Appendix 2U; ShinE !
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Let your gratitude to God for His gift of Christ inspire you to love. Choose to be love and to do love.
Your daily decision to allow the perfect love of God to fill your heart and mind, stifles your worldly fears so you can express loving actions, D (A, B, C) = E . This is your Christian faith working through love (Galatians 5:6, 2:20, 5:16, 5:22-23, Ephesians 2:10): trusting God, following Christ's example and choosing to discipline your humanity to show Christian Character Integrity (Romans 13:8-10, Ephesians 5:1-2, 17-21, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Philippians 4:13, Matthew 5:16). Christians who model God’s love find the psycho-social balance; personal fulfillment while proving God’s love to an unbelieving world (Psalm 94:19, Romans 13:8-10, 12:1-3, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Ephesians 5:1, 2 Peter 1:2-4).
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1 John 4:7-12
God’s love is both personal and electric; it's compelling and contagious (2 Corinthians 5:14-16, Philippians 3:20-21, James 2:14-26). You can choose to let God's Holy Love shinE through you by deciding to let what is true in your spirit also be true in your body and soul (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 5:23, Proverbs 3:3-5). When God's love penetrates your heart, you are, in the physical, humbled by His love, and grateful that you are secure in the spiritual accepted by the author of Love. A pure heart of love desires to do the work of becoming a Cognitively Consistent Christian. It's this desire that pulls you to a new level of behavior. You willingly adjust your humanity to live out your new identity as a Child of God. It's this free-will decision that invites God to reside in your heart which
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triggers the Holy Spirit to lead you through the change cycle so you can live life to the fullest (John 10:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 1:3-5, Romans 8:14, John:9-11). This decision, made willingly, sparks a positive desire/motive to do the work it takes to change your actions to match your beliefs. Christian hope is faith in action because they work together internally to push you out of your old comfort zone and lead you to want to learn new behavioral habits that allows God's Holy Love to shinE through you.
God will direct you to walk on a straight path that leads to your new normal; Titus 2:11-14
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, … zealous for good works".
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God can and will fill the longings in your heart. Let the positive energy generated by the Prescence of a Holy God inspire you to serve Him enthusiastically by helping other people. Place your focus on what you can do to make life better for someone else and let God take care of you! Trusting in the grace of God (Christ in you) is the foundation on which you build a healthy psycho-social balance, revealing your faith displayed unashamedly and passionately simply because you desire to please Him. When you accept and receive God’s love for you, it is your heart that inspires you to use your faith to win the spiritual battle over fear and uncertainty (1 Peter 5:7, 1 John 4:8, 4:16, 2 Timothy 1:7, Joshua 24:14, Romans 5:5, John 13:34-35, Philippians 4:4-8).
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Attitude (A) and Behavior (B) that is Divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit (D) and expressed through you is eternal life on earth and is how God shinE s His love-inspired power through you today and forever, C = E (Song of Solomon 2:4, Isaiah 60:1,15, Matthew 5:1-16, 19:26, Luke 1:37, Romans 8:1-17, Ephesians 5:13-17, Philippians 4:13, Hebrews 11:1, 11:6). Your willingly trade of selfish fleshy habits for Godly righteous ones is what activates the power of Holy Spirit in you to work out your physical transformation (your sanctification), making the achievement of God's promises possible in your life (John 10:10, Hebrews 10:23, Philippians 2:12-15, 2 Peter 1:3-11).
Choose to balance the psychological and social make up of your Christian character so you can live the life Christ died to give you; walking in love, proactively, optimistically, calmly yet confidently, and boldly yet meekly, so that other people will see God in you and want to turn to Him too (Isaiah 26:3, 1 Peter 2:12, 3:16)!
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