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The Daily Blueprint for 1-24-08

Worthless

Philippians 3:8
Yea Doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win CHRIST!


We live a world that is chock full of sin - Sin is everywhere you look -we need to forget who rules this world full of flesh - the enemy - God has given the enemy some dominion here on Earth -many will find such a statement as false - but its true - its everywhere you look -we who know Christ are strangers in the strange land - Paul would agree - he says he suffered the loss of things but considered those things worthless compared to the salvational knowledge of Christ his Lord!
We can get so engrossed with this world - our needs -and our wants we begin to miss the point - we begin to miss the whole reason we are here -to glorify God with our lives! We are not here to be comfortable - but yet most of us want an easy life without any trials - and some so-called Christians would say if you are having problems its because you are not close to Christ- this is not true - I have served Christ for about 9 years in this ministry and have witnessed to countless people and yet right now I have the trial of my life right before me - and I am not alone - Rick, a radio host who just lost his 2 year old son -preached the gospel during the funeral service and then a local radio station played the whole thing - Rick said that all the stuff we have here is worthless - its not worth all we put in it - how we worry about it all - what's most important is our relationship with Jesus Christ and how we serve Him - are we so worried about what we want - we miss out in serving Christ in His purpose for our lives- lets spread the gospel - lets remember that just because we have trials does not mean we are not in God's will -this month's topic seems to be suffering - we need not forget who suffered the most for us - Jesus - He died for sins he never committed! He did this for us! Lets remember that this stuff here is worthless and our salvation is priceless! Lets be like Paul and consider all the problems of this present time as nothing but worthless! God can use it all to bring about His glory! Praise HIM!

a side note: We put too much value on worthless things!
in CHRIST we can see what is of value!
PRAYERS * PRAISES * PREVIEWS:
Pray for Rick B - his 2 year old son passed away a few days ago when he fell into a pool. pray for healing for this family as they suffer this great loss.thank you.
Mrs Sue who I asked for prayer for yesterday is now in a diabetic coma – pray she will recover from the effects of a stroke she had about a week and half ago. Thanks for your prayers! Daniel
UPDATE: Sue has worken from the coma and is having some more tests.........
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THIS WEEKS PRAYERS FOR SAMARITAN'S PURSE:

PRAYER FOCUS: ECUADOR

Pray that all those who received wheelchairs will regonize God as the source of all good things!

Pray that the chairs will help children like Javiera grow in confidence and receive an education!

Pray for other Samaritan's Purse programs that are sharing the Gospel with people in Ecuador!

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR ECUADOR

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LIVIN IN THE WORD - THURSDAY - 1-24-08
THE WORLD AND WHAT IS IN IT IS PASSING AWAY - BUT CHRIST WILL ALWAYS BE!