66 LL reads my heart:
"For Me To Live is Christ." Phil 1:21
In Any Circumstance. That means anything, any place! Fill in your circumstances!
Or is it for me to live is ___________ life coming together for me, being able to get on top of things, managing what has come my way, everything working out well for me and my family. For me to live is...
Christ first. Spiritual Blessings first. Earthly Blessings second.
"Have this mind in you, the mind of Christ. The Energy working in you is God's Energy. Phil 2:4, 13.
"There is an Energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure. Jesus can fill my mind and direct my will. You can empty yourself of parading success, winning recognition, depending on good treatment from others."
"That I may Know Him and the power of His Resurrection." Phil 3:10
"The desire to know Christ can trump all other desires. Phil 3:10.
Christ displaces worry at the center of our life (4:7) Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through Anything in the One who makes me who I am. (4:13)
God's Power is sufficient to resurrect you from the death of a terror-driven, entitlement-justified, self-protective style of relating TO a life of a grace-released, humility empowered, self-giving style of relating. In emptiness and brokenness changed by My Spirit into thirst and gratitude."
"We are all not yet what we long to be...(3:12).
So this is my prayer:
that your love will flourish
and that you will not only love much
but love well (1:9-11).
Live a lover's life.
Carry the light-giving Message into the night
So let's keep focused on that goal,
those of us who want everything God has for us.
If any of you have something else in mind,
something less than total commitment,
God will clear your blurred vision—you'll see it yet! (3:15).
There's far more to life for us. (4:20).
We're citizens of high heaven!
We're waiting the arrival of the Savior.
Receive and experience
the Amazing Grace of Jesus Christ,
deep, deep within yourselves." (4:23).
Thomas Chalmers called it "the expulsive power of a New Affection."
Transform us this day from the power of self-made lives to the power of God.
May we learn a little better this Christmas what it means not only to love much but to love well from any place, any circumstance.
Phillipians says: (1: 9 -11)"So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God."
ReplyDeletePhil(2:1 -4)If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand."
Phil (4- 8 -9)"Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies."
Once again, I feel like it was written for me, my heart is raw, bleeding, wanting to be the wife, mother, friend, woman, servant, He desires me to be.
(1:30) There's far more to this life than trusting in Christ. There's also suffering for him. And the suffering is as much a gift as the trusting.
ReplyDeleteI know this to be true, yet when I read it, I stumble. So difficult still to see the suffering as a gift, and I don’t know anyone that wants you to quote this verse when they’re in the middle of it. Might be one we save and try to understand for ourselves instead of “inflicting” it on others. For eyes to see…for a heart that gets it…
(4:23) "Receive and experience the amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, deep, deep within yourselves."
Deep peace of Christ to each of you in this season of Love.