2 Timothy 4:1-2 “I
charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the
living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach
the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort,
with complete patience and teaching.”
To prepare our hearts, we
must practice the fundamentals of the Christian life. Therefore pray,
study the Word of God in the pages of the Holy Bible, meet regularly with
likeminded believers for worship and fellowship and serve in the church. Be
obedient to give generously of your earthly treasures for the continued
Christian work of the church and to free yourself to believe God as your
sufficiency. Rejoice evermore, pray
without ceasing and in everything give thanks. Finally, love God above all (with
all your heart, mind, soul and strength) and love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus said, "Assuredly, I say to you,
inasmuch as you did it to one of the
least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ in that thou has done
it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
According to 2
Corinthians 5:16-21, “From now
on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we
once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed
away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through
Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that
is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting
their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of
reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God
making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled
to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that
in him we might become
the righteousness of God.”
This is our mission and our commission;
literally, our co-mission. We are fellow laborers with Christ in the mission
field of this lost and dying world. We are yoked together with Him in the
field of sin to plant, water, and gather in the harvest unto salvation. God has
called each of us to a different calling than the naturalistic God-rejecting
world system. Our challenge is to see our work from a spiritual
perspective. Our life stories are part of the tapestry that God is weaving
through the fabric of the lives of all Christians. Our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ is centerpiece of history. Our firefighting stories are unfolding
within the context of history ... our story in relation to His
Story.
May we live to the praise of
the glory of his grace!
Your brother in Christ, Michael
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