FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL

FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL

Philippians 1:23-27 

For I Am In A Strait Betwixt Two, Having A Desire To Depart, And To Be With Christ; Which Is Far Better: Nevertheless To Abide In The Flesh Is More Needful For You.

And Having This Confidence, I KNOW THAT I SHALL ABIDE AND CONTINUE WITH YOU ALL FOR YOUR FURTHERANCE AND JOY OF FAITH; That Your Rejoicing May Be More Abundant In Jesus Christ For Me By My Coming To You Again. Only Let Your Conversation Be As It Becometh The Gospel Of Christ: That Whether I Come And See You, Or Else Be Absent, I May Hear Of Your Affairs, That Ye Stand Fast In One Spirit, With One Mind Striving Together For The Faith Of The Gospel;

I was thinking about Paul and the way he loved   the children of God. Paul sent letters and went miles to encourage them in The Faith. He gave so much of himself that he was worn completely out. He went through so much For The Furtherance Of The Gospel.

2 Corinthians 11:23-28 

Are They Ministers Of Christ? (I Speak As A Fool) I Am More; In Labours More Abundant, In Stripes Above Measure, In Prisons More Frequent, In Deaths Oft. Of The Jews Five Times Received I Forty Stripes Save One. Thrice Was I Beaten With Rods, Once Was I Stoned, Thrice I Suffered Shipwreck, A Night And A Day I Have Been In The Deep; In Journeyings Often, In Perils Of Waters, In Perils Of Robbers, In Perils By Mine Own Countrymen, In Perils By The Heathen, In Perils In The City, In Perils In The Wilderness, In Perils In The Sea, In Perils Among False Brethren; In Weariness And Painfulness, In Watchings Often, In Hunger And Thirst, In Fastings Often, In Cold And Nakedness. Beside Those Things That Are Without, That Which Cometh Upon Me Daily, The Care Of All The Churches

Philippians 1:12-14 But I Would Ye Should Understand, Brethren, That The Things Which Happened Unto Me Have Fallen Out Rather Unto The Furtherance Of The Gospel; So That My Bonds In Christ Are Manifest In All The Palace, And In All Other Places; And Many Of The Brethren In The Lord, Waxing Confident By My Bonds, Are Much More Bold To Speak The Word Without Fear.

So many of us quit because someone said something that made us mad, or hurt our feelings. I guess my point today is, make a phone call, type a text, do whatever you can to encourage others to grow and stay strong in The Faith.

Donna K Purifoy

1/22/2023