At least three things...

At least 3 things are essential to Life”” His Life in you individually, and true 1Cor.12 Jesus-Together-Life as a Body of Believers:

These three things are paramount.

1) His Truths.

2) Love/Repentance/Decisive Desirous Obedience of His Truth.

3) And His Grace.

And the greatest of these... is Grace.

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Just thought I would share with some few here. As I read this the second line has really been on my heart. "Decisive, Desirous Obedience of His truth." I never really thought about it before but of course "if" I love HIM I will desire to obey HIM. It won't just be a thing to do, I will desire to obey and submit unto HIM...it really does all come down to the attitude of the heart.

HIS Grace poured out on me, that is truly essential to me.

God bless
maryjane

As I was walking recently, the Holy Spirit spoke some words to me. " There is nothing more important than the condition of your heart." It lingered with me for weeks as I pondered those few words. All of my Christian life I have periods where I retreat into myself and kinda shut down, withdraw from the maddening crowd and simply go along on auto pilot.

In Kansas we can go months without rain. The ground gets baked hard in the sweltering heat of summer. If a rain comes it typically does not penetrate the hard ground, instead there is a flash flood. The ground is wet for a very short period of time and then it is as hard as it ever was.

There are periods when it rains every day in the spring. The ground soaks up the rain and then it rains again and again until it is saturated. When the ground is saturated it takes only a slight rain to cause flooding. The creeks and the rivers are swollen and the landscape is in danger of being changed by raging waters.

If my heart is good, if the waters that flow from heaven flow through me, if my heart remains supple and soaked with the dew that falls from heaven, then it takes very little for the glories of heaven to flood forth from me, living waters that refreshes my soul and others. If my heart is hard, it takes a lot of water just to soften me up. Oh that I would learn to remain close to the source of life itself that I might be useful in season and out of season, that I would be a source of life to others.........bro Frank