BODY OF CHRIST
This analogy is used a lot in the Bible. How we as believers are all one body, and how we should be working together to overcome. I think it's cool that we literally are Christ's body, too... as He lives in us, we act for Him.
Philippians 3 tells us to forget what looms in the pasts and press towards the future. Paul writes that there are many people that are eager for destruction and want to push us down. We are to hold fast to the idea of our home in heaven, and to wait patiently for the Lord. I love this passage:
Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:17-21
Our lowly earth bodies can and will be transformed into something great if we all work together. Don't try to change the world by yourself! WE are the body, not just you or me. US. Together. Remember that next time you are trying to attain any goal, that it's easier with fellow believers.
Dear God,
Help us remember the power that You have, God. Help us be confident in You and what You're trying to accomplish, and help us follow through with it even when it is difficult. Reassure us of Your plan in our lives and in the lives of those we come in contact with.
Help us grab our friends and fellow believers to do Your work, as we are all one body.
Amen
This analogy is used a lot in the Bible. How we as believers are all one body, and how we should be working together to overcome. I think it's cool that we literally are Christ's body, too... as He lives in us, we act for Him.
Philippians 3 tells us to forget what looms in the pasts and press towards the future. Paul writes that there are many people that are eager for destruction and want to push us down. We are to hold fast to the idea of our home in heaven, and to wait patiently for the Lord. I love this passage:
Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:17-21
Our lowly earth bodies can and will be transformed into something great if we all work together. Don't try to change the world by yourself! WE are the body, not just you or me. US. Together. Remember that next time you are trying to attain any goal, that it's easier with fellow believers.
Dear God,
Help us remember the power that You have, God. Help us be confident in You and what You're trying to accomplish, and help us follow through with it even when it is difficult. Reassure us of Your plan in our lives and in the lives of those we come in contact with.
Help us grab our friends and fellow believers to do Your work, as we are all one body.
Amen
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