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[graceinthewaves]

From Ruin to Restoration: Finding Jesus in the Book of Joel

I have to be honest. For a long time, I skimmed past the Book of Joel. It felt like an ancient, distant alarm bell. Locusts, darkness, and the great and dreadful “Day of the Lord.” It was easy to file it away as a prophecy for another time, for another people. But then I lived a little more. I experienced seasons that felt like a spiritual famine. I’ve walked through moments where my own poor…

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[abideandblooom]

Here are some desktop wallpapers to uplift and inspire you, especially if you're a Christian seeking daily encouragement.

[demetris-stuff]

Mid-year reset: less hustle, more worship. The presence of God has a way of reminding you what actually matters. 🔗 hopearise

[j-paco-hernandez]

Living a Jesus centered mine set.

Today I read about change, forgiveness and surrendering to the Lord are two things things I want to work on. I want to change my mine set, allow God to be the center of my life.

“God allow me to love you more, please forgive me for what i’ve done and help me to forgive and forget the hurt in my life. I surrender my heart to you, I know you handle it with care, and understand everything. When i can’t speak out loud you hear my heart, In Jesus name amen.”

[coffeecups01]

There is this overflowing joy (like deep sense of happiness within the heart) when we always seek God with our whole heart like with our full undistracted attention to Him..listening to His still small voice. Give your full attention to Jesus. He is speaking through His Word. #fullattention #deepjoy #deephappiness #Godcentered #Jesuscentered #thereisjoy #truejoy #truehappiness #blessed #listen https://www.instagram.com/p/Buw7XnYnmmo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pq6bzna640bc

[peaceandblessingsanddogs-blog]

to suffer for His sake

Philippians 1:27-30

27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God. 29 For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, 30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me. (NKJV)

these verses are telling the church in Phillipi how they should conduct themselves. Basically the whole “character is who you are when no one is watching” thing. Paul challenges them to always conduct themselves in a way that is “worthy of the gospel of Christ” so whether he is there to oversee them or not, he will still hear of the good attitudes they have. He also mentions unity- “standing fast in ONE spirit, with ONE mind striving TOGETHER for the faith of the gospel.” and yeah Paul may be talking to the church in Philippi in this matter but we are to use this example in our congregations today!! we should always be in unity with another, always pushing for the SAME goal, which is bringing others to Christ. 

In verse 29, it says “...not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake” How can we believe in Christ and conduct ourselves in a Christ-like way without persecution? not everyone will like us if we are a follower of Christ!! not everyone is SUPPOSED to like us if we are a follower of Christ!! 

how can our conduct be worthy of the gospel? only when we strive to please and obey God as our number one priority!!

[peaceandblessingsanddogs-blog]

your love may abound more and more

Philippians 1:9-11

9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (ESV)

just like Paul prayed for the church in Phillipi, our love should abound and grow towards one another and to God. Paul also petitions for a complete character (v. 10) when he says “be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.” We could also take from this verse that we are to continue doing what God’s word says until the day of judgement. If we do this, then we are filled with the fruits of righteousness that comes through JESUS!!! Our righteousness comes from HIM, well actually everything in the Bible is centered around Him!! And all these things are to the GLORY and PRAISE of God. Can we put ourselves in the Philippians shoes? Does our character fit in with what is describes in these verses? we can always be thankful that God continues to work in us to do things for His glory!!

[anxiousteacher]

All means all. @nakedpastor #ordinaryradical #JesusCentered #goodfriday