Welcome to Eyes Of Faith Fellowship

July 29, 2005

Today’s Word of Strength

Philippians 2 (The Message) Version

3Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself

aside,

and help others get ahead. 4Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage.

Forget

yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

5Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. 6He had equal status

with

God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of

that status

no matter what. 7Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges

of deity and

took on the status of a slave, became human! 8Having become human, he

stayed human. It

was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges.

Instead, he lived a

selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death--and

the worst kind of death

at that: a crucifixion.

9Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone

anything, ever, 10so that all created beings in heaven and on earth—

This morning I prayed like every morning that God would allow me to benefit His kingdom

allowing Him to use me as He desires. Well, being moved by the Spirit I went into

downtown

Dallas and asked the Holy Spirit to bring to my path someone that God wants

to bless. I

had a few ministry magazines and I began to pass them out and to talk as I

did. After I had

given away my last magazine I ran into a young brother that grew up with

me in the West

Dallas projects. This brother whose name is Ron had just got out of

prison and was willing

it seems to me to be encouraged by someone, anyone.

The point of today’s message is that we as Christians have to be willing to give our time,

talents and treasures to those that may have no way of giving back to us. If we are to be

truly used of God we must, I must be willing to acknowledge I am nothing, so that I can

witness and share with those that are spiritually and physically broken. Let’s not allow

all

of our temporal accoutrements to interfere with the love of God. Amen.

I pray this wisdom finds you today.

In Christ

Michael W. Roy

Transforming Lives Through Teaching God's Word