TRUST IN GOD

 

PRAYER

Anything you need
For those you love and care
Whatever you might plead
Do everything in prayer

 

Whatever you might fret about
Every big or small cause of worry
Choose instead by faith to trust in God

 

Talk to Him about your life

Let your Father calm your heart

You brought nothing into the world
Most surely you'll take nothing out

All that you might wish or hope
Anything you have or desire

Every overarching dream
Leave it all at Jesus' feet

 

JEFF
2011

 

SECRET / PARADOX

Philippians 4:12

THE SECRET

The secret
It burns like fire
The power of Jesus
Lifts US higher


Trust the Savior
He knows your name
The Spirit of the Lord
Affirms He's the Way


I've learned the secret
Of His resurrection power
He carries all our burdens
Through each and every hour

He's the Way-the Truth-the Life
Though we think our way is better
Pride be damned - Only the Cross
Prompts complete and total surrender


JEFF
2011

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. 
Philippians 4:13

GriefShare
Principles for Living


The Bible says there are powerful principles for living that can be learned through grief and loss.

"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.

I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . ."

(Philippians 4:12).

Unfailing strength is found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

For our present troubles are quite small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us an

immeasurably great glory that will last forever! So we don't look at the troubles we can see right now;

rather, we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over,

but the joys to come will last forever. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NLT)

Sharpen your focus on the things in life that have lasting value, and contemplate your eternal life,

being certain about where you will spend it.

Saving Jesus, my strength, my hope, and my joy are rooted in You.

I want to live with You forever in heaven. Amen.

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THE PARADOX

The cost of
True liberty:
More of God
Less of me

The price of 
Loving Jesus:
More power
Less weakness

The peace 
I'm still missing:
More love
Less fear

The living prize for
More of God:
Less worry
Less me

THE JOY OF 
LIVING free:
LESS PRIDE
MORE HUMILITY

THE HOPE OF 
KNOWING JESUS:
DYING to THE WORLD
LIVING for ETERNITY

The paradox of The Lord:
More is less

Less is more

J E F F
2 0 1 1

Matthew 6:33

TO KNOW GOD

Phillipians 3:10-11

That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the

fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death;
if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

TO KNOW GOD

Fall at Jesus' feet
Stand for every test
Strengthen the weak
Understand true rest

Walk in His steps

Follow His pattern
Speak His words
Love with passion

Pray to Our Father
Trust His provision
Lay down your life
Leave it in His hands

Rise for a purpose
Choose to live again
Realize with all your heart
To know God is to love Him

JEFF

2011

 The Lord's Prayer (Our Father) - Johnny Mathis

THE SPIRITUAL SOCIETY
    Till we all come . . unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

    Ephesians 4:13

    Rehabilitation means the putting back of the whole human race into the relationship God designed it to be in, and this is what Jesus Christ did in Redemption. The Church ceases to be a spiritual society when it is on the look-out for the development of its own organization. The rehabilitation of the human race on Jesus Christ's plan means the realization of Jesus Christ in corporate life as well as in individual life. Jesus Christ sent apostles and teachers for this purpose - that the corporate Personality might be realized. We are not here to develop a spiritual life of our own, or to enjoy spiritual retirement; we are here so to realize Jesus Christ that the Body of Christ may be built up. Am I building up the Body of Christ, or am I looking for my own personal development only? The essential thing is my personal relationship to Jesus Christ - "That I may know Him." To fulfil God's design means entire abandonment to Him. Whenever I want things for myself, the relationship is distorted. It will be a big humiliation to realize that I have not been concerned about realizing Jesus Christ, but only about realizing what He has done for me. "My goal is God Himself, not joy nor peace, Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God." Am I measuring my life by this standard or by anything less?


 MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST - by Oswald Chambers   
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 http://www.heartlight.org/devotionals/my_utmost

 http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php

Philippians 3:7