FRIDAY, April, 18th, 2008

Hey Everyone! Stay faithful this weekend! Dont slack off, make it a priority! Be in Sunday School on Sunday at 9:15 am! Sorry Kasey for spelling your name as Kacey :)

Enjoy your day everyone! My parent will be here Sunday morning! Make sure you say hey to them! They love to come see you guys!

Ephesians 4:1-6

1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,
2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

This passage is about the unity that we share as Christians and the unity in Christ Jesus. First of all it jumps out at me, that Paul is not bragging about How great of a Christian he is. No, He is humbly calling himself the prisoner of the Lord. He has given himself over to God permanently because He was called to do so. Paul then tells us that we need to walk, (or live) worthy of our calling. In other words, God has called us to do Great and Mighty Things! We need to live like it! Lets live like we have a higher calling than just wasting our life away. Then, when we walk worthy of our calling, we need to do so, humbly like Paul did. And the word that sticks me everytime is that word longsuffering! I usually dont have the attitude that I am willing to "Suffer long" for something. I usuallly tell myself that "I dont deserve this". But God says, show your love to me by being willing to suffer if that is what happens. Lets be longsuffering!