Thoughts that were dropped into my heart during mediation that I wish to pass on to my friends:
It is my mission to love where love is absent, to lift up those who have been knocked down, to show kindness without condition, and to be generous from the best of that which I have been made steward. All of these are impossible without Christ being formed within me. Christ in me makes me what His character is, and the Spirit of God makes that functional, relational and effectual in and through my life (Galatians 2:20.)
Christ is revealed beyond the pulpit and not exclusively from behind it. He is revealed through personal transformation as I allow Him to advance such in my life. The man behind the pulpit must be a product consistent with God’s workmanship in the life of the man behind closed doors and among others on the avenues of life.
The stage of ministry and life is not a lofty platform designed to showcase human vanity. The stage is worldwide and encompasses every opportunity, that Christ may be elevated among everyday people through the Holy Spirit’s workmanship in my life.
The platform of ministry is not a man-made soapbox but is constructed upon the revelation of God’s grace and redemption raised up upon the Father’s love.
God’s Love is a love which perseveres and always prevails. He has no struggle loving, even as He hates the darkness of sin that enslaves those trapped in the fallen nature of sinful man.
A Prayer and Declaration - May I desire and hunger for more of Christ in my life. May He be my passion, my hope, and the foundation upon which daily transformation is brought forth in me. Without Him I can do nothing. Without Him I would be trapped in the web of lifeless and vain religion. In Christ I have been reborn that I may be established in His highest and best for I have been created to know, to experience, and to excite others to discover for themselves.
Christ in me offers esteem rather than contempt to those existing without a sense of personal value, purpose, and promise. He has anointed me to introduce real hope to those whose worldly fantasies have lured them to emptiness and hopelessness.
This is a powerful gospel that transforms me at the deepest level. It serves as a crushing rebuke to the tormenting whispers of the enemy concerning past sin and the condemnation that belongs exclusively to the sinful nature which no longer owns me, as a child of God.
I am called to Love without pretense. It is not my mission to define Christianity, as God has already done that through the Word and by His Spirit. I have been called to declare what He has made known through His Word.
If my neighbor does not know the love of God, within my highest calling and purpose, I am appointed by God to share that with him.
This life is very brief and eternity is much too significant that I should not see the connection between the two.
Almighty God, make me in your image that in my life others will see the reflection of your only begotten Son, and that I may do the Works of My Father as my Savior and Lord has done, for the Father’s Glory. I am not God, but He transforms my life into His likeness of His Son and empowers me by His Spirit to serve at His bidding.
Colossians 2:3
In him (Christ) lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
It is my mission to love where love is absent, to lift up those who have been knocked down, to show kindness without condition, and to be generous from the best of that which I have been made steward. All of these are impossible without Christ being formed within me. Christ in me makes me what His character is, and the Spirit of God makes that functional, relational and effectual in and through my life (Galatians 2:20.)
Christ is revealed beyond the pulpit and not exclusively from behind it. He is revealed through personal transformation as I allow Him to advance such in my life. The man behind the pulpit must be a product consistent with God’s workmanship in the life of the man behind closed doors and among others on the avenues of life.
The stage of ministry and life is not a lofty platform designed to showcase human vanity. The stage is worldwide and encompasses every opportunity, that Christ may be elevated among everyday people through the Holy Spirit’s workmanship in my life.
The platform of ministry is not a man-made soapbox but is constructed upon the revelation of God’s grace and redemption raised up upon the Father’s love.
God’s Love is a love which perseveres and always prevails. He has no struggle loving, even as He hates the darkness of sin that enslaves those trapped in the fallen nature of sinful man.
A Prayer and Declaration - May I desire and hunger for more of Christ in my life. May He be my passion, my hope, and the foundation upon which daily transformation is brought forth in me. Without Him I can do nothing. Without Him I would be trapped in the web of lifeless and vain religion. In Christ I have been reborn that I may be established in His highest and best for I have been created to know, to experience, and to excite others to discover for themselves.
Christ in me offers esteem rather than contempt to those existing without a sense of personal value, purpose, and promise. He has anointed me to introduce real hope to those whose worldly fantasies have lured them to emptiness and hopelessness.
This is a powerful gospel that transforms me at the deepest level. It serves as a crushing rebuke to the tormenting whispers of the enemy concerning past sin and the condemnation that belongs exclusively to the sinful nature which no longer owns me, as a child of God.
I am called to Love without pretense. It is not my mission to define Christianity, as God has already done that through the Word and by His Spirit. I have been called to declare what He has made known through His Word.
If my neighbor does not know the love of God, within my highest calling and purpose, I am appointed by God to share that with him.
This life is very brief and eternity is much too significant that I should not see the connection between the two.
Almighty God, make me in your image that in my life others will see the reflection of your only begotten Son, and that I may do the Works of My Father as my Savior and Lord has done, for the Father’s Glory. I am not God, but He transforms my life into His likeness of His Son and empowers me by His Spirit to serve at His bidding.
Colossians 2:3
In him (Christ) lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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