"I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart." (Paul to Philemon, NLT)
I hope this does not sound "corny" to you, but I say to you also, "....with [this devotional] comes my own heart."
This is considered to be one of the "pastoral epistles." When I read this to Sarah this morning, she said, "He was a pastor." Of course he was. But I can also say that this attitude is the attitude of everyone in whom Jesus Christ lives. I do not see most of you very often at all. There are even some who receive my devotionals whom I have never met "in person." You and I, however, are still one in Christ Jesus; we are still of the Church Universal. "And with [this] comes my own heart."
I noticed again today that this pastoral letter was written by a "jail bird," and one who was in continual fellowship with other "jail birds." Such is the life of one totally surrendered to Jesus. Now for most reading this, we are not "jail birds." But in the depths of our being in Jesus, the heart of a "prisoner" resides, a willingness to, "die for the Name of the Lord Jesus." Whether "spiritual" or physical, there resides in all who love and serve Jesus a death-to-self.
"And with him comes my own heart." Is there anything more beautiful than this? This is our relationship in Jesus. I can also tell you that as I contemplated our text this morning, I thought of, "Our Father Who is in Heaven...." As I read one of my NT readings today, Hebrews 1, it was as though I heard Father say to me of our Lord Jesus, "And with Him comes My Own Heart."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I know that as I read this earlier, it was You. Amen.
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I hope this does not sound "corny" to you, but I say to you also, "....with [this devotional] comes my own heart."
This is considered to be one of the "pastoral epistles." When I read this to Sarah this morning, she said, "He was a pastor." Of course he was. But I can also say that this attitude is the attitude of everyone in whom Jesus Christ lives. I do not see most of you very often at all. There are even some who receive my devotionals whom I have never met "in person." You and I, however, are still one in Christ Jesus; we are still of the Church Universal. "And with [this] comes my own heart."
I noticed again today that this pastoral letter was written by a "jail bird," and one who was in continual fellowship with other "jail birds." Such is the life of one totally surrendered to Jesus. Now for most reading this, we are not "jail birds." But in the depths of our being in Jesus, the heart of a "prisoner" resides, a willingness to, "die for the Name of the Lord Jesus." Whether "spiritual" or physical, there resides in all who love and serve Jesus a death-to-self.
"And with him comes my own heart." Is there anything more beautiful than this? This is our relationship in Jesus. I can also tell you that as I contemplated our text this morning, I thought of, "Our Father Who is in Heaven...." As I read one of my NT readings today, Hebrews 1, it was as though I heard Father say to me of our Lord Jesus, "And with Him comes My Own Heart."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I know that as I read this earlier, it was You. Amen.
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More of the Snopes Deception Revealed: jhs58.blogspot.com
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
