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: Good Thursday Morning Peeps,
: How are you doing this morning, good I hope?
: Due to the death of one of my favorite
: uncles, I have been absent the past three
: days dealing with that loss. I owe him so
: much, he taught me everything I know about
: basketball, and gave me a lot of wisdom and
: advice about how to carry myself as a man
: too. I don’t recall us ever having a cross
: word to each other, except on the basketball
: court where we were fierce competitors
: playing each other day in and day out. I
: would be lying if I didn’t say my heart is
: not only heavy right now, but is also
: feeling a deep sense of loss. He also
: touched so many lives from NBA basketball
: players, all the way down to kids in
: general. He never met a stranger, and always
: had the friendliest smile. I know he is in a
: better place now, and I can take refuge in
: knowing that, but it still doesn’t change
: the respect and admiration I have for him.
: So “Go rest HIGH on that mountain Uncle
: Danny “D.T.” Thomas, for your work here on
: earth is done, go to Heaven a shoutin, at
: the Father, and the Son.”
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: May God Bless You and Yours in 2017 and
: beyond!
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: Joy and satisfaction are found in submission
: to the ways and will of God.
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: “Therefore, submit yourselves to God.
: Resist the devil.”
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: James 4:7 NIV.
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: My thoughts and comments today ask,
: “Submission or Subjection?”
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: By Pastor Allen Randolph
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: I may be corrected by an English teacher
: reading this, but I am intrigued today by
: two similar words that sometimes seem alike,
: but can infer a dissimilar process. Those
: words are: submission and subjection. I
: think a distinction between them is
: important for proper application –
: practically, relationally, and spiritually.
: The first of those words – submission –
: describes your voluntary willingness to
: comply with another’s request or requirement
: of you.
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: You submit when, by your free will, you
: forego your rights to do otherwise.
: Submission suggests a voluntary willingness
: and readiness, choosing the better option
: for the right reasons. Your relationship
: with God is based on willing submission and
: joyful obedience. James advised, “Therefore,
: submit yourselves to God.” James 4:7 NKJV.
: By your choice of submission, you subject
: yourself to obedience as unto the Lord.
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: The second word – subjection – includes the
: idea of coercion and subjugation. “Their
: enemies also oppressed them, and they were
: brought into subjection under their hand.”
: Psalm 106:42 NKJV. Coercion occurs when
: someone attempts to impose their will on
: another person. Anyone who demands
: compliance at the threat of their disfavor
: or unwanted consequences is trying to force
: you to do their wish and will. In both
: submission and subjection, the end results
: are similar but the motivation and strategy
: differ vastly.
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: Submission is your voluntary response to
: what is asked of you and is beneficial and
: appropriate for you to do. God patiently
: awaits your submission. In contrast,
: subjection relies upon coercion, demanding
: by threat of disfavor or punishment to gain
: compliance you would not otherwise give. Our
: better nature responds more positively to a
: request or rightful expectation. Our baser
: nature – and we all have one – is
: oppositional, expressing reluctance,
: resistance, or outright refusal to demands
: contrary to our own will or perceived
: pleasure.
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: Submission is a choice that only you can
: make. Joy and satisfaction are found in
: submission to the ways and will of God
: alone. Conversely, subjection is imposed
: from outside by others. Only frustration and
: displeasure will be found there. Others will
: try to overlay their expectations, plans,
: and will upon your life. Trust the sacred
: environs of your heart and life to none but
: God. Our God never imposes His will on your
: life, nor should you allow others to impose
: theirs. He offers His ways and will for your
: good.
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: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
: laden, and I will give you rest. Take My
: yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am
: gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
: rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and
: My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV.
: Subjection burdens you with concerns you did
: not choose. Submission to God frees you to
: elevate your life to all that is higher and
: better. The choice is yours!
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: Today, I pray for you to know joys of
: submission to God and His ways.
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: K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
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: Imitate God, therefore, in everything you
: do, because you are his dear children.
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: Ephesians 23:19
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: Praise the Lord, everything he has created,
: everything in all his kingdom. Let all that
: I am praise the Lord.
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: Psalm 103:22
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: “Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus
: Christ. Afterall, He did it for us didn’t
: He?”
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: Prayers for you and your family.
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