Editors Note: The devotional has a background song called
'How Great, How Strong', which can be heard if you use Internet
Explorer.
SCRIPTURE: “And being found in appearance as a man, he
humbled himself and became obedient to death---even death on the cross!”
(Philippians 2:8, NIV)
Observations:
I asked myself what 3 things do I learn
about Jesus from this verse?
1. Jesus was found in appearance as a man!
2. Jesus humbled himself!
3. Jesus became obedient to death---even death on the cross!
Interpretations: I asked myself why is it mentioned that
Jesus was found in appearance as a man and the significance of that?
What came to my mind is that Jesus could have been found in
appearance as an angel or a bright light but Jesus chose to be found in
appearance as a man on earth. Jesus chose that because He was on mission
John 3:16 and wanted to relate to humanity to help humanity.
"Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the
desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes
in him may have eternal life."For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son
into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
(John 3:14-17, NIV)
Being a human being (Son of Man) gave him
characteristics and DNA as humans but without the sin of component
because He was without sin.
I asked myself what does it mean to humble
himself?
What came to my mind is that though Jesus is God and has the
characteristics of divinity, He took on the role of a servant and
submitted Himself without utilizing His power to benefit Himself but
humanity. He stripped himself of any rights and did the unthinkable.
Around Passover time Jesus even stooped down to wash the disciples feet
as recorded in the Gospel of John chapter 13. What is more interesting
and so convicting is that Jesus also washed the feet of Judas Iscariot
who He knew was going to betray him within minutes. It is amazing, though
Jesus was a King, Jesus humbled Himself to reach humanity.
I asked myself why he humbled himself?
What came to my mind is because Jesus loved humanity and wanted
to show what real love and real servant leadership is, He allowed
Himself to go through suffering and became our SUFFERING SERVANT.
A King became a SUFFERING SERVANT for HIS SUBJECTS.
Thank you Jesus, my Lord and Savior for suffering for me, a rotten
sinner to the core. You became my redemption by your disfiguration and
bruises and death.
"They shall see my Servant beaten and bloodied,
so disfigured one would scarcely know it was a person standing there. So
shall He cleanse many nations." (Isaiah 52:15, TLB)
"Yet, it was our grief He bore, our sorrows
that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment
from God, for His own sins. But He was wounded and bruised for our sins.
He was beaten that we might have peace; He was lashed---and we were
healed! We---every one of us---have strayed away like sheep! We, who
left God's paths to follow our own. Yet God laid on Him the guilt and
sins of every one of us!" (Isaiah 53:4-6, TLB)
I asked myself what did obedient to death mean?
The only way death could come in Jesus' life was if He gave the
permission for it to come. He willingly for the sake of the mission
John 3:14-17, allowed death to take hold of Him. What came to my mind is
the type of death He was obedient to.
I asked myself what kind of death is emphasized
and the significance of that?
I found it very interesting that the word EVEN stood out to
reveal the death Christ became obedient to, evidenced by ‘even death on the cross!’ It was not any
kind of death but seemed to emphasize a special kind of death by
revealing the cross. It is as if to point out that this type of death is
so horrible, scandalous, and excruciating to accept, yet Christ was
obedient to that type of death. *teary*
I asked myself why did it have to be this type of
death, death is death?
If Jesus wanted to be obedient to death, it did not have to be the
cross! He could have drank poison, allowed himself to be stoned to
death, beheaded, or hung and still come back to life but he decided to
be obedient to death on a cross!
Why? Why? Why?
So I started thinking about it and the reasons behind the cross. What
came to my mind is that the CROSS was used for these purposes:
1. For the most notorious criminals.
2. For the most cursed death.
3. For the most humiliating death.
4. For the most painful death.
Jesus wanted to go through this kind of death to accomplish the mission
of John
3:14-17.
I asked myself, how does Jesus' actions fit into the category for
the most notorious criminals?
Jesus took upon Himself to pay for all the crimes of mankind which when
added together become notorious. Jesus made it His mission to be the
sacrificial scapegoat for humanity. He did it willingly. Since all
crimes added together amount to notoriousness, this is the death Jesus
became obedient to for humanity. He was not silent but accepted the
penalty for all our crimes. When I say crimes, I am thinking about all
of the sins of humanity. In other words, Jesus became the remedy
for the 'sickness of the soul' as InterVarsity staff, Jason & Andrea
like to express when talking with students about the Gospel.
The only time Jesus was silent was when they
accused Him so that He could lay His life for us.
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He
never said a word. He was brought before as a lamb to the slaughter; and
a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He stood silent before the ones
condemning Him." (Isaiah 53:7, TLB)
I asked myself, how does Jesus' dying fit into the category for
the most cursed death?
It was believed that only the worst people would die on the cross and
this was so. In essence, they were cursed for their crimes in life. Now,
Jesus comes into the picture and takes upon Himself the worst situations
mankind has committed and agrees to take the punishment of cursing
because He was on Mission 3:16. When we should be cursed forever, Jesus
intervenes. Jesus does not stop there but endures a humiliating death.
"Christ redeemed us from the curse
of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is
everyone who is hung on a tree."He redeemed us in order that
the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ
Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit."
(Galatians 3:13-14, NIV)
I asked myself how does Jesus' actions fit into the category for
the most humiliating death?
When people were to die on the cross, they were stripped naked and put
on the cross. It was not a solitary event but people jeered a person dying in their nakedness. This alone would be so
humiliating because you could not cover yourself even if you wanted to.
Now the King of kings and the Lord of lords is facing this kind of
humiliation to save humanity when Jesus did not have to but chose to go
to the cross.
"They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on
him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head.
They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked
him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. They spit on him, and took the
staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked
him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they
led him away to crucify him." (Matthew 27:28-31, NIV)
In
addition, when a person is on the cross they lose a lot of blood and go
into shock. Sometimes it would be as if they were shivering so much and
cannot do anything about it. Usually when persons are injured, they are
given a lot of covering to keep them warm until help arrives. Not for
those dying a humiliating death on the cross. Jesus does not stop there
but goes through a painful death.
I asked myself, how does Jesus' actions fit into the category for
the most painful death and what is the significance of it?
When people were crucified, the pain was unbearable and there was
no anesthetic or morphine to keep the pain from not being experienced.
After being labeled notorious, cursed, and humiliated, they are now
placed HANDS STRETCHED and FEET TOGETHER as NAILS are POUNDED inside the
person.
"When they came to the place called the Skull,
there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the
other on his left. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not
know what they are doing." (Luke 23:33-34, NIV)
Do you hear the screams and cries of pain with
every hit of the HAMMER as 3 nails are pounded into the flesh of the One
who did no wrong but asks forgiveness for those who are committing the
wrong?
Other people at least committed crimes and had to face the
punishment. Jesus faced it for our sake. Yes, for our sake!
"From prison and trial they led Him away to His
death. But who among the people of that day realized it was their sins
that He was dying for---that He was suffering their punishment. He was
buried like a criminal, but in a rich man's grave; but He has done no
wrong, and had never spoken a evil word." (Isaiah 53:8-9, TLB)
Can you even imagine the pain?
An injection cannot compare anywhere close to it and yet I am
afraid of needles. It is painful for me to prick my finger even when not
an ounce of blood is taken.
What about the cross?
Jesus could have died other ways but to accomplish His mission John
3:14-17 for our sake, He kept the cross in mind. It is interesting that even before
He went to the cross, in one of His preaching sermons, He lets the
people know,
“If you want to follow me, you must
deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow me. Those who want to save
their life will lose it but those who are willing to give it up, will
save it.”
Now
Jesus picks up the cross and carries it until He can carry it no more
and Simon of Cyrene carries it the rest of the way to Golgotha.
I asked myself what is the significance of the cross?
All the other types of death would not have fulfilled Jesus’
Mission 3:14-17 for humanity but the CROSS had unique reasons for
fulfilling that mission. There was 3.5 litres of Jesus' blood that was
shed for our sake. It flowed to redeem us when Jesus was crucified on
Calvary for you and me. It is His blood that cleanses humanity of their
unrighteousness as Jesus paid the ultimate price for our redemption. It
was at the Cross!
When Adam and Eve sinned, they realized their nakedness and tried to
hide it. They tried to hide it with fig leaves but God foreshadowed what
would come one day, as God provided clothing for them after killing
possibly a lamb so they could be covered. A lamb or another animal paid
the price so they could be covered after their sinfulness revealed their
nakedness.
On the cross, Jesus became naked when He took upon Himself our sins so
we could be clothed in His righteousness. He became the sacrificial Lamb
of God so we could be clothed in His righteousness without being naked in sin.
No other death would have involved nakedness.
I
believe there is a deeper reason for death on the cross than those I
thought about above. When the Israelites were to escape the angel of
death, they were to put blood on the door post of their door. The blood
had to be from a sacrificed lamb. It is interesting that the blood used
to cover the door was placed in a horizontal and vertical way according
to Scripture: “Then they are to take some of the
blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses
where they eat the lambs.” (Exodus 12:7)
If you take the horizontal post (top) with blood on it and separate it
from the vertical post (sides) with blood on it, and put them together,
you get a bloody cross!
When the angel of death came during the night and saw blood on the top
and sides of the doorpost, judgment decided to Passover that particular
household where God’s people resided. They were protected by the Blood.
In the same way, Jesus died on the cross for a reason. The bloody cross
is from the Lamb of God who sacrificed His life for humanity. As a song
lyric goes, "He would give everything because He loves us more than
anything'
Jesus shed blood is undefiled blood and the
purest antidote to combat our virus sin. When we take
His cleansing blood and ask Him to cover us, we are covered by the blood
on the Lamb. The cross covers over our entire body with the blood on it.
So, you and I can be confident that we are covered by Him!
Now when God looks at us in His Holiness, He does not see sin anymore
but the blood of Christ covering over us and cleansing us of all sin.
Now God’s judgment will Passover us and we can be with Him in Eternity.
And so through the Cross, Jesus accomplished Mission 3:14-17 for
humanity. It is actually John 3:14-17 put to a mission. Honestly, it
only takes one drop of blood to wash us whiter than snow because that is
how powerful Christ's blood shed on the cross for you and me is! All
the drops of blood were to save the entire human race that comes to Him!
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He
never said a word. He was brought before as a lamb to the slaughter; and
a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He stood silent before the ones
condemning Him." (Isaiah 53:7, TLB)
"But it was the Lord's good plan to bruise Him
and fill Him with grief. However when His soul has been made an offering
for sin, then He shall have a multitude of children, many heirs. He
shall live again and God's program shall prosper in His hands. And when
He sees all that is accomplished by the anguish of His soul, He shall be
satisfied; and because of what He has experienced, my righteous Servant
shall make many to be counted righteous before God, for He shall bear
all their sins. Therefore I will give Him the honors of One who is
mighty and great, because He has poured out His soul unto death. He was
counted as a sinner, and He bore the sins of many, and He pled with God
for sinners." (Isaiah 53:10-12, TLB)
There
is awesome song and video by Carmen called Mission 3:16 and 'This
Blood'! There are also wonderful songs by Steve Camp and Ray Boltz! One
of my favorites by Ray Blotz is the
song 'The Hammer'!
IMPLICATIONS:
I saw important implications for my own life. I saw it is only
through the cross of Jesus Christ can I ever be saved and ransomed
for eternity. It is the cross of Christ with His precious blood that
cleanses me, to make me righteousness in the sight of God so when
God looks at me, His judgment will pass over me because 'Christ's
righteousness is imputed to me' as Pastor Ed likes to say.
HOW
GOSPEL GIVES ME TESTIMONY REGARDING C.R.O.S.S.
God's love is a FREE GIFT FOR ME transacted at
the cross in Jesus Christ, that helps me experience His grace
without strings when I accept the gift. Now God's love CHANGE ME
from the inside out. God's love is ALWAYS WITH ME. God's love SAVES
ME. God's love SHARES CHRIST with me. By His love, Jesus has made me
alive because He who had no sin became
sin for me so that I may attain the righteousness of God.
The simplicity of the Gospel can be even taught to kids and that's
what I was privileged to take part in during the Vacation Bible
School 2009 where we helped kids learn these 5 points of God's love.
As the kid's song goes, "How Great, How
Strong, God's love goes on and on and on! This gift we share with
the world who needs it. His love is always! His love is
always! His love is always there! He sent His only Son to save us!
Only His great love can change us. He would give everything for He
loves us more than anything. How Great, How Strong! God's loves goes
on and on and on. This gift we share with the world who needs it!
His love is always, His love is always, His love is always there!"
There is nothing I can do or say to achieve
God's loving acceptance of me because I have nothing to offer or
bargain with. How can sin ever bargain with the Holiness of an
awesome God! Because I cannot reach God on my own merits, I was
always trapped in my sin until I found the cross. It is at the
cross, I found new life in Christ. It is at the cross, Christ used
His blood to cover me. I did not have to earn my way to Heaven
anymore by doing this and that to get into the good graces of God.
Jesus put a stop to earning Salvation. If I had to earn Salvation
then it is not a free gift of God's grace but that's what Salvation
is- A FREE GIFT OF GRACE.
I thank Jesus for His FREE GIFT OF GRACE
where
His BLOOD IS ALWAYS SAVING as a justification process.
HIS LOVE CHANGES MY LIFE as a sanctifying process.
HIS PRESENCE IS ALWAYS WITH ME as a glorious process.
HIS COMMAND IS 'SHARE WITH OTHERS' as a saving process.
LIFE APPLICATION: I ask you now dear friends, why
should you make a C.R.O.S.S transaction in life?
Dear friends, 2000 years on Good Friday, it is the cross Jesus
used to fulfill His mission for you and me. It is more than just a
symbol or jewelry to wear on your neck or a pin to put on. Just studying
this one verse I learned so much about the cross. Each time you come
across a cross, I hope you get a flashback of the
excruciating pain Jesus Christ went through to
rescue you and me as each nail was pounded
into Him!
May
that reminder, remind you how much Jesus loves you that He endured the
cross for you and me no matter where you
have been, where you are in your life right
now, or what you have done!
You can know you are never out of His love and out of His reach!
He loves you so much that if you were the only one living, Jesus would
have still died for your sin! Yes, He would have!
When we make a cross using our hands, it is not just a gesture but being
reminded of the One who endured it and the One who now covers us by His
blood because He loves us. But that is only one aspect of why Jesus
chose obedience to death-even death on the cross.
The other reason that came to my mind is a pathway. When we cross the
road, we are actually crossing a pathway to reach our destination.
Without a road or bridge or water we won’t be able to get to the other
side because they (a road, a bridge, a water) all serve as a pathway. I
emphasized 'a' to make the point that 'All roads, bridges, or water DO
NOT LEAD TO GOD' without Christ. Everything Christ went through was so
that we can reach God now because He became that road, that bridge, that
water (Living Water) to reach Father God. It is through the CROSS.
I see the Cross as the only pathway to reach God. When
we look to the Cross of Christ, we are looking to the pathway that
serves as a bridge to reach our Heavenly Father. All other means and
pathways will not let us get across except the cross of Christ.
Courtesy: ChristianMedia UK
May you know how much you are loved by Jesus no matter what you have
done or no matter where you have been! He loves you so much that He paid
the price for you.
May
you watch the Passion of the Christ to experience what Jesus did for
you.
Now won’t you accept what He did for you and come
into His presence and give your life to Him so He can cover the virus of
sin with His blood cleansing you and making you clean?
Stop earning because you are putting the
emphasis on your self effort to reach God. The Gospel has never been
about self-effort and will never ever be about self-effort. The
Gospel is God Offering Salvation Providing Eternal Life. It
starts with God and ends with God.
Once you realize you cannot do anything on
your own but loved for who you are because of God's grace, it frees
you to live an abundant life knowing that you will never be out of
His love and out of His reach.
You will realize your own worthlessness
before an all loving God and submit to Him as His Spirit works in
you. Jesus said He came for the sick and not the healthy. This means
you and me. The sickness of the soul can only be cured by Jesus so
we can be alive in Christ instead of continuing to be dead in our
transgressions. Let Jesus heal you and take the medicine Jesus
offers you for the sickness of your soul. Only Jesus has the
antidote for that and it was provided for you and me at the cross.
We find freedom in Christ by His grace and not
by being burdened by the law. The law is there to show us our sin
(the sickness of our soul) so we realize our worthlessness before an
all awesome Holy God who yet receives us as we are for He loves us
more than anything in His grace.
Friend, Jesus loves you more than anything!
May you come as you are to the Cross of Christ and find your Eternal
rest in Jesus. I love you and Jesus loves you more than anything or
anyone.
No matter where you have been, who you are, or
what you have done, Jesus is for you too just like Jesus came into
my life though surrounded by idol worship less than 1/3 of my life.
It is His grace that saved me and will save you. He will give us a transfusion of change! Yes, He will my friend!
May you know Christ redeems our souls
safely! Amen!
"Christ Redeems Our Souls Safely! (C.R.O.S.S)"/"Why
should you make a C.R.O.S.S transaction in life?
PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I love you. Thank you for
loving me so much and thank you for choosing the cross to die for me.
You became the Son of Man and lived here on earth. Then you humbled
yourself and became obedient to death-even death on the cross. Thank you
for dying on the cross for my sin. You died on the cross so that I can
be covered in your blood and cleansed by your blood as I acknowledge
that I need you and cannot enter Heaven without you being my pathway.
So, Jesus I confess all my sins to you and all the ways I have tried to
get into Heaven when you already provided the means and the Way. Thank
you for all that you have done for me. The cross is the place, a
wonderful place where accused and condemned find mercy and grace. Thank
you Jesus, it is at the cross where the wrongs we have done and the
wrongs done to us were nailed at the cross. Thank you Jesus, at the
cross you died for our sins and at the cross you gave your life for us.
I thank you for that and thank you for coming back to life to save us.
Thank you Jesus for being there for me! Thank you for loving me. I love
you Jesus! Please take me as I am and make my life into something that
you will be proud of. I surrender my life to you and need your help to
live for you. I am forever grateful for what you have done for me and I
can never repay you. I want to live for you and need your help. Help me
Jesus please. I thank you Jesus for saving me! Thank you for hearing my
prayer and answering me. Whatever your will give me the willingness and
strength to bear it. Thank you Jesus! I acknowledge you as my Lord and
Personal Savior! In Your Name I Pray precious Jesus! Amen!
May you experience the POWER OF
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION this day, and give Him the LOCKED areas of your
life too so you can experience His PEACE as you become an ACTOR in the
film called LIFE being directed by your DIRECTOR, JESUS CHRIST who comes
to give JOY and PEACE.
You
don't have to be locked away anymore for Christ is here to free you and
give you peace to LIVE out your actions.
How do you look at GODISNOWHERE?
One of my pastors, Pastor Hugo SHARED this
example one Sunday at the
RESURRECTION DAY SERVICE in the combined worship service of Pittsburgh
Chinese Church-Oakland & Oakland International Fellowship:
If
you look at it as GOD IS NO WHERE, you will still be lost in your sin
and be in bondage locked away in your sins and problems finding no
peace.
But
as my pastor spoke to the congregation and spoke to me, I am here to
tell you that GOD IS NOW HERE.
Yes,
friend God is aLIVE and wants to bring a transformation in your life
through the GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ for He paid the penalty on
the cross to rescue you and me and came back to life to save us and LIVE
with us.
Yes,
friend that is exciting to know that we can experience HIS SAVING GRACE
& LIVING GRACE.
When
we mess up, we can go to Jesus with our shortcomings and He will forgive
us and RESTORE us to Him and we will find peace in Him.
"Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new
has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through
Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was
reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins
against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his
appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to
God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we
might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:17-21, NIV)
"For the wages
of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord." (Romans 6:23, NIV)
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his
Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive
ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness." (1 John 1:7-9, NIV)
Friend, we need Jesus because we have been separated from God due to our
sin. Because of our sin, Jesus had to pay the price to become our bridge
so we can reach God now not of our own good works but because of the
finished work of Christ, the Lord on the cross.
"For it is by GRACE you have been saved,
through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not
by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)
Come to Jesus as you are and pray this prayer to accept Jesus as your
Lord and Personal Savior. He will transform your life around! Praise the
Lord! You don't have to have all the answers! You can come as you are!
If you want to be a soldier in the Lord's army, you can become it right now.
Now is the time of Salvation! You do not have to wait but can pray this prayer
and give your life to Christ to serve Him daily! There is no draft but coming to
Christ is voluntary. He loves you so much and wants you to come to Him! He will
take care of you, guiding you and leading you!
Dear Jesus, I love you. Thank you for loving me so
much and thank you for choosing the cross to die for me. You became the Son of
Man and LIVEd here on earth. Then you humbled yourself and became obedient to
death-even death on the cross. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. You
died on the cross so that I can be covered in your blood and cleansed by your
blood as I acknowledge that I need you and cannot enter Heaven without you being
my pathway. So, Jesus I confess all my sins to you and all the ways I have tried
to get into Heaven when you already provided the means and the Way. Thank you
for all that you have done for me. The cross is the place, a wonderful place
where accused and condemned find mercy and GRACE. Thank you Jesus, it is at the
cross where the wrongs we have done and the wrongs done to us were nailed at the
cross. Thank you Jesus, at the cross you died for our sins and at the cross you
gave your life for us. I thank you for that and thank you for coming back to
life to save us. Thank you Jesus for being there for me! Thank you for loving
me. I love you Jesus! Please take me as I am and make my life into something
that you will be proud of. I surrender my life to you and need your help to LIVE
for you. I am forever grateful for what you have done for me and I can never
repay you. I want to LIVE for you and need your help. Help me Jesus please. I
thank you Jesus for saving me! Thank you for hearing my prayer and answering me.
Whatever your will give me the willingness and strength to bear it. Thank you
Jesus! I acknowledge you as my Lord and Personal Savior! In Your Name I Pray
precious Jesus! Amen!
No matter what you feel in your heart,
know that Jesus has come in and resides with you! You are not alone! To
make your walk strong with the Lord, spend time in prayer talking to Him
as you would to a friend. You don’t need special words to talk to the
Lord. Spend time in His Word reading Psalms and turning them into
prayer. Next allow God to heal you and speak to you through the Gospel
of John or Gospel of
Mark before moving on to other Books of the Bible! Slowly, let the Lord
show you to which Scriptures He wants you to go to next. It is also important to be part of a body of believers to
help you grow in the faith. Find a Bible believing church that preaches
the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation proclaiming Jesus Christ our
crucified and risen Lord who brings us hope, healing, and help! But
beware of churches who do believe in the Word of God completely but
there is no freedom in Christ but legalism involved.
As a professional, it is not too late to join a
church! As a student, it is not too late to join a fellowship on campus this new year of 2009! May the Lord's presence and peace fill you with His
love now and forever! Amen!
Friend, if you have prayed this
prayer and meant it in your heart, you are a new creation in Christ and
all old things are passed away and everything has become new! You may
feel something or may not but don’t base it on feelings but base your
new life in Christ on the promises of our Savior who will never leave
you nor forsake you! Amen!
Spend time in His word and let the Lord
speak to you! Start out in the Gospel of John! You can also check out
the Gospel of Mark which are the devotionals I have been going through.
Learn from Jesus through study and prayer. Also find yourself a church
fellowship and a college fellowship you can be part of where you can be
part of a community of believers to supplement your own walk with the
Lord. Let it be a Bible-believing and Bible-breathing church! Believe in
Bible LIVE Eternally!
Feel free to email me at
reddy4hisglory2004@yahoo.com if you want to meet to study the Bible,
pray with, talk about Spiritual issues or whatever is on your mind! My
number is 412-720-4579
"This is my
work and I can do it only because Christ's mighty energy is at work
within me." (Colossians 1:29, TLB)
Devotional of Aug 01st :
"How do you match Jesus' A.T.T.I.T.U.D.E in
life?" (July 30, 09, 3:48 p.m.) It is exciting to know how
Jesus lived His life and how He set example after example for us to
follow and match. He is the best matchmaker! I believe our attitude
can be........
Oakland
International Fellowship welcomes incoming students to its worship service on
Sundays at 10:00 a.m. near North Dithridge St. followed by Sunday School at
11:30 a.m. and fellowship lunch at 12:30 p.m.
Book
Review of "Lord Change My Attitude Before It's Too Late" “McDonald's Mesmerizes
Lovingly, Leading Searching SOULs!”(June
04, 09, 2:51 p.m.) "Lord Change My Attitude:
Before It's Too Late!" is a mesmerizing book of 224
pages that will keep you glued to your seat bringing to life the
attitudes that have brought you down into the wilderness using Biblical
examples but...
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