Wednesday December 23rd, 2020
Memorize: Philippians 1:21 God’s Word’s Translations (GWT)
« Christ means everything to me in this life, and when I die I’ll have even more. »
Read: Romans 8:35-39 New Living Translations (NLT)
35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?
Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity,
or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)
37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.
Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed,
nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Message:
« Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
Acts 18:7 NET
Justus’ house joined hard to the synagogue.
– How attached are you to the Church?
– Do you see the Church as just a part of your life or is it your entire life?
– Are you only a Church-goer or are you involved in the activities of the Church?
– Is Sunday the only time you think about Church or do you also attend mid-week services and other soul-lifting programmes?
– Are you more joined to your secular job than you are to the Church?
– Do those who you relate with everyday know you as a member of the body of Christ
How hard are you joined to Jesus?
If I have to be involved in something, I would be fully involved.
If you are truly a child of God, you would not be dormant in your Fathers house.
Get involved, join the workforce, give towards the work of God.
Years ago, we needed to fill an area of the Headquarters church in Ebute-Metta with sawdust so as to reclaim land and have more to build on. I bore a basin of the sawdust on my head, back and forth, without any shame. A traffic jam on the main road caused a student of mine to seek an alternative route near the church to his destination. Seeing me, he cried out “Ah Oga” (meaning ‘Sir’). I looked at him and asked “Who is Oga? I am no Oga in the house of my God; I am merely working for Jesus my Master.”
I am fully joined to the house of God.
There is nothing being done to advance Gods kingdom that I will not get involved in, even if it is just to pray for them.
How hard are you joined to the Church of Christ?
Those who are joined hard to the house of God always enjoy His presence in every area of their lives.
Because they are very useful in His Kingdom business, He in turn makes anything that concerns them His business.
It pays to be joined hard to the Church of Christ. I am a living witness.
Action point: Join the workforce in your local Church, if you haven’t done so already. Be more fervent for the things of the kingdom.
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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