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2 Corinthians 12:10
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Tags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus, Love
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Echoes in Eternity
Night is coming—for you and for me. Getting to heaven has nothing to do with our righteous works. Our entrance fee is paid for fully by Jesus and his perfect sacrifice. But Scripture is clear that our treasure in heaven is connected to our lives on earth. It is possible to go into eternity with a saved soul and a wasted life. The missionary Amy Carmichael said, “We will have all of eternity to celebrate the victories, and only a few hours before sunset in which to win them.” This fact should motivate us as, it motivated Paul, who said, “Whether I live today or die—I only want to please Him.”
The devil will do anything he can to keep you from sensing the urgency that will mark your life if you wake up each day knowing it could be your last. He won’t try to talk you out of doing the things you are intended to; he’ll simply tell you to put it off. One of his biggest lies is, “You can do it tomorrow.” He knows what you need to know—there might not be a tomorrow. Today could be your one and only chance to be kind to that stranger, tell your kids about Jesus, or invite that person to church. You need to carpe the heck out of this diem!
Read: Esther 4:14
John 9:4
James 4:14
2 Corinthians 5:10-11
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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – Through The Eyes Of A Lion (day #10)
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Thanks a lot for reading this plan with me and for all your comments. I will surely share with all of you more plans in the future.
Blessings!
Categories: God, Faith, Bible
Tags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Christianity, Esther, Faith, God, James, Jesus, John, Love
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Hurting With Hope
Here’s something you need to know: hurting with hope still hurts. The sting of death might have been removed, but it still stings. It hurts like hell even when you know your loved one is in heaven. No, we might not sorrow as those who have no hope, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be sad.
We do a disservice anytime we try to rush people through the process of grief, as though it were spiritual to put a happy face on a horrible thing. Masking pain doesn’t heal it any faster; it actually slows it down and stunts your rehabilitation. Expecting someone to bounce back as some sort of benchmark of holiness is kind of like asking a person who has had an arm amputated if he is over it yet.
There are supposedly stages of grief: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance.* My experience is that these don’t come so tidily as moving from one zone to other. It’s messy and muddled. You move in and out of the stages at random. They swirl together like an ugly emotional cocktail. Like a novice surfer getting stuck in the foaming white water, when you manage to get up for a breath, out of nowhere comes a wave you didn’t see that takes you over the falls and into a washing machine of pain. Then one day you feel good—and you feel bad for feeling good.
*Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, and Their Own Families (New York: Scribner, 1969).
Read: Philippians 2:27
2 Corinthians 12:2-4
Philippians 1:21
2 Corinthians 5:8
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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – Through The Eyes Of A Lion (day #6)
Categories: God, Faith, Bible
Tags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus, Love, Philippians
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The Naked Eye
Every moment of every day, you are in an invisible battle that ever rages on. As real as the ancient ones you read about in history class and as current as the clips shown on the evening news, it’s as bloody as the French Revolution and as sinister as a suicide bombing. This is not something that could happen someday—it’s happening right now. You’ve heard of the War of the Roses? This is the War of the Lenses.
Will we trust what we can see is there, or believe what God says is there? It’s a decision we are continually confronted with.
Making the choice to see the invisible is not always dramatic. Sometimes it’s low-key, and that’s when it can be the most difficult. Trials have a way of splashing cold water on our faces and rousing us from sleep. It is much easier to slip into cruise control when the sun is out and the birds are chirping. For every person who has been destroyed by suffering, there are probably ten who have been wrecked by success. Trust me when I say this: the issue isn’t whether your life is going well or falling apart; the question is, what makes you so sure you can tell the difference? Things are seldom as they appear.
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
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From my daily reading plan with YouVersion – Through The Eyes Of A Lion (day #1)
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Dear friends,
I am glad to share with all of you this reading plan. I think a lot of you can relate whether Christians or not, and will get the message from this plan.
When we will slow down, free our minds and open our hearts, we will be able to see much more as we think we can see.
A lot of us are artist, photographers, writers and we know how important is the SIGHT whether inner our outer.
I hope you will enjoy this 10-days plan as much as I do.
Blessings!
Categories: God, Faith, Bible
Tags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Christianity, eyes, Faith, God, Jesus, Lion, Love, Sight
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2 Corinthians 3:3
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