Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 14:9, “For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”
God wants us to keep coming forward and enjoy the grace that is ours.
For this to happen, He gave us a new point of reference.
Our point of reference is no longer ourself.
It is Him.
Romans 14:7-8 tells us, “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.”
Then verse 9 tells us why Christ died and rose and lived again–“that He might be Lord”–the Boss–“of both the dead and the living.”
So live to the Boss.
Live to the Lord.
He died and rose again, not merely to become a ticket in our pocket for us to go to heaven when we die.
He died and rose again to be Lord.
This means we live now to Christ.
He is our point of reference.
We no longer live to ourself.
We never refer back to ourself.
Our whole source has changed, from ourself to Him.
He is bringing us back to what He intended in the garden of Eden with the tree of life–that He would be our source.
Our relationship with ourself is Christ.
This kind of understanding will come progressively in our experience.
As our mind is renewed by the Spirit and by the Word, a consciousness of life will begin to permeate every area of our living.
We will start linking the Word with our experiences.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
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Daniel Cooper – Surgery TODAY
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Amy Garner
David Burnette – Improving
Lamar Knight – Home
Jim Mabe
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Lorraine Elliott
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Dr. and Mrs. Davis
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Doris Loyd
Linda Alexander
June Cronan
Jillian Gray
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Brandon’s Dad
Darlene Thaxton
David Harrison
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Erik Magusson
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George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
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John Austin
John McClain
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Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Rose Fuller
Scott Nix
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christin
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier
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