...and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God's provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.
Philippians 1:18-19 NIV
It doesn't get too much worse than a Roman prison!
Yet Paul's faith was not wavering, but growing.
When we're in a tough place, the pressure is on, we can hang onto the same things Paul did:
The prayers of others.
Other people can't pray for you unless you share what's going on with them. While it can be hard (humbling, scary) ask people you trust to pray for you.
And if you've been asked to pray by someone you know, do it.
It's easy to say, but takes some discipline and work to do. So write your prayers for others, send them, journal them, pray them... because it's how we love.
#pray
#lovepeople
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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