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GREATLY REJOICE

Joseph April 07, 2011 Called To, creation 2.0, New Birth, New Creation, praise, Spirit led, Spirituality Comments Off

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living

hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-

kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by

God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to

be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though

now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds

of trials. These have come so that your faith- of greater worth

Joseph October 27, 2010 creation 2.0, New Creation, Spirit led, Spirituality Comments Off

Whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me,

I have come to consider as one combined loss for Christ’s sake.

Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the

possession of the priceless privilege ( the overwhelming preciousness,

the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus

my Lord and progressively becoming more deeply and intimately

acquainted with Him ( of perceiving, recognizing and understanding Him

more fully and clearly). For His sake I have lost everything and consider

it all to be mere rubbish, in order that I may win Christ.

And that I may be found in Him, not having any … Continue Reading