From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"

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Sent: Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM

Subject: 6-25-25 THOUGHTS

6-25-25   THOUGHTS    

WHO  OWNS  ME?  I hope we can find the answer in our reading.  Hint...  IT’S NOT ME!  “We belong to God!”  That must not be a platitude, it must be a FACT!  The words  “TO THIS END” are most significant.  “Here’s what it’s all about”!   Died... lived again...Lord!  I don’t live for myself anymore!  I don’t judge folks.  I must be careful to not impede the spiritual life of another person.   We ALL belong to God!  He only is Lord!  Christ died and Lives again.   We must wake up and allow God to transform our lives!

Rom 14;7-13     For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;  8  for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.  9  For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. 10  But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt?  For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.  11  For it is written, "AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD."  12  So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.  13  Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this — not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.
 
A Prayer:
Father, remove all of our attempts to be lords over our own lives.  Teach us to love rather than judge.  Help us to lift up rather than cast down.  Help us to learn a deeply entwined love fellowship,  that we may  grow up into him in all things.  Help us to please You in this life, O God,  as we seek You for eternity.     In Jesus' precious name,   Amen.