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This morning my reading looked at

Paul's journey of 
Deliverance
 
He was in prison...
- some people were trying to make it worse for him
- some were praying for him
- the Holy Spirit was helping him
and Paul confidently states all this will
turn out for his 
deliverance!  ref Phil 1:17-19
 
So... I was thinking
what does 
'deliverance' look like....?
 
Phil 1:20  I eagerly expect and hope 
that I will in no way be ashamed, 
but will have sufficient courage 
so that now as always 
Christ will be exalted in my body, 
whether by 
life 
or 
by death.
21  For to me, 
to live 
is Christ 
and to die 
is gain.
 
Hmm  not exactly
what I would expect for
deliverance....
 
To Live
OR
Die
 
Winning either way...
delivered
either way...  Hmmm...
 
It's a no lose option
Christ is glorified
one way or 
the other...
 
Hmm...
 
In this latest season of 
world unrest
and fear
I wonder what it would look like
if every believer in Jesus
actually lived this way....
 
God in control
in a war
to RESCUE
the lives of men and women
boys and girls from bondage to
brokenness and sin...
FOR 
love to win...
 
and if I die 
or if I live
while sharing the love of Jesus to others well...
and I have
Nothing to lose
and everything to gain....
 
Preferring others before me
having the attitude of Jesus
who made Himself 
nothing.....  ref Phil 2:3-7
 
Lord Jesus,
THIS is radical
To Live For others
instead of self.
 
Your Spirit within me
teaches me
how to Love well,
Justice,
Truth,
Care,
Sacrifice of self
for the benefit of others...
 
Radically different
and 
no fear...
 
Thank You Lord
for teaching me
this is 
Your way....
of deliverance...
 
Yeah. :)
 
PJ