Speak to the lost. 1/14/15

Day 14 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Matt.10

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

10 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. 9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
January 14th
"For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." Colossians 3:3- 4
The oneness between believers and the practice of the church are both dependent on the centrality of Christ. Christ is the center. Indeed, Christ Himself is the reality of the Christian life and the church life. When Christ is my center, I am free from my self. I am free from self- consciousness. I am free from self- condemnation. I am free from anxiety. I am totally free because I died and my life is now hidden with Christ in God. "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal. 2:20).

Christ is our joy. Christ is our encouragement. Christ is our faith. Christ is our living. We interact with Him in everything in our lives. We interact only with Christ. Our interaction is not with ourselves-- with self- reflection and self- condemnation. Christ is our righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30). He is "all and in all" to us (Col. 3:11). Jesus Christ is the Christian life. We need to look away to Him. Look away from yourself. Look away from your failure. Look away from your bad mood. Look away unto Jesus. Christ is the centrality of everything in our Christian life. He is the Christian life itself in every aspect
"But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him." 1 Corinthians 6:17 (NASV)
The secret of Christ becoming everything to us is found in this mingled spirit, where the two spirits have become one. Our wonderful Christ, who is our relationship with everything, is dwelling in our spirit. Like the other parts of our being, our spirit is subject to us (1 Cor. 14:32). When we realize that exercising our spirit is as simple as squeezing our hand, it will revolutionize our daily life. We can enjoy Christ anytime, in any place, and under any condition. Joining ourselves to the Lord, the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:18), to be one spirit with Him, activates a oneness in which the integrity of the two spirits and the distinction between them is still preserved (Rom. 8:16). When we know the address of Christ in us and learn to abide with Him in that place (John 15:4- 5), we can consistently experience the unsearchable riches of Christ in our daily life. There is no need to wait for a "mountain- top" experience. Years ago when I went to retreats, I would always feel close to God in the atmosphere of the mountains and big trees. Then a few days later, after returning home, I would wonder what happened to those feelings. I would try to imagine how to recapture that mountain- top atmosphere in order to be close to the Lord. But one day I discovered the address of Christ in me. I saw from the Word that Christ is dwelling in my spirit; and from that time forth, I began to experience Him in a way that I had never known was possible.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Cameron-God's plan for her life, Cassie, Charlie, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie, Derithia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Nicole and family, Pastor Ford, and Willie

Health and Healing

Kyle, Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Ivette and family

Praise Alert
Lillian -Cassie had a successful operation!

National

Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.

Song(s) of the Day.
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