Friday, January 2, 2009

Phillipians 1:18-21

WHERE DOES JESUS FIT IN YOUR PRIORITIES!


vs. 20: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
(The New International Version)


vs. 18-21: So how am I to respond? I've decided that I really don't care about their motives, whether mixed, bad, or indifferent. Every time one of them opens his mouth, Christ is proclaimed, so I just cheer them on!

And I'm going to keep that celebration going because I know how it's going to turn out. Through your faithful prayers and the generous response of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, everything he wants to do in and through me will be done. I can hardly wait to continue on my course. I don't expect to be embarrassed in the least. On the contrary, everything happening to me in this jail only serves to make Christ more accurately known, regardless of whether I live or die. They didn't shut me up; they gave me a pulpit! Alive, I'm Christ's messenger; dead, I'm his bounty. Life versus even more life! I can't lose. (The Message)

HOW MUCH OF YOUR LIVING IS REALLY FOR CHRIST? WALKING WITH CHRIST?

Thursday, January 1, 2009

He Is Able !!! [Jude 24-25 NIV]


To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

He Is Able !! [Jude 24-25 MSG]

The Message:

And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating—to our one God, our only Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Master, be glory, majesty, strength, and rule before all time, and now, and to the end of all time.

Yes.

He Is Able ! [Jude 24-25 AMP]

Amplified Bible:

Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight] -- to the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity
).

Amen (so be it).

He Is Able ! [Ephesians 3:20-21 MSG]

The Message
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!
He does it not by
pushing us around but by working within us,
his Spirit deeply and gently within us.
Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia!
Oh, yes!

He Is Able ! (Ephesians 3:20)

New International Version:

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us . . .
* * *
Amplified Bible:
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--

He Is Able !!

He Is Able to -
Change You !
He Is Able to -
Keep You !!
He Is Able to -
Supply You !!!
He Is Able To -
Use You !!!!