Showing posts with label holy living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holy living. Show all posts

Monday 9 November 2009

To know Christ is filling life with meaning


"To know Christ is the way to grow in holiness.
Ask yourself, in the moment of perplexity or temptation,
what would He do if He were here?
Nothing else will so surely lead us into the way of holy living."
- George Hodges

Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion,
a mere example. He is that, but he is infinitely more;
He is salvation itself, He is the Gospel of God.
- Oswald Chambers


Life is filled with meaning as soon as Jesus Christ enters into it.
- Stephen Neill


"And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another
and to all, just as we do to you,
so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness
before our God and Father at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints."
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13

My god, give that I shall be able to imitate Christ his example
and that I will be able to hold to the end,
so that I may be blameless on the last day of the assessment.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Christus kennen is zin geven aan het leven

Wednesday 31 December 2008

Cleaning up


Nehemiah 12:30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.


Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Reinigen van ons en anderen



Thoughts
Phil Ware    God has placed each of us in a circle of influence. Before we try to "clean up" those around us, let's first offer ourselves to God to be consecrated and to be made pure by his grace. Then, let's live in a way that shows the impact of that holiness in our lives. Jesus told us to remove the plank from our own eye before we try to clean the speck out of someone else's eye. For leaders at any level, "living holy" is essential before calling others to holiness! God's greatest times of spiritual renewal begin when leaders first consecrate themselves to God and his work.

Prayer
    O Father in heaven, forgive me for my sins. I want to be pure and holy, cleansed by your Spirit and forgiven by your grace. Please bless me as I seek to live a holy life before those I influence. I need your powerful help to be the example and person of character that you want me to be, and that my friends need me to be. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.


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