THE EXAMPLE OF THE SAINT.
Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus!
What seperates the spirit-filled and committed saint from the rest of us?
Have you ever, seriously, wondered what makes the loving, giving, patient, humble, kind and gentle saint of God stand out from the crowd?
Over a long number of years, it finally came through, during the victory celebration for a departed saint. The loving-kindness of the dedicated servant of God, never seeks glory for anyone other than Christ. What the Ruths, Pauls, Esters, and Cephases of this world always do is seek to glorify the Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.
The serving saint is completely humble and unpretentious.
The Psalmist and King David, explains humility in Psalm 10:17-18. "LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou will prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
You and I must understand that our sole purpose in life is to bring honor and glory to God. We must ask God to be strong in our weakness and do that through us that will honor Him.
The sertvant of God always seeks to let God love those around us by surrendering our wills to allow Him to love others through us. Can any of us really love the unlovely the way God can?
Here's what Paul wrote about love in 1st Corinthians 13:4 and 7, "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
Who amoung us can reach out in love to the substance abuser, the thief, the evil, perverse, the vile and hateful people around us without first asking God to pour out His love through us? I know it is bad grammer, but it just 'ain't easy' without Jesus living within us.
Let us agree to always seek the Lord's will and purpose for our lives and to ask Him to enable and empower us to do what we cannot possibly do on our own.
The church building apostle, Paul, exhorts us in: Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us: (v21) Unto HIM BE THE GLORY in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."
It is never about you or me.
Our entire service should always be an example of Christ doing His work in the least of us.
It's all about God, His will, His purpose, His pleasure.
May we always strive for perfection daily and before we leave this earthly body, so that we may stand in His glorious presence with crowns to lay at His feet.
May God keep us all in the center of His perfect will.
Your friend and brother in the family of God; and in the Lord's army!,
Philip
Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus!
What seperates the spirit-filled and committed saint from the rest of us?
Have you ever, seriously, wondered what makes the loving, giving, patient, humble, kind and gentle saint of God stand out from the crowd?
Over a long number of years, it finally came through, during the victory celebration for a departed saint. The loving-kindness of the dedicated servant of God, never seeks glory for anyone other than Christ. What the Ruths, Pauls, Esters, and Cephases of this world always do is seek to glorify the Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.
The serving saint is completely humble and unpretentious.
The Psalmist and King David, explains humility in Psalm 10:17-18. "LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou will prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
You and I must understand that our sole purpose in life is to bring honor and glory to God. We must ask God to be strong in our weakness and do that through us that will honor Him.
The sertvant of God always seeks to let God love those around us by surrendering our wills to allow Him to love others through us. Can any of us really love the unlovely the way God can?
Here's what Paul wrote about love in 1st Corinthians 13:4 and 7, "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
Who amoung us can reach out in love to the substance abuser, the thief, the evil, perverse, the vile and hateful people around us without first asking God to pour out His love through us? I know it is bad grammer, but it just 'ain't easy' without Jesus living within us.
Let us agree to always seek the Lord's will and purpose for our lives and to ask Him to enable and empower us to do what we cannot possibly do on our own.
The church building apostle, Paul, exhorts us in: Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us: (v21) Unto HIM BE THE GLORY in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."
It is never about you or me.
Our entire service should always be an example of Christ doing His work in the least of us.
It's all about God, His will, His purpose, His pleasure.
May we always strive for perfection daily and before we leave this earthly body, so that we may stand in His glorious presence with crowns to lay at His feet.
May God keep us all in the center of His perfect will.
Your friend and brother in the family of God; and in the Lord's army!,
Philip
