"Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one [v]mind striving together for the faith of the gospel..."
Phil. 1:27 NASB.
One of the verse that was shared tonight by UFS. A grim yet timely reminder to live a lifestyle worthy and pleasing to God. This of course isn't going back to living under the law and trying to satisfy it, but rather to live a life knowing Christ and the grace freely given by Himself so that we may pursue a life in obedience and holiness.
Paul was imprisoned when he wrote this letter. For? For the sake of the gospel of Christ that he stood for, he chose to honor God. He chose only because he believed in the gospel. He believed because he heard.
To know -> to believe -> to love -> to obey
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Phil. 1:9-11 NASB
Here Paul's encouragement to the Philippi Church was to remain sincere and blameless and seek God to be filled with the fruit of righteousness. And to be sincere and blameless required the Philippians to be able to approve the things that pleases God. And that was achieved through growing in real knowledge and having the wisdom of discernment.
And tonight's sharing on waiting with anticipation was just apt. It definitely was speaking to me, and I will hold onto the Lord as I wait upon Him. Against everything the world claims, I will hold onto Him and seek His Will for me. Because in all and for all things, it is to the glory of God. =)
When it comes your time to die,
be not like those whose hearts are filled
with the fear of death,
so that when their time comes they weep
and pray for a little more time
to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Love never fails
1 Cor 13 sprang up in my mind today as I sat back and reflected on the past 12 hours...
Running around; Being distracted; Inability to focus...
I was in church but that only in the physical realm...
I feel so out of place, this familiar feeling is back to haunt me...
Now I think about what can possibly happen, even in the near future...
I really dun wish for things to turn out like that...
But it seems to me that I'm living my faith only on the outside...
My ears and eyes feels like they have been shut tight...
I can almost look into the future and see myself crumbling someday...
Because I'm around all this time, but only physically...
Deep inside of me, I'm nothing but an empty shell...
Void of feelings and deprived of that sensitivity that I once knew...
It can only be the Holy Spirit;
He is my only solution and only way;
He who knows the Father truly and His plans;
To bring and lead me through this season
Rain down on me O Lord, Rain down
1 Cor. 13:10 - But when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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