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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:22:27 +0000
Subject: [ChristLife] Digest for christlife@googlegroups.com - 2
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- thank you for the words of encouragement [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/9ced686e7ecad2cb
- WHERE IS YOUR DWELLING PLACE? [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/70b09682eec824f7
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Topic: thank you for the words of encouragement
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/9ced686e7ecad2cb
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From: George Morandante <godisourhidingplace@yahoo.com>
Date: Aug 23 12:55AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/264575d2a20e725d
hello,your words of encouragement,gives me more wisdom ,knowlege and
understanding as i walk daily to God.
--- On Sat, 8/6/11, Bayo Afolaranmi <spiritualdigest@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Bayo Afolaranmi <spiritualdigest@gmail.com>
Subject: [ChristLife] YOUR REAR MIRROR
To: "Bayo Afolaranmi" <spiritualdigest@email.com>
Date: Saturday, August 6, 2011, 7:36 PM
YOUR REAR MIRROR"Do not [earnestly] remember the former things;
neither consider the things of old" (Isaiah 43:18 AMP)."Not that I
have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but
I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of
me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining towards
what is ahead, press on towards the goal to win the prize for which
God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:12-14
NIV).
Recently while I was driving to my office, I was trying to go through
a by-pass to beat the notorious traffic jam from my home to my office.
From my vehicle rear mirror, I discovered that some other vehicles
were also avoiding the traffic jam. I was losing focus on my driving
as I concentrated on the rear mirror, then it dawned on me that the
rear mirror was not designed for long concentration. Indeed, anyone
who concentrates on the rear mirror of his/her vehicle while driving
is heading for an accident.
Many people are also concentrating on the "rear mirror" of their life:
their past experiences. It does not matter whether these experiences
were good or bad. Such people allow those experiences to deprive them
of the enjoyment of the present and the prospect of the future. Such
people would find it difficult to face the challenges that accompany
the enjoyment of the present and the prospect of the future.
God, through Prophet Isaiah, told His people not to remember the
former things nor consider the things of old, their "rear mirror" (see
Isaiah 43:18). The reason was that God was preparing to do a new thing
in their lives so great and wonderful that it shall surpass the former
things that God had done in their lives. In Philippians 3:12-14, Paul
said categorically that he would forget the former things and press on
toward the greater thing he was aiming at. He knew that concentrating
on the former things could be disastrous.
What is your own "rear mirror"? What is the former thing that is
catching your attention? Are you still concentrating on it? No matter
how good or bad the thing may be, do not concentrate your attention on
it. Forget it and aim for a better thing. The Lord will do new thing
in your life, but do not let the old thing deprive you of enjoying the
new thing. Stop concentrating on your "rear mirror"!
In His service,Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).
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Topic: WHERE IS YOUR DWELLING PLACE?
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/t/70b09682eec824f7
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From: Rae <brendasraeofsunshine@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 22 05:32AM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/5d4e5bfc4c12bcbe
My dwelling place is undoubtedly in the shelter of the Most High.
There is no earthly house that can ever compare or give to me all the
joy that dwelling with my loved ones in the house of our Lord will do.
In His house, I have a complete psalm of assurance of the protection
and security of our Lord and I trust in Him completely. I may live in
this world, but I am no longer of it, for I am of His world-the one
which is only in Heaven-where my late husband also resides and where I
be rejoined with him for all eternity. AMEN
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