Great Seats

Written by Paul Griffitts


And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus: We are seated together with Christ Jesus inrepparttar greatest luxury box there is Heaven. What a triumph we have is Christ who has blessed us with all spiritual blessing in God. Our seat with Christ gives us righteousness, sanctification, redemption and citizenship in Heaven. We cannot but be in awe ofrepparttar 126534 gifts our Heavenly Father has given us.

The verb "made us sit together" is inrepparttar 126535 aorist tense. The aorist tense is characterized by its emphasis on punctiliar action; that is,repparttar 126536 concept ofrepparttar 126537 verb is considered without regard for past, present, or future time. There is no direct or clear English equivalent for this tense, though it is generally rendered as a simple past tense in most translations.

The Greek word for 'made us sit together' is sugkathizo {soong-kath-id'-zo} literally means to cause to sit down together, place together. How about that for great seats we are placed together with Christ Jesus.

TOILET PAPER AND OTHER ROADSIDE GIFTS

Written by Irvin L. Rozier


Matthew 6, 31, 32: "Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things dorepparttar Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things."

I was a single parent with three children, and we were out of toilet paper, and I had no money to buy some. I prayed and askedrepparttar 126533 Lord to give me enough money to make it through that day. Shortly thereafter, a friend of mine called and told me if I did a little work for him he would pay me $40. As I drove out to his farm, I was thinking now I could buy some toilet paper. About five miles downrepparttar 126534 road, I spied something besiderepparttar 126535 road. It looked like a grocery sack. I came to a stop, backed up, got out of my car, picked uprepparttar 126536 bag, looked inside, and shouted, "Praiserepparttar 126537 Lord!" Insiderepparttar 126538 bag was a brand new packet containing eight rolls of toilet paper! You can't tell me thatrepparttar 126539 Lord is not concerned with every detail of your life. I had tears of joy in my eyes as I placed that precious gift in my car and drove on to my friend's house. The Lord not only gave me a small job so I could have some money, he also gave me something more precious than gold. The eight rolls of toilet paper revealed his great love he has for his own.

I had planted a garden and needed some fertilizer. I didn't haverepparttar 126540 money to buy it, so I askedrepparttar 126541 Lord to provide it. My children sure enjoyed fresh squash, silver queen corn, and watermelons. Once again, I drove down this country road, spied something out ofrepparttar 126542 corner of my eye, stopped my car, backed up, and there, just for me, was a 50 pound bag of fertilizer. That example of God's love not only strengthened and encouraged me, it also made my garden grow.

About a year later, a friend of mine called and wanted me to go with him to Hazlehurst, a town about 50 miles away. I said, "Okay", and drove on out to his place. I had forgotten to place an ink pen in my pocket. Usually I carry one and a small piece of paper to write my thoughts down. I said nothing to my friend but torepparttar 126543 Lord I said, "Lord, I need an ink pen."

We started on our trip to Hazlehurst. My friend was driving, and I was thinking he was driving too fast and maybe I should be driving. I've learned if you driverepparttar 126544 speed limit you get there just as soon, and you don't haverepparttar 126545 worry that you'll get a ticket. About 15 miles downrepparttar 126546 road, my friend suddenly whippedrepparttar 126547 Camaro over onrepparttar 126548 shoulder, stopped and said "You drive."

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