I was in class today and the class was busy working on a worksheet quietly when out of nowhere the professor looked up and said, "Does anyone know how many children die a day in America?" and she looked at one girl and said, "I want you to research something for me....how many people die in America daily...and give me the results". I was speechless! I didn't know what to think, and by the time I wanted to tell her how many people died in the world a day, everyone else was talking loudly. I mean, theres no way this was coincidence....pray that God would give me time and courage to share with this professor soon. Thank you and God bless.
An old country song goes like this: “Lord, it’s hard to be humble, when you’re perfect in every way.” Most of us would not put it so bluntly, but we all find it hard to be humble. The problem with us is that we forget who we are in the grand scheme of things. We must remember that we are but dust created in the image of God and made to display His worth. One particular passage of Scripture is thoroughly helpful in turning our eyes off our own navels and onto God’s glory: Philippians 2:5-11. By meditating on the gospel in this text, even the most prideful among us will be leveled low. To stay in a humbled position... 1. Feast your eyes on the matchless glory of Christ (vv. 5-6) “ Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped …” Paul ascends to breathe the air of Mount Everest in this ancient hymn of the church. He speaks of Jesus’ divinity and equal status as God ...
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