"Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him." 1 Corinthians 7:17
Isn't it wonderful how the Lord assigns each of His people to a life and, what is more, calls them to it?
Before you consider the actual details and contours of your life, Christian, consider the reality of your spiritual life. Despite God's knowledge of you--your total depravity, rebelliousness and hatred of Him--He bought you back at the great cost of His Son's slaughter. He knew you intimately, and showed you the costliest of mercies anyways.
Now consider the Lord's intimate knowledge of you: your hopes and struggles, your strengths and weaknesses, your needs and desires, your past and your future. Given this knowlede, He then plans out a life of behaviors and actions and beliefs and decisions you will engage in. He gives you this life and then provides you a particular venue in which to live it out. To say it another way, He assigns you to the life He has designed specifically for you. This God who always does what is good, who always acts lovingly toward His people, who desires for you to have in increasingly greater dependence on Jesus, has carefully stitched together a life for you. And it is not just a meaningless drudgery of an assignement, it is also a calling. He has called you to live this life as a mission, a mission of speaking about and living a life reflecting what Jesus Christ has done for you.
How do you view the circumstances of your life? Do you see the difficulties and sacrifices as a disappointment, an unfortunate accident or as a platform from which to celebrate your redeemed life?
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Join us at www.FG13 as we examine our lives of Standing & Striving in a Faith that Transforms. Early Registration until March 1st @ www.FG13.org.
Men's Conference on Pursuing Genuine Biblical Revival
May 5 & 6, 2017
Theme: "Capture Our Hearts Again!"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ray Ortlund
Pastor of Immanuel Church (Acts 29 plant in Nashville, TN)
President of Renewal Ministries
Regional Director of Acts 29 Network
Formerly Assoc. Prof. of OT & Semitic Languages @ Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL)
Council Member & regular blogger at The Gospel Coalition
Author of commentaries and many books including Isaiah: God Saves Sinners in the Preaching the Word Series Commentary Series, When God Comes to Church: A Biblical Model for Revival Today, The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ in the 9 Marks Building Healthy Churches Series and most recently Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel.
Pre-Conference Workshop - 2 Sessions (Content to be released soon)
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Tom Schreiner
James Buchanan Harrison Prof of New Testament Interpretation, Professor of Biblical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY)
James Buchanan Harrison Prof of New Testament Interpretation, Professor of Biblical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY)
Author of many commentaries and books including The Law and Its Fulfillment: A Pauline Theology of Law, The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance and Assurance; The King in His Beauty, and Romans in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Series.
Registration opens soon at www.FGCon.org
Registration opens soon at www.FGCon.org
Hosted by:
Union Lake Baptist Church
8390 Commerce Road
Commerce, MI 48382
248.363.9600
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