JIL Magdalena

The 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 gives us a 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 to stand on, but it is 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 that keeps us 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. No matter the season, no matter the reason, our obedience remains.

Let us remain 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 to His Word even when we are 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, when we are 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, when in times of 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬, and in 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 of life. In our endurance, that is when His 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 are 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 and 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 of 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 arrive.

Moving on to a 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, but staying at the 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 whose 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. Let us remember who He is, the things that He has done, and let us 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 upon the faithfulness that He has expressed.

His own faithfulness inspires our own, we need only to look at the 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 of His 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, His 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and His 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 from 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Let the faithfulness that He has expressed lead us to be 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 to Him and to the people He allowed us to steward.

A new life begins ✨

“We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death… in order that… we too may live a new life.” — Romans 6:4 🤍

We celebrate lives made new through water baptism 💧
Grateful to God for His grace and the beautiful decision to follow Christ.

May each step forward be led by faith and filled with His love 🙏

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 is a precious resource that we cannot get back — one of the greatest 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. We now know that we are loved because 𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬, so now we must also express our love to one another. We cannot hope to pay back the love that Christ gave, but we can 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.

Let this 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 to those around us by 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 to their pleas intently, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 them the ways we can, 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 them in faith, and giving them our 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

As we end the month of March, we are contiously reminded of the power that 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 brings—what the world thinks of as weakness, is actually a 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. Paul calls us to be kind, to be compassionate, and to be forgiving of those around us.

As followers of Christ, let us 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 the kindness that He expressed when He went to those in need, sat by them, felt their pain, and moved to act. Let us also release any grudges that may be holding us back. Let us understand each other and forgive, and 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 that covers the world by 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.