![\"flame\"](\"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/flame.jpg\")
<\/a>In the lesson we studied this week, we looked deeply into the lives of the 10 virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) and how we are to watch and be ready for when Jesus returns. While I am anxiously waiting for that day, I know there are plenty of things for me to keep busy with until His return.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
One of the prayers I prayed this week was that I live what I know. I\u2019ve studied God\u2019s Word for a lot of years. I know where to find specific passages. I\u2019ve used this blog to post most of God\u2019s Word over the past two years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s the thing. If I\u2019m not living what the Bible says, I\u2019m not living what I know.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So one of my personal exercises this week was to write down most of what the Bible has to say about what I should be doing while I\u2019m waiting for Jesus to return. Now while I haven\u2019t been through the Old Testament yet, the New Testament has a plethora of commands from God. Care to take a look at some of them?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Matthew 5, 6, and 7<\/p>\n
Matthew 28:20-21<\/p>\n
Matthew 28:20-21<\/p>\n
John 15:1-17<\/p>\n
Acts 2:38<\/p>\n
Acts 2:42<\/p>\n
Romans 8:5-8<\/p>\n
Romans 12:2<\/p>\n
Romans 12:9-21<\/p>\n
Romans 13:8-14<\/p>\n
1 Corinthians 11:23-29<\/p>\n
1 Corinthians 13:1-13<\/p>\n
2 Corinthians 4:6<\/p>\n
Galatians 5:16-26<\/p>\n
Galatians 6:9-10<\/p>\n
Ephesians 2:10<\/p>\n
Ephesians 4:17-32<\/p>\n
Ephesians 5:1-21<\/p>\n
Ephesians 5:22-33<\/p>\n
Ephesians 6:1-4<\/p>\n
Ephesians 6:10-18<\/p>\n
Philippians 4:4-8<\/p>\n
Colossians 1:10-12<\/p>\n
Colossians 3:1-17<\/p>\n
Colossians 3:18-25<\/p>\n
Colossians 4:2-6<\/p>\n
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12<\/p>\n
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/p>\n
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15<\/p>\n
1 Timothy 2:1-4<\/p>\n
1 Timothy 2:9-15<\/p>\n
1 Timothy 4:16<\/p>\n
2 Timothy 2:15-16<\/p>\n
Titus 3:1-2<\/p>\n
James 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5<\/p>\n
1 Peter 1:13-16<\/p>\n
1 Peter 2:13-17<\/p>\n
1 Peter 3:1-7<\/p>\n
1 Peter 3:8-9<\/p>\n
1 Peter 3:15-16<\/p>\n
1 Peter 4:7-11<\/p>\n
1 John 2:28<\/p>\n
1 John 3:7<\/p>\n
1 John 3:11<\/p>\n
1 John 4:7-8<\/p>\n
Jude 1:20-23<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t even get into Revelation\u2026but I\u2019m sure there are a few ideas that I might need to include in my life from that book as well. And I limited my perusing mostly through the Epistles\u2026Jesus had plenty more to say about what we should do while waiting for His return. And I can\u2019t even say that this is an exhaustive list from the books that I did scour.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
What I\u2019d like for you to take away is that there is plenty to occupy our minds with. Plenty of ways Jesus wants us to act while we wait for Him. So let\u2019s do it. Let\u2019s look at this list of things that we know<\/b> and live<\/b> them.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I pray that your prayer today is my prayer. \u201cHelp me God to live what I know.\u201d If we\u2019re doing all the Jesus asked of us, we\u2019ll be ready for His return.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cHe who testifies to these things says, \u2018Yes, I am coming soon.\u2019 Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/i> (Revelation 22:20 \u2013 NIV)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the Bible studies I lead is taking my group of ladies through Jesus\u2019 parables one by one. We are learning that these parables are relevant in our lives and how we should use some of the principles we\u2019re learning into our lives. It\u2019s been a great study. In the lesson we studied […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[1914,1913,385,1915],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-following-god","category-obeying-god","tag-be-ready-when-jesus-return","tag-live-what-i-know","tag-matthew-251-13","tag-parable-of-the-10-virgins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2893,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions\/2893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}