For the believer – Jesus is everything. He IS the reward, both inwardly as His image is perfected in us and ourwardly in that He IS our Prize!
“And I gasped, When I saw you fall
In his arms at the finish line” – Steve Taylor, “The Finish Line” – album Squint.
Jesus being formed in us IS our ending point.
Conformity to Him is our terminus. It is the completion of our testimony empowered by the Holy Spirit.
He IS the end of our race. He is the prize we are running for.
It literally signals back to the beginning where God told Abram –
Genesis 15 “(1) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
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Am impromptu Sunday encouragement before the Hurricane Milton – October 6, 2024
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Continuing on in our lessons about being empowered testimonies of Jesus, we examined Jesus’ teachings regarding the value of the kingdom of God and its formation in the hearts of those who believe.
A heart with divided loyalties cannot fulfill the great commission.
God has got to become our focus, delight and only desire and we will have eyes filled with light, be good tress bearing good fruit and our treasure will once again be Him and Him alone!
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Don’t you know God knows?
That was the somewhat impromptu theme of the message today. As we are encouraged by Jesus Himself to keep our focus on God, on the furtherance of His kingdom in our hearts and rightstanding with Him in our actions – all those things which often draw our attention and affections away form Him will be added to us, because He knows what we have need of.
Don’t you know God knows?
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