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My grandmother , Mothers of the Church and my Pastor. The youth dept. leaders ,I say this because it gets hard some time dealing with our youth and if that leader do not have someone alongside them missed opportunity are not handled as the will of God. Yes I have both in home and out side of home .

Timothy selfless concern is so rare among church leaders today. I would say is because everyone wants to be first and whole a position as a church leader without realing loving and honoring God, in order for a church leader to be a leader for God, they have to be willing to have the same love as Jesus had for us , when He did not come down off the cross. Timothy had some what that kind of love for the Philippians church same as Paul did and because they were like-minded as Paul put it like-minded to the point he had great concern and love for others, it is impossiable to do anything with great concern without the Love of Jesus in you. Timothy name "One who Honors God" states that a good church leader know that God is in charge and they are His instuments to do His will. When you find someone pointing fingers at another I would say that they are looking for an excuse for something they did not do, I tell the youth in Baptist Training Union where God has placed me for now , that when we point a finger at someone else their is two fingers pointing back at us, and that pointing fingers is a way to find a way out of something left undone by us a cop- out. The thing that Jesus has to deal with in my life that has helped me to become genuinely selfless . About three months a go I was having a problem with humility and being humble so Jesus introduced two youth into my life and home, because they did not have a place to stay, even tho they are my third cousins i could not turn them away and say no because i had been asking the Lord to give me more patient, well He has in dealing with a (11) eleven year old boy and a (12) twelve year old girl that had been in several different homes it has given made me more humble and see things with a like-minded as Jesus did out of Love for me (Us). Iam closer each day as God continue to work in my life until He says my course is finished here on this earth.

The early Roman Christians was experiencing persecution and in a sense you may say if you can name it they experienced it , death , hardship , hunger , with out adequate clothing , danger , tribulation , distress , oppression , affliction , ect. like I fore stated you name it and the early Roman Christians was exposed to it. Today Christians are exposed to the same as the early Roman Christians, the Year-Date- and time of the ages has advanced but the same danger they was exposed to the "early Roman Christians", we experience at this present ages of time, nothing has changed Christians suffer and suffering is a part of this journey to the Kingdom. We find reassure through having the knowledge that God will not forsaken us , He is always there and will not ever leave us out their along , He is in the mist of all our persecution , tribulation , He is in the storm with us. Therefore we have nothing to fear because we know that the Power Of God is given to us and we are at peace with what ever condition we find we are in.

That no matter how we feel, from time to time about our salvation, we can not make the decession as to our salvation, that is all in God hands. Through His Son Jesus Christ death on the cross, and no man or mankind can undo it, Not even Satan, no enemy has near the Power of our God. God sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, to die for us that we may be saved, all that want to be a part of the tree of life everlasting life with unconditional Love for His Prize Creation.

Paul , I understand him to be saying that before we knew what our purpose was to be here on this earth , God had all ready picked out reason for being sent here , and when we became knowledgeable of God Son Jesus Christ then we were introduce to an new life through the Spirit of God working a tranfermation in our lives to be come little by little, day by day to conformed, to the likeness of God Son Jesus Christ.

That if we love God , He will work a work in our lives for our good to full fill His purpose for Him . Every thing that we go through once we have been "Born Again" He carries us through for our own good as well as for His purpose for our life while we are here on earth. God is able to not only initate events, but respond to evil attacks. "He turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones". When we have the desire to love God sure all means of evil will come to us , but if our love for God is more than our desire of the flesh God will let His Spirit rise up in us to stay on course and do that what is pleasing to follow His purpose in our lives.

Through my struggles and obstacles of my faith , My "drink offering"poured out before God Would have to be "Water", pure water, my reason for saying water is because my faith in God is a fountain that want run dry, the more it is poured out their is all ways more to go around , You know that is the way He work when He live inside of me (us). I Love Him just that much so much I just can not explain with words . My faith in God through His Son Jesus Christ want waver no matter what may come my way, as long as He keeps me in my right mine and I have faith He will. Christ suffered and showed us how I (we) are to never let go of our faith in God , So as I (we) walk this road to Glory I (we) to must suffer and as I (we) go through suffering times holding on to my (our) faith no matter what . God has already showed me the way through His Son Jesus Christ and as long as I keep the Cross before me with my mind stayed on Jesus Christ I am sure that I am a sweet smell unto Him and when I have finished my course He will say well done and I will have walked the walk and talked the talk that Honor God.

Holding out unto His Righteousness and offering to all men the Word Of Life. So that in Christ I may have something to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose.

As children of God, As a body of Christ , as a Church united with His root, as a branch that Church will do all things with out grumbling and fault finding and with out complaining against God, and with out questioning and doubting amoung themselves. So that as childrens of God we will be blamless and guileless and be found innocent and uncontaminated without blemish. As children of God, His light that He has placed in us through His Holy Spirit should shine like a beacon, shining as bright as a star with clearity that the darkness of sin can see our light and anyone looking for the way out of the darkness of this World, to the Light of Salvation with Christ, should be able to see that Light in us, and be able to find that help they need to find their way to Christ Jesus The Light Of The World through us His vine. Christians shine like light in the spirital darkness of the World. We have to ask God to help us shine brightly with His love and joy to those around us.

To "work out your own salvation", In this passage, Paul to me is saying to the Phippians as well so to me , Stay delivered unto God righteousness speaking out and up on His behalf and continue developing in your every day walk toward The Righteousness of God , Working with a goal in mind to fully complete with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from what ever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ. Yes this is referring to salvation from sin.

We look forward to the reclaiming of our Spirital Bodies, When we will look just like Him, our Creator and Maker, We look to the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ for we know that all and I say again All formula things will be passed away and behold All things will be New we want see nothing as it is now it will no longer exist. The New Heaven and The New Earth will be and we want experience no more pain , suffering , tears , sorrow , mourning and no more death, what a great time that will be for all that look forward with Hope, Faith and the great expectation that we all will be just like Him.

The Bible is the words of God , even tho He inspired different ones to write His words down to pass on to us and receive the knowledge of what God require of those that want a reighteous relationship with Him, those that look for Hope in this life now and the one to come everlasting life. Iam a firm beleiver that if God's devine and inspiring words says it then I beleive it . When we look at (James 4:10) we find these words "Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up". All we need to do is have faith and trust in the Lord and keep the Hope that heaven and earth will pass away but God's word will always stand to be true for ever . And wait patiently until God's appointed time for our time to be exalt.

When a person has lost hope they are just existing, not living in the salvation and joy of the Lord.This type of person has no faith in anything that they can not see missing out on peace of mind and their hope is not based on the great expectation to come, when Christ return to receive His, Church for God. We who walk by faith eagerly awaits Christ second coming for we know that our future glory has so much more for us when Christ set up his kingdom the new kingdom and the new earth, that will be forever, forever in Glory the future glory we wait patently on that great getting up morning, when our souls go back to our everlasting home where, Father God, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit is.

According to our text, He was human in two ways (1). By birth to the virgin Mary His earth mother. (2). In appearance. I agree with the council of Nicea that Christ was both fully God and fully human, not half divine and half human. I would say yes . Because Christ as He walked upon this earth show us the right way and the order that we are to handle things God way, "Not my will but thine will be done".

Christ did not consider Himself equality with God. Christ did not demand and cling to his rights as God. Even though he was God, laid aside His mighty power and glory, taking a disquide of a slave and becoming like men in order to buy us back (redeem) us unto Himself from all of our sins, back to Himself out of a world of sin.

We must have the attitude of Jesus Christ, we must have the mind to do that which is pleasing to God. Not having our own agenda but an attitude of being like minded in the congergation, having the same love the love of Jesus Christ not looking down on each other when we all do not think a like or agree a like, being one in spirit and purpose the complete the up building of the Kingdom of God, so what I think is not more inportant that what God says to do. It's not all about me ,It's all about God, so I can not have Selfish ambition with vain conceit. Selfless of mind waiting patience for the Spirit of God to lead me, teach me how to deal with anything that is not pleasing to God, by my will is not God's will so each day I die from my flesh controll keeping in mind that God is the Head Of My Life and I am under His submission..

The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness, with our pray for we do not know what to pray so He groans, for the saints in order that we are with in the will of God's will. "The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. Because we can not see Him, even tho we know Him and that He lives in us we some times do not let Him teach us, lead us unto all of God righteousness.

Suffering Jesus lot in life . Jesus suffered for all creation, not just mankind , but everything that is upon the earth, God's entire creation. We suffer because of the fall of Adam, Because of Adam sin , the fall of man occured for all of creation, all became subject to corruption, frustration and decay as well as death. Yes we look forward to our waiting eager expection for the Son Of God to be revealed unto us and we will not have to experence death, pain, suffering no more, no more tears and no more sorrow what a rejoicing time this will be praise The Lord.

Several times, I came up with nine (9) times. (1). Those who are lead by God are sons of God. (2). But you received the Spirit of sonship. (3). The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. (4). Now if we are children, then we are heirs-- heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory. (5). That the creation itself will be literated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. (6). But we ourseves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit , groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons. (7). The Spirit helps us in our weakness. (8). The Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. (9). God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. The promise, we are sons and daughters of the Living Father, At present we experience suffering, The Spirit of God helps us in our present weakness and Great glory is coming and what Christ inherits we inherits we are full sons and daughters of God., all God possesses is our as long as we share in Christ suffering, we to will be seated with Him in the heavenly realms.

Abba Father Our relationship with God, through His Holy Spirit, the Spirit of son-ship, adopted into the family of God's children, We are His children, We are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ Jesus, If we share in His suffering in order that we may also share in His Glory. If we don't have some kind of personal assurance of our salvation we do not comprehend the wonderful grace of God, the free gift of forgiveness , a sincere of guilt and insecurity when we fail to have personal assurance through excepting the Holy Spirit to teach, lead and guide us with a great desire for God salvation put in to our hearts by way of His Holy Spirit.

A live in the body or in the immediate present of the Lord, there is no intermediate state in heaven in the present of the Lord or on earth in the body . "To live for Christ is gain, but to die in Christ is ever lasting life in His present for ever. We are to live for Christ in the body or out of the body as we look to Christ His Holy Spirit is with us, we live by faith and not by sight. Iam comfort in knowing that as long as Iam in the body my faith in God will keep me in close relationship with Him as long as I keep my mind stayed on Jesus and out of the body in God present immediately no waiting praise the Lord!!!, praise God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Hal-le-lu-jah!!!

To be "mortify" or "put to death".Discipline , self-denial and harsh self-discipline, put to death kill . Fighting the tendency to sin directly by self-denial, force of will, and harsh physical discipline. Foucing instead on the life of The Spirit of God , The Holy Spirit , The Spirital Man inside of us. Paul best put it when he was inspired by God to write these words and he wrote "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucifed the sinful nature with its passions and desires since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit". (Galations 5:24-25). Those who are lead by the Spirit of God are sons of God"(Romans 8:14). In actual practice it look like denial of one self to be hi-jacked by the flesh (sin), walking in the Spirit of God being real for Christ Jesus, Walkimg and talking living for God through His Son Jesus Christ. When we walk accordance with the Holy Spirit we are following , being led, submitting and obeying all to Christ we put our desires of the flesh under controll through obeying Him and He puts to death our sinful nature of the flesh. We have to face the truth and that is we can not seperate our-selves for the one who is in charge of our lives, Our Creator Father God and His Son Jesus Christ, If we try to be independent of His Holy Spirit we will surely die unto sinful flesh so we have to acknowledge that "With out God I can do nothing, With out Him I will surely fail, with out Him my life would be like a ship with out a sail". Just drifting going no where.

We are not addicted to sin, no we do not have to sin but because God has given us free will we do sin, some times we fall into sinning not because we have to but because we are compelled to. The Bibles says that "We are born into a world of sin", But then it tell us "We are in this world but not of this world" once we have been transformed into the family of Jesus Christ "Born again" (Christians). The death of Jesus Christ has set us free from the power of sin if we let God be the head of our lives His Spirit will lead us unto all of His Righteousness. Yes it is possible to live completly with out sin, This takes us back to "Free Will", because we are free from sin bondage The Holy Spirit Of Jesus Christ frees us from the flesh sinful nature. We get this attitude towards the defeat of sin from (Romans 8:2) "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

When one does not have "courage",Wisdon, Knowledgeable Faith about what they are speaking about, then boldness is concealed and fear set in and bind there tongue and there throughts causing a henderance to speak and stand bold for Christ. Only what we do for Christ will last, everything on this earth is temporal but eternal is for ever. Not any. For God has not given us (me) a Spirit of fear but of Power and of Love and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).

It is not possible to be a christian with out The Holy Spirit residing in you. We all have a spirital man inside of us God created us that way , what makes us a christian is when we obey God and continue feed that spirital man with the food of God's inspiring word so that the flesh will be under control by the will of God , so that the Holy Spirit can have the ride-a-way in our lives. In order to Teach us the will of God , lead us unto all of His Righteousness and to Guide us until Jesus Christ second coming , when He comes back for His Church, a Church witth out spots or wrinkles His Church Hallelujiah!! to The Lamb of God. We learn "Full " of the Spirit is when our talk of God's way and will lines up with our everyday walk for God, with out any waving in our service for Jesus Christ.