Philippians 1:27b-28
OBSERVATION
“without being frightened
in
any way…”
As they endured
attacks on their church, their faith, and their very way of life, Paul is
saying that by them standing in unity and without fear they will have the
victory! Furthermore, this will be a
sign to their opposition that they – instead of the Philippians will be
destroyed. God will save the
Philippians.
APPLICATION
In
today’s current societal climate,
these
verses are so encouraging.
The
divisiveness in our country is sad.
So
much hate.
So
much ignorance.
Almost
everyone is under attack by one group or another.
Most
of us fall into one of the
“undesirable”
groups.
But
you know what?
I
truly believe these verses:
sometimes
no response
is
a response.
Sometimes
our no response,
frees
our God to respond
on
our behalf.
The
battle is not ours,
but
God’s.
in
unity and faith,
pushing
forward to the prize.
We
need to prayerfully
take
our positions, stand firm,
and
see what God will do!
Meanwhile,
we can be courageous and encouraged
as
we face our tomorrow’s knowing
God
is with us and for us.
PRAYER
LORD, how many
times have I picked up the battle and futilely fought it on my own
strength? This led to defeat,
frustration and, surprisingly enough, weakened faith. Help me to recognize that
the battle is
Yours and the victory is ours,
there is power in
numbers and unity,
that you are my
warrior, my strength, my shield!
I praise You for
this!
Thank You, LORD,
for this amazing
gift of
safety,
peace
and
victory!
Amen.
Sewing News: A Gift a Day
You know, in January I always say to myself that I will take time every month for Christmas sewing and I don't. Then, I'm in such a last minute rush that I'm too tired to truly enjoy the season - much less the reason for this wonderful season!
So this year, I lowered my expectations of myself and I did start early. But, then there's that one perfect gift I can make for so and so!
I still don't want to pressure myself, so I decided to make a Gift a Day. I want these gifts to be meaningful, personal and something that can be finished in an hour or so. Every day I will be posting a gift a day on my Instagram account @miaismine22 under #agiftaday!
A couple of posts are already on Instagram, but I'll sharing about them more in detail here. So, without further ado, here's the first one!
Day 1, Gift 1: Pinwheel Coasters
These Pinwheel Coasters went up really quickly because
1) I used some scrappy HSTs left over from another project
and
2) I used a self-binding method.
I am over the moon because my daughter loved them and asked me to write a tutorial!
So, I will be making another set for the tutorial to be published very soon!
Blessings to all!
I'm linking up to:
Nice coasters, and a great idea to do a gift a day. Thanks for sharing on Midweek Makers
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm trying to keep up and enjoying the instant gratificaiton of quickly finished projects! :)
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