Read Colossians 1:28 - 2:1- 10
Life is really put into perspective when it’s sized up to your average waking day. So based on being awake for 16 hrs a day and the average lifespan being about 75 years, here’s what time it is: If you are 14, it is about 10am in the morning. if you are 23, it is almost noon if you are 28, it is about 1pm in the afternoon if you are 35, it is about 2:30pm If you are 42, it is 4pm, if you are 51, it is almost 6pm, if you are 61, it is time to bring out the after 8’s
It is sad to think that some people have really given no thought to the eternal significance of a life lived here. The Bible makes it very clear that this life is the incubation period for what is to come. Matthew 25:21 shows us that how we live life here will directly effect what role God will entrust us with in eternity. So it goes without saying that need to be intentional with everything that we do!
Every act of our lives strikes some chord that will vibrate in eternity!! Rick Warren
Jesus followers, take hold of this promise and engrave it on your soul, “The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me”! Psalm 138:8a Have you ever played with those ‘what if’ questions in your mind… what if my parents never left Holland… (they couldn’t wait to fly the coop!) What if my parents moved to Alberta when I was 7… (they ended up staying around because my oldest brother ran away from home). Our lives could have easily taken so many turns, but yet God has made each of a unique fingerprint, custom made just for Him. “You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe” Psalm 139:16 TLB
God wants to make his purposes known and give us a strong sense of this very thing. Isaiah 46:9-11 The bigger picture is that together as a body of believers we possess a unique fingerprint on the landscape of the Guelph area. God has brought us all here together for a distinct purpose and it is time to do some mapping. We are unique and we are not called to be copycats or to be a franchise like McDonalds or Walmart where every store looks the same. It is time to see how amazing, how blessed, how gifted, how incredibly unique Grace is! Do you believe it!! There is a spiritual DNA, an essential part of the kingdom makeup that will help us determine the characteristics of this body of believers!
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