Begin by practicing this discipline in all the little disappointments of daily life. It is often these minor setbacks that draw you away from My Presence. When you reframe setbacks as opportunities, you find that you gain much more than you have lost. It is only after much training that you can accept major losses in this positive way. But it is possible to attain the perspective of the apostle Paul, who wrote: Compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus, I consider everything I once treasured to be as insignificant as rubbish.
Colossians 4:2; Philippians 3:7-8
It is true! Thank You, Yeshua, Jesus, our salvation is from You. Our santification and growth comes with our daily communication with You! And we are beung transformed into Your likeness. Each day I am more convinced that You love us deeply and are drawing us closer to You through our difficulties. Thank You for hearing us and intervening and working through our relationships and problems. Thank You for our friends and family that do bring us reminders as well! Help us to be loving and patient as You are with us.
ReplyDeleteColossians 4:2, NIV: "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Colossians 4:2, ESV: "Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." Colossians 4:2, KJV: "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"
DeletePhilippians 3:7-8 English Standard Version (ESV)
ReplyDelete7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ