Christ is in union with each of His children and He feels our hurt, He has empathy with the unfair treatment we receive. He understands our pain. He warns that we will be hated of all men and He knows it is for His sake that blows and hatred will be inflicted upon His precious people. Yet we are encouraged to rejoice in our sufferings, with exceeding great, and overflowing joy, knowing that it is for His sake that we are ill-treated all day long. He is the living Head of His Body, the Body of Christ, which is the Church. Sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed in us. Suffering in this life develops, in us, a godly character and patient endurance, which is honoring to the Lord. As Members Of Christ’s Body, should we not joyfully identify with Christ’s earthly suffering, knowing that He lived and died so that we might be identified with His glory and live eternally? Yes, we should rejoice; exceedingly, that we As Members Of Christs' Body and partakers of His sufferings. It is by faith in His sacrificial death and glorious Resurrection that we have not only been forgiven of our sins and clothed in His righteousness, but we are His blood-bought children, who have a blessed hope, a glorious future, and life everlasting, Amen. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Father, that we are part of the Body of Christ, which is the Church, and that we are in union with the Lord Jesus. Thank You that He understands all that we are facing in our lives today and that we are partakers in His sufferings. Help us to keep an eternal perspective ever in our sights, and we praise Your name for the blessed hope and glorious future that You have purposed for all Your people. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.
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Not only have we been reconciled to God through Christ, but as members of His Body, we have been commissioned to carry out and continue the ministry of reconciliation that Jesus Himself started during His earthly life. It is not God's will that anyone should perish but that all come to faith in Jesus. So, He has made us His witnesses. We have become ambassadors for Christ. He Has Given Us The Ongoing Ministry of reconciliation so that others may hear the good news, trust in Jesus for the salvation of their soul, and be reconciled back to God. Not only through time but into eternity. It is as if God Himself were making an appeal to the lost through us. Today, God is ready to use us to be His ministers of reconciliation. Let's all be ready and willing to witness to a fallen world the wonderful works of God so that lost sinners may obtain eternal redemption through Christ and return into fellowship with our Heavenly Father, through time and into eternity. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, what an amazing privilege that You should use such as us to be your mouthpieces and be used as an ambassadors for Christ, to a lost and hurting world. Enable us to share the news that God has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ and that we can partake in that reconciliation, simply by believing in Him. We pray that many may come to trust in Jesus as their Savior in the days that lie ahead. In Jesus' name, AMEN. Too often, Christ's commission is only seen as an evangelistic call to lost sinners, but it has far wider implications for it is equally a call to teach those that are saved, all believers need to learn of Christ and to be grounded in the Word of God. God wants all people to be saved and also to come to a knowledge of the truth. It is a fact that all disciples of Christ are believers in Him, but not all believers in Christ become His disciples. Only a believer who is learning of Christ and growing in grace can truly be called a disciple of Christ. Only a believer who is being washed in the water of the Word, pressing on for their upward call in Christ Jesus, and maturing in their faith, can truly be called a disciple of Jesus. Let Us All Become True Disciples Of Christ as we learn more and more of Him. As we walk in Him, may the natural overflow be a desire to tell those we meet of the wonderful love of Christ Jesus and the salvation found in believing in Him. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, it is our desire to know You more, to learn more of You, and to become true disciples of Jesus Christ. Give us teachable spirits, we pray, so that we may grow in grace. We pray that You would enable us to go and disciple to others in Your strength so that together we come to a knowledge of the truth in Christ Jesus, in Whose name we Pray, AMEN. The godly are called to trust in the Lord and to hold fast to their faith, Our Hope Is In Christ. The believer is called upon to delight in the things of God, those are the qualities of life that have everlasting joy, eternal purpose, and heavenly rewards. We are to maintain our faith in the power and promises of God, He will vindicate all His children and His justice will shine as brightly as the sun. We are to be still in His presence and to patiently wait for the Lord to act on our behalf. Let us daily be still in the presence of the LORD as we wait patiently for Him to act. Do not worry about evil people who prosper nor fret about their wicked schemes, they will eventually be cut off. The LORD will rescue the godly from the wicked in His own time and His own way. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Our United Prayer:
Lord, forgive us for the times that we have allowed the wicked ways of the ungodly to disturb our rest in You. Keep us from anxious thoughts, and may we learn to be still in Your presence, to rest in Your love, and to wait patiently for You to act, knowing that You work all things together for our benefit and for Your glory. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN. We should rejoice that as the elect of God, we are set apart for God and are being sanctified by the Spirit of God. We should live in obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ so that His grace and peace may be multiplied to all who are called by His name. It is only by God's abundant mercy that we have come to this living hope in Christ and, by God's grace, have been endowed with an inheritance that is incorruptible and will never fade away. The paradox of our faith is that we can rejoice in the midst of our suffering and distresses. The mystery of our call to glory is that we can rejoice greatly despite our trials and losses, because We Have An Unfailing Hope in our eternal inheritance and the glorious redemption of our bodies, through Jesus Christ our Lord. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You that we have been given new birth and a living hope through the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. As we are being prepared for the coming glories of our heavenly home, help us to rejoice in our future hope despite the distresses of life’s various trials. May we keep a heavenly perspective, knowing that You have promised to keep us by Your mighty power. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN. |
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