Part I: Joy Despite Your Circumstances: Principle #5: Take the High Road Without Fear
The Memory Verse for this Week is: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Phillipians 1:21 Politics in Paul's day is not what "politics" is now. Back then, Politics referred to the set of activities associated with the making decisions in groups, or how a particular group of citizens chose to "conduct" themselves". We are the citizens of heaven. I love this song from Carrie Underwood, This is my temporary home It's not where I belong Windows in the rooms, that I'm passing through This was just a stop On the way to where I'm goin' I'm not afraid because I know This was my, temporary home, hmm This is our temporary home As the Joy Challenge reveals: We are to govern our life by the code of conduct from ultimate home, heaven, laid out in our constitution, the Bible.....we are called to take the high road, regardless of what everyone is doing. What Paul is inviting us to do when people oppose or attack us? We do not stoop to th...