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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, September 19, 2019
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Why Do We Love Christ? Bible Verse :2 Corinthians 5:14-21 "For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. " Message:
I have difficulty reading and understanding Paul’s epistles. If I read them quickly, I hear a stream of Christian buzz-phrases, but the logic is unfathomable and the deeper meaning, lost. So I have to take very small bites and chew thoroughly.
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“We are convinced that one has died for all.” We not only believe, we are convinced — we have made up our mind and taken this fact as an absolute truth — “that one person died for all.” Out of all the people in the world, one of them died for everyone. Not because he wanted to, not because he had to. He died to bring some benefit to everyone else. Once we really believe this completely in our hearts, “The love of Christ urges us on.” Christ died because he loved us, and once we fully understand and believe this, we love him for it. Such strong love is a powerful force. This love propels us, upholds us; it puts wind in our sails and we walk with conviction and purpose.
But why did he want us to love him so much? Did he have a neurosis? Did he just want to be popular? Was it his dream to go dancing with Paris Hilton?
We know the answer, if we pray and examine our lives and hearts, because prayer will ultimately show us that we are full of sinful urges and thoughts. It is in our nature to live for ourselves. But living for ourselves is flawed. Our instincts, our minds, even our thoughts, are riddled with imperfection. Living for ourselves, therefore—following our own minds and instincts as our guide and shepherd—means that we will inevitably live, in part, for sin. We will destroy ourselves.
But Christ is perfect, replete with goodness and holiness. To live for him is good for us; good for our souls, good for our neighbors and, I am convinced, good for our own lives while we are on earth.
So when Paul says, “And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them,” he means Christ is doing us a favor. We must let our love for Christ flow “like a mountain stream” (as the Bellamy Brothers put it) to the point where we live for him, not because he gets a kick out of people kneeling for him, but because it is the equivalent of following the only person who knows the way to heaven. Like sheep in a dense mountain range, we follow our shepherd because he’s the only one who knows the path to safety. Loving him and following him it is the only way to life.
Meditation : Prayer : Let me not forget you as I go forth into the world this day, blessed Lord; may my every word be a prayer, and my every act be testimony to your love and truth, and may I know your presence every second of this day......Amen |
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