Philippians 1:29
Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.
What of Today’s Verse…
When we read the book of Acts, we find the disciples overjoyed at suffering “for the sake of the name.” Jesus’ followers consider it a privilege and not just a hardship. The truth of our commitment is often best shown to the skeptical when we are “under fire.”
Let Us Pray…
What a precious name you have given to your son, O Lord. May it be exalted in all the earth and throughout all the heavens, until all existence knows that he is truly Lord. Through him I pray. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Behold how he loved…
He died for all. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
He . . . lived to make intercession for them. I go to prepare a place for you.
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
We love him, because he first loved us. The love of Christ constrained us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
