In Christ life is purposeful and death is profitable. A mature Christian lives joyfully focused on bearing fruit fro Christ. The mature Christian joyfully considers death as the gaining of Christ.

God enables us by His Spirit to live so that Christ is exalted. Rejoice! He supplies us the Spirit for our deliverance. Rejoice in the hope of your deliverance from shame into the magnifying of Christ.

Rejoice that God uses our lives in the advancement of the gospel. "The things that happen to us" are meant for the advancement of the gospel. Such gospel advancement is cause for rejoicing if your loves are in order.

The pf wise love in us leads to growth of glory for God. Pray for the increase of wise, insightful love. Wise insightful love leads to righteous and fruitful lives. God is most glorified when His people love like this. Tags

NOTE: MUSIC GOES AWAY AFTER OPENING PRAYER. (@3:53). Give joyful thanks to God for His work in the church. Joyfully thank God for His gift of Gospel partners. Thank God seeing His faithfulness to finish His sanctifying work. Joyful thanksgiving flows from Christ.

God has claimed and defined a people for Himself. We are simply servants of Christ Jesus. We are saints in Christ Jesus. We are recipients of grace and peace.

Jesus Has been raised from the dead. Because Christ lives His people are redeemed to life too. Even better than by sight, in the scriptures, God reveals Christ to us for our hope and joy.

God is at work to display Christ even, and particularly amidst hardship and suffering. God is at work to honor Christ and display Him as the true savior. God intends that there be suffering in this world so as to show the surpassing worth of Christ.

GOD is working to extend His kingdom. God is working to honoring His name by delivering people to form a people.