IF
you have any encouragement from being United with Christ,
IF
any Comfort from His Love,
IF
any Tenderness and Compassion,
THEN
make my joy complete by being Like-Minded,
Having
the same Love,
Being
One in Spirit and Purpose.
Do
Nothing out of Selfish Ambition or Vain Conceit,
BUT
IN HUMILITY CONSIDER OTHERS BETTER THAN YOURSELVES.
Each
of you should look not only to your own Interests,
But
also to the Interests of others.
YOUR
ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THAT OF CHRIST JESUS;
Who
being in very Nature God,
Did
not consider Equality with God something to be Grasped,
But
Made Himself NOTHING,
Taking
the Very Nature of a Servant,
Being
made in Human Likeness.
And
being found in Appearance as a man,
HE
HUMBLED HIMSELF
And
became Obedient to Death--
Even
Death on a Cross!
THEREFORE
GOD EXALTED HIM TO THE HIGHEST PLACE
And
gave Him the Name that is Above Every Name,
That
at the Name of Jesus
EVERY
KNEE SHOULD BOW,
In
Heaven and on Earth and under the Earth,
AND
EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD;
To
the Glory of the Father.
(Philippians
2:1-11)
WHOEVER
CLAIMS TO LIVE IN HIM
Must
walk as Jesus did.
(1
John 2:6)
For
us, as Followers of Christ Jesus
We
must count this World, of which America is a part,
As
NOTHING, in Comparison to being Found IN HIM.
In
this World the only Truth to be Found is IN HIM.
In
this World the only LIFE to be Found is IN HIM.
HE
IS THE ONLY WAY!
There
is No Other!
This
Christmas let us be United With Christ
Being
of One Mind,
And
Experience His Comfort, Love, Tenderness and Compassion.
Being
One in Spirit and Purpose.
Christ
left the Glory of Heaven to make a Way for us.
Let
us Separate ourselves from the False Glory of Earth
And
Enter Fully into the Kingdom of God;
The
Eternal Realm of God.
Let
us Fix our eyes on Jesus,
The
Author and Perfecter of our Faith,
Who
for the Joy set before Him [His Bride]
Endured
the Cross, Scorning its Shame,
And
sat down at the Right Hand of the Throne of God.
Consider
Him Who Endured such Opposition from Sinful men,
So
that you will Not Grow Weary and Lose Heart.
(Hebrews
12:2, 3)
Christ
Jesus is the Joy set before each of us.
Let
us take hold of Him and Not Let Go!
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