Category Archives: Christian Family

“Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

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Dear all,

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. II Peter 1: 2

Word: Luke 23: 26 – 43

40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” 43 And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”Luke 23: 40 – 43

Thought: Defining Moments: – We all face defining moments, times when we make a choice or take a course of action that changes the whole route of our life.  With one step, in a particular direction, our life moves on a new path way. These times, which impact us more than we can possibly dream or imagine, often come as we press forward on our uphill journey of faith in Christ Jesus.

Stand firm in Christ

The Journey Team

https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/

God expects us to trust him, no matter what

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Dear all,

Greetings in the name of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.

Word:

This is how the LORD responds: “If you return to me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve me. If you speak good words rather than worthless ones, you will be my spokesman. You must influence them; do not let them influence you! Jeremiah 15: 19

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+15%3A19

Thought:

Returning to God is our choice! God promised us total restoration so that we could serve Him. As Christians and disciples of LORD Jesus, He is expecting us to speak well. Our speech pattern and thought process should always please God. Then we will be His spokesperson to share His love and compassion to this world.

 

As God’s ambassadors we need to influence people for Christ Jesus, not let the world influence us.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3iB30gCqAc

  1. In prayer we can reveal our deepest thoughts to God.
  2. God expects us to trust him, no matter what.

Have a blessed day

 

“And the Jesus withdrew and went to a quiet place.”

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Dear all,

Greetings in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Word: “And the Jesus withdrew and went to a quiet place.”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%205:15-17&version=NASB

Thought: The Strength of Solitude and Silence

When we take time to read the gospels closely we will notice how often, sprinkled among the narratives, are phrases such as, “And then Jesus withdrew and went to a quiet place.” In the language of spiritual development this is called solitude: carving out a space in your life where God can speak to you. It is being quiet, confident in Christ Jesus and eager to listen to His voice. In these quiet moments God speaks and He meets us.

Stand firm in Christ

The Journey Team

https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/

Need of Christ Jesus’ righteousness instead of self-righteousness

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Dear all,
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Word: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit – Matthew 5: 3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=NIV
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”.
Thought: Need of Christ Jesus’ righteousness instead of self-righteousness
Discipline and Practice: To Grow in Christ centered purity, live according to Christ centered values and attitudes of God’s Kingdom with the help of Holy Spirit.
Response: Realize our depravity, sinfulness – Self-righteousness cannot make a pathway to Heaven. Christ Jesus is the Way, Truth and Life.

Stand firm in Christ
The Journey Team
https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/

“In the midst of a violent attack”

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Greetings in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Word: Grace under Pressure

Matthew 26: 50 – 54

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A50-54&version=NIV

Thought: In the midst of a violent attack, Peter and Jesus responded in dramatically different ways. Peter reached out with a sword and returned violence for violence. Jesus reached out his hand and offered healing. Let us look to Jesus because he is the source of our wisdom to lead a Christ centered life. Let God use us as a channel of blessings to many nations.

Have a Victorious walk in Christ

The Journey Team

https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/

Remember we are the ambassadors of Christ Jesus! Yes we are!

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Dear all,

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit. Romans 15: 13

Word: Not to be served but to serve:

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10: 45

Thought: The essence of Christian life is based on the faith in LORD Jesus Christ. In this human life span we need to be led by the power of the Holy Spirit to avoid the domination of flesh over us. When we have the attitude of Christ Jesus in our mind we will see the world with the eyes of Jesus that is with compassion to bring healing touch to those who are in need.

Remember we are the ambassadors of Christ Jesus! Yes we are!

Stand firm in Christ

The Journey Team

https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/

Body of Christ

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Dear all,

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. II Thes 3: 16

Word:

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,  to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV)

Thought:

God has given His Church an enormous responsibility to make disciples in every nation. This involves preaching, teaching, healing, nurturing, giving, administering, building and many other tasks. God calls us as members of His body. Some of us can do one task; some can do another. Together we can obey God more fully than any of us could alone. It is a human tendency to overestimate what we can do by ourselves and to underestimate what we can do as a group. But as the body of Christ, we can accomplish more together than we would dream possible working by ourselves. Working together, the Church can express the fullness of Christ.

“Talitha kum!”

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Dear all,

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. II Peter 1: 2

Word: Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

Thought: What role Jesus played in Peter, James and John’s life?

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+5%3A37-43

Jesus played a significant role in these peoples’ life. He changed their attitudes, characters, life style and changed their destination in a heavenly way.

Stand firm in Christ

The Journey Team

https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/

Spectator (Fan) or Team Player (Disciple; the root word is discipline)

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Spectator (Fan) or Team Player (Disciple; the root word is discipline):
Thousands of people followed Jesus for various reasons. Everywhere Jesus went, the sick and demon possessed were brought to him and He healed them. Everyone tried to touch him, because the healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone (Luke 6: 19). Instead of desiring God’s pardon and love, they only wanted physical healing or a chance to see spectacular events. In Luke 10, we can see that Jesus sends out 70 people two by two ahead of him to every town where he was about to go. Luke 6: 12 says that Jesus prayed overnight before selecting his 12 disciples. Make sure that all your decisions are grounded in prayer.
When Jesus was in the earth he had a core group of people (3 – Peter, James and John). He took these three men along with him to several places. For example, in Matthew 17: 1; He took them to and showed himself transfigured in mount olives (Mark 13: 3), in Jarius house (Luke 8: 31) and in Gethsemane (Mark 14: 32-34).
Jesus in Gethsemane

They came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.” And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

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Thought:
Jesus will share his burden only to core individuals, not to everyone.
Where are we? Among 1000’s or 70’s or 12 or 3.
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=JAMES+JOHN+PETER&qs_version=NASB

The cure for the complaining spirit

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Dear all,

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. II Peter 1: 2

Word: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+20:1-16

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Thought: The cure for the complaining spirit is the discipline of noticing the goodness of God in our lives. We need to learn how to pay attention, to slow down and see what God has done and is doing all around us. Let us be more thankful to God for who He is and how he has chosen us when we were away from Him.

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When we started to count our blessings in Christ Jesus, positively we will see the glory of God in our day to day life by living a Christ centered well balanced life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMjgS4vu4o

Stand firm in Christ

The Journey Team

https://thejourneyinchrist.wordpress.com/