I loved Blossom, Mayim Bialik is still my idol. I also grew up watching the original TGIF on ABC and I love cartoons like The Jetsons The Smurfs The Flintstones, Animaniacs Rainbow Brite Heathcliff and so many other shows.
My favorite time of day is morning or evening because in those two times of my day I feel like I have the most energy and I am a coffee drinker once in the morning and once at night
The first thing I would do is make sure all public places were barrier-free for those who have disabilities. This includes making theaters such as the Pantages almanson Mark Taper and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion accessible not only in the front public entities but backstage as well, because performers with disabilities deserve to have professional jobs
And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear. It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me. But that doesn’t matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. And I will continue to rejoice. Philippians 1:12-18 NLT
1. Our present adversity, is potentially a gospel opportunity
2. How we Face adversity is potentially a gospel opportunity
3. Courageous faith is contagious faith
The big idea:
The gospels advance is the reason for Paul’s existence
What is the Gospel
It is the good news that in God’s love he sent his son, Our Savior Jesus. Jesus died and rose from the grave, and when we put our trust and faith in him, Sinners Like ourselves receive forgiveness and a new life. Such that we are filled with the presence of his holy spirit and made one family sons and daughters and co-heirs in his eternal Kingdom.
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 NLT
So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15 NLT
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 NLT
And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. Ephesians 1:13 NLT
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 NLT
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. Philippians 1:6, 9 NLT
Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. John 17:11, 20-21 NLT
1.This sounds impossible
2. To Jesus it was essential
3. So we should be intentional
Why did Jesus pray it?
I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. John 17:21-23 NLT
1. Unity is not uniformity
2. Unity isn’t man-made
3. Unity is our shared Union with Christ
The best argument for our faith is the church being the church as described by Jesus
How Can we do it?
Those who feel free to eat anything must not look down on those who don’t. And those who don’t eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God has accepted them. Who are you to condemn someone else’s servants? Their own master will judge whether they stand or fall. And with the Lord’s help, they will stand and receive his approval. Romans 14:3-4 NLT
Next steps
1. Pray for Oneness
2. Look for an opportunity to love unconditionally someone who I disagree with politically
Memory Verse
Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. Ephesians 4:1-4 NLT
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are. 1 Peter 5:8-9 NLT
1. His identity
2. His Strategy, steal, kill and destroy
3. His territory
We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one. 1 John 5:19 NLT
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