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The Circle of Life
I recently was blessed with another grandchild and it got me to thinking about the circle of life when it comes to spiritually.
In the beginning of a Christian’s life we are born into Christ as babes as we read in the following verses: Psalm 127:3-4 “Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth” I Peter 2:2 “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby”
IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE WE HAVE TROUBLES
II Cor. 4:8 “We are troubled on everyside, yet not distressed; we are perplexed but not in despair 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”
IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE WE HAVE HOPE IN THE LORD
Romans 12:12 “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer”
Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost”
Jeremiah 17:7 “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.”
IN THE CIRCLEOF LIFE WE FIND FAITH
Mark 11:22 “And Jesus answering saith unto them, HAVE FAITH IN GOD”
Luke 17:5 “And the apostles said unto the Lord INCREASE OUR FAITH”
Acts 16:15 “And so were THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH, and increased in number daily”
IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE WE FIND A SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE
I John 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
Joshua 23:11 “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God”
I John 3:11 “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”
IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE THERE COMES DEATH
Psalms 23:4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; they rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Psalms 48:14 “For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
In the circle of life as a Christian we are born in Christ and we die in Christ.”
Where will your eternal destination be at the end of your circle of life?
Robby Cable
Providence Church of Christ
606-219-6223
