Crucified with Christ

 

Dear beloved: pics, Children Funday, Emmanuel teaching; Masai Mara, Simba too close!

Galatians 2:20  (Apostle Paul)  "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. v21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain."  Galatians 5:24  All those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 

Beloved, the Apostle Paul brings up the concept of crucifying the flesh in his Epistle to the Galatians.  To crucify the flesh means to crucify the desires of the old man, the sinful nature. But for those in the USA, it also presents the challenge of taming the desire for excess in every material thing.  Americans desire and have more of everything; more food, more clothing, more medicine and health care; more education, cars and beautiful houses, more Bibles.  The list could go on and on. The danger in giving in to the desire for all things material, it reduces our desire to suffer for Christ's sake.  Even Jesus told the disciples, "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross and follow Me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."  (Matt. 16:24-25)  What have you done lately, or ever, to pick up your cross and carry it for His sake? Among the poor of Kenya, we see suffering and endure suffering for the gospel every day. Not to boast in any way, it just goes with the territory.  We invite you to partner with us as we take the good news of Jesus to people who are hungry for the message of hope. We are still looking for monthly partners to help build a good foundation for the ministry.  Pray about your part in storing up treasures in heaven through Gather the Outcasts Ministry.  May God bless you as you pray!

In Christ, Jim    Gather the Outcasts, Box 92, Norton, Ks. 67654   501c3   Paypal@www.paypal.me/gathertheoutcasts   or       www.gathertheoutcasts.com                      Email: pureprairie@hotmail.com           www.facebook.com            www.jimrowh.blogspot.com