Posts Tagged ‘ Hands and Feet ’
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2, ESV
We find rest and peace in Christ, and we offer the same to each other by helping each other through this life.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9, ESV
God is omnipotent and omniscient, so we can trust that He knows what He is doing in and through us to change our world. We can work hard knowing He is faithful and capable of redeeming us and this world.
”For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
John 12:8, HCSB
We worship Christ by helping the poor in spirit, the poor in possessions, and the poor in hope and stability, knowing He is the hope of the world who denied Himself for our sake.
”For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14, NASB1995
Just like the rocks could have cried out at Jesus’ triumphal entry, God will get His Word to people to save them, but He wants us to be His feet, His hands, and His voice to the world.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17, NASB1995
Christ came to be our example, yet He came preaching an all-encompassing, life-changing message to follow Him. We are now tasked with joining Him in sharing this message with the world.
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children, and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Ephesians 5:1-2, CSB
How can we not live others, when Christ have us the perfect example to follow by sacrificing Himself for our benefit? Let us sacrifice of our time, energy, resources, and even our lives for the sake of the gospel and the souls of others.
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21, CSB
How can we keep on sinning when we know Christ took our sin upon Himself? May we grow in sinning less by loving Him and each other more.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness — without it no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14, CSB
How can we not try to live at peace with others when God has brought peace between Himself and us through Christ? Rely on His peace and extend it to others through forgiveness and grace.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37-38, ESV
We encourage each other in Christ to faithfulness, and we encourage each other to pray that He makes us each faithful in reaching the lost with the gospel.
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19, ESV
The Light of world came to us to establish a new covenant, sacrificing Himself for our salvation and rising again for our hope. Now He dwells in and through us to shine His goodness in this dark and crazy world.
a simple man of God 