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Have you ever thought what a mum’s mission is?
Well if mum’s wrote a purpose statement maybe it would sound like this”
My purpose is to provide for my kids an environment so they can reach their potential, be totally well and be totally safe.
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Archive for the Sermons CategoryThis is a great passage. A tad controversial in places but we’ll deal with that as we go. I love this first bit. COL 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Today we begin to look at a section of Colossians that is practical and ethical in its emphasis, Paul encourages his readers, and that means us, to give outward expression of what we believe in daily living to the experience of knowing Jesus. The Christian life is a life “hidden with Christ in God,” but it is still a life lived out on earth. Christians must give careful attention not only to their inward experience with God but also to their outward relations with their fellow human beings. (more…) COL 2:6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. It seems best to take these two verses as a kind of summary appeal made in light of the preceding discussion–an appeal for the readers to remain true to Christ as Lord. 1. COLOSSIANS 1:24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. (NIV) No matter what version you read it in it is not encouraging!!!!!Or is it? 2.COLOSSIANS 1: 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you , and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake , which is the church (KJV) 24 I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am completing what remains of Christ’s sufferings for his body, the church.(NLT) Its talking about Paul getting a hard time and to quote a very wise man – Maxwell Smart – and loving it. Well I don’t know if he was loving it but he had a really interesting perspective on suffering. (more…) |
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