st Pound: Trees
22nd Pound: Thinking Less of Self
23rd Pound: Our Clothes