“To live is Christ” has made you a giver. A sharer of the good news of God and of your own self. May God grant us his grace today as we seek to share life with others, both pointing them to Christ and being Christ to them in these difficult days.
Tag: Union with Christ
June 17, 2020. Day 169: Not only in word, but also in power.
Are you experiencing the power of Christ by the Holy Spirit? Are you patient in hope, worshiping from faith, and laboring in love for others? Only the gospel can empower such living. Only our union with Christ can provide the hope needed for this kind of power. Resurrection power. The power of “to live is Christ.”
June 16, 2020. Day 168: What God has made clean, do not call common.
“To live is Christ” means you are no longer separated from God. And it means you are separated from those who are not yet in Christ. But not so that you can stay separated. We have been brought out of the world so that we could be sent back into the world. Not hiding behind our convictions. But living from the conviction that the gospel alone can unite all mankind.
June 15, 2020. Day 167: Why are you persecuting me?
“To live is Christ” is to be the Jesus that loves others and it is to love Jesus as you love others.
June 14, 2020. Day 166: Times of refreshing.
“To live is Christ” is worth repenting for. Turning to God through faith in Jesus is the wisest choice a person could ever make. Only union with Christ offers this beautiful triple blessing – sins blotted out, the refreshing presence of God, and the restoration of all things. You won’t find these three graces anywhere else. So stop looking everywhere else and turn to back to Jesus.
June 13, 2020. Day 165: And they devoted themselves.
“To live is Christ” is never isolation, independence, or individuality. It is always a shared experience with the body of Christ. Sharing the word of Christ and the life of Christ. Full devotion to Christ and his church, empowered by resting in his full devotion to us while allowing his Spirit to both satisfy and transform our hearts daily in his presence. Together.
To Live is Christ 