I keep forgetting...

I keep forgetting that Christian life is not always pleasant. Surely, I have been blessed. I can't imagine any other kind of life. God, my Father and Savior, has been more than enough for me. Thank you Jesus!

However when I hear "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men" (Matt. 17:22), I unconsciously block this thought out of my head. I don't want this; I don't want to think about this. I see servants of the Lord. Their lives are full of meaning. They are my heroes. I desire to be like them. However, when I examine their lives closely, I see them suffer greatly. Do I want this?

"Blessed are you when they reproach and persecute you, while speaking lies say every evil thing against you because of Me. Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you" (Matt. 5:11-12).

"Yes, Lord." Perhaps I don't know what I am asking but I would like to follow your path. I know that I am weak and afraid. But Jesus, please help me to stay on your path.

I was prompted to write this because I see my friend who is suffering yet standing for Christ. I admire and love him for it. May he endure by the grace and enjoy "on the third day He will be raised up."

Double grace

With brother Daniel, I enjoyed 2 corinth 1:15 "And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, so that you might have a second benefit".
From this verse, we can see there is a second benefit for us to enjoy.
When we add one to one, it becomes double.
Likewise here we see the double grace.
Before we enjoy something coming down from the heavenly realm,
we often become so much complicated because we want to calculate and just understand the grace.
Here apostle Paul recommends one simle verse we can adopt into our life.
We need to have confidence and go to saints.
It will bring us to have double grace, to the saints and to us.
I pray God brings all of you this double grace today in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Confidence, Intention and Going

This morning, a brother and I enjoyed that we can have a confidence, an intention, and a going. This is based on 2 Corinthians 1:15 "And in this confidence I intended to come to you previously that you might have double grace."

Often I struggle with lack of self-confidence. Also often I find Christian meetings overwhelming. I know that we should have much grace in meetings but for some reason, I feel as though being alone with the Lord is more pleasant.

But apostle Paul had this confidence that when he would visit Corinth twice, he would give them double grace. Hence, if we had the same confidence, shouldn't all believers contribute grace to one another? If 5 believers are meeting together, shouldn't we have 5 fold grace?

Furthermore, Paul had an intention. Paul realized that he could give grace every time he visited Corinth. Likewise, shouldn't I have this kind of confidence and intention? Shouldn't I go to meetings and visit other cities with this kind of intention? I am capable of finding grace. Then, shouldn't I have this kind of intention?

Finally, Paul was going to Corinth to give them grace.

We should not be defeated by our meetings or any environment. We have the Lord. We have His grace. Let's have the confidence, intention and the going so that we can add grace to our situations and to anyone we meet.