Good Morning!
I hope your weekend was
good. I spent Saturday at the Habersham Community
Theatre doing a little painting of sets in advance of our play that begins February 6. The title of the play is Number the Stars and is about a little girl and her family who help a Jewish family escape the Nazi’s in 1943 Denmark. It is a dark play … but very tender … worth the $20 ticket for adults, $12 for students.
Theatre doing a little painting of sets in advance of our play that begins February 6. The title of the play is Number the Stars and is about a little girl and her family who help a Jewish family escape the Nazi’s in 1943 Denmark. It is a dark play … but very tender … worth the $20 ticket for adults, $12 for students.
Today is another good day … with some rain
that should end by the afternoon. Your
prayers for me and the Nursing Home Ministry crew would be very welcome. We have the privilege of bringing the message
of Christ to the forgotten folks who live tucked away from the public view. The consciousness level is varied but often
even the ones who seem most out of it will begin to sing the good old hymns of
faith. Each one is truly a blessing to the
NHM crew.
The sermon passage yesterday was Galatians
2:20 … which, as most of you know, is my life verse. 20 I have
been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who
lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
The preacher gave three points … there
has to be a funeral; there has to be a filling; and there has to be faith. I listened carefully … but one reference the
pastor stuck in the vacant space … from Colossians. So … this morning, as I prepared to write our
message for today, I saw this wonderful passage from Paul’s letter …
Colossians 1:15-23 English Standard Version (ESV)
15 He is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by[a] him all things were created, in heaven and
on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he
is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He
is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he
might be preeminent. 19 For in him all
the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through
him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in
heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and
hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now
reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you
holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and
steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which
has been proclaimed in all creation[b] under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a
minister.
Footnotes:
Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in
Colossians 1:23 Or to every creature
Jesus is …
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The very image of the invisible God
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The firstborn of all creation
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The creator of all things
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The One who holds all things together
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The head of the Church
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The firstborn from the dead
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Preeminent
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The reconciler
We are …
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Reconciled in Him through His death
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Made holy and blameless in Him
Jesus paid it all … all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain … He washed it
white as snow.
Have a blessed day …
Agape’
Mr. Jim
Prayer: Father, it is all about Jesus. He is my Lord
and my Savior. Thank You, dear Father God, for receiving His sacrificial blood
offered for me. Remind me of Your cost
for my salvation. Keep me near Jesus all of my days. In Jesus’ Name … Amen.
Scripture for today: Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:15-23
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