Let’s Leave a Godly Legacy
People leave all kinds of legacies. “Leaving a legacy means giving something that will be valued and treasured by those who survive after your death.
It requires thought to ensure that any items that have meaning to you will also have meaning to those you designate to inherit them.” In Romans 616, Paul has given us a list of names and their legacies. They have been remembered by being faithful, working hard, being approved of God, risking their necks, having house churches, sharing their faith, enduring persecution, showing grace and being beloved by Paul. Let’s strive to leave a godly legacy like that.
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Romans 16:1-16
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Paul tells us in Philippians 4:11-12, " . . . I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering nee
God has chosen us to be holy and blameless. God wants us to choose Him. He wants to love Him. He wants us to want Him. God enables us to come to Him. He sets the table. Then we have the choice to choose Him.
In 1 Corinthians 16, Paul is letting God guide him regarding coming to visit them in Corinth. He says, “5 But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia; 6 and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.
I feel most alive and useful when I am filled with God’s Spirit and being used as He intended.
We need to continue to be Bereans, reading the Bible to make sure we are following biblical teachers so we aren’t let astray. We are the church.
In 1 Corinthians 1:10, Paul is exhorting the church in Corinth, which had divided into rival factions, to be of one mind and judgment or affection.
People leave all kinds of legacies. “Leaving a legacy means giving something that will be valued and treasured by those who survive after your death.
We see how God is working to save us and move us to serve in our giftings in Acts 17:26, Ephesians 2:10, and Philippians 2:13.
It’s important to be unified as a church. After all, we are called to be ministers of reconciliation.
The Holy Spirit intercedes for us so that we can become more like Jesus. The Spirit prays for us so that in all situations, Father God will continue to work it out so that we will become more like Jesus and give Him glory as the firstborn in the family of God.