Tagged: Daily Reflections
“Greetings from Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart to proclaim the gospel of God.” –Romans 1:1 Paul, “called to be an apostle,” wrote to those who had “been called to belong to Jesus Christ” (Rm 1:6) and who had been “called to holiness, grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rm 1:7). The New Testament Greek word for “church” is “ekklesia,” which literally means “called out.” Consequently, we, as members of Christ’s Church, must “live a life worthy” of our calling (Eph 4:1) in the “one hope...
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“There is one thing more you must do.” –Mark 10:21 If we love Jesus, we will obey Him (Jn 15:10). Therefore, a life of love is “a life of obedience” (see 1 Pt 1:2). As our lives on earth come to their conclusion, we reach the point that there is one thing more we must do. This last command is: a “must” (Mk 10:21), hard (Mk 10:23, 24), humanly impossible (Mk 10:27), and often includes persecution (Mk 10:30). Because this is the devil’s last chance to rob and enslave us, he will do everything he can to make our obedience...
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Curiosity or care to change? Rev 14: 14-19 ; Lk 21: 5-11 When will these things happen? We are more interested in knowing when certain things will happen and curious about predictions and premonitions, than understanding what is the right thing to be done and make the right moves in life at the right time. Mistakenly we postpone the necessary and crucial transformations in life for an opportune time which sometimes does not come at all or it gets too late by the time they come by. The month of November insists on the urgency that is involved in personal...
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Good people or God’s people? Rev 12:1-3, 4b-5; Lk 24: 42-45 The posters with politicians doling out their “generous” gifts to the unfortunate lot, the numerous NGOs scripting out projects for the eradication of social evils for decades and decades together, the so called social activists voicing the woes of the downtrodden. .. These are today common scenes in any society. People who do good and claim to do good, do it with various intentions and it is that which makes all the difference. One thing is to be known as people who do good and the other is to...
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