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I discovered that while on the journey, God will not
provide us with holiness... (Lev.11:44) that's ours to provide.
But what he does provide is the manner in which we can
become holy if we so choose. As we know Jesus better, His divine power gives us
everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive His own
glory and goodness! (2 Peter 1:3)
If it is our will to know God better and to be transformed then
we begin to change and the benefits of Christ?€?s death on the cross make us
holy. But it is ours to do.
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My 5 Favourite Film Quotes
Hello GTPC. In these quotes I have found truths that have
helped me in my Christian service. Truths that are biblically based, yet set in
contemporary film (well they range from 1977-2004). Let them encourage you.
#1
The Matrix (1999). When Laurence
Fishburne's character Morpheus offers Keanu Reeves' character Thomas Anderson
(Neo), the two pills, he has a choice that determines his future. He would not
be able to change his commitment once he make a choice. "This is your last chance. After this there
is no going back.?
Too often we get sidetracked and our
commitments suffer. Something else or
better comes along. A while back someone
was telling me they were faced with a great opportunity but after reading
Prov.4:25-27, they realized they had to stay the course. Like Neo, we need to commit to the plan
and stay with it.
#2
In The Princess' Diaries (2001),
Princess Amelia (Mia) played by Anne Hathaway, receives a letter and gift her
late father Phillipe left for her, that she was to open on her 16th
birthday. In the Diary he wrote advice to his daughter that I just love.
"Courage is not the absence of fear... but rather the judgement... that
something else is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever... but the cautious do not live at
all.?
What we do?serving Christ in a dying
world?takes courage. But we realize that
doing what we do is for a greater good than the fear. The lives we touch through our service is
worth the effort to break from our comfort zone. Don't fear, be courageous.
#3
Susan Sarandon's character Beverly,
in Shall We Dance (2004), sits in a bar talking with the private investigator
she has hired to track her husband. She responds to a question from. The investigator Richard Jenkin's character
Devine, ponders a question about why people stay together in long
marriages. Beverly responds, "We need a
witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what
does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care
about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the
mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your
life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go
un-witnessed because I will be your witness'.?
#4
"Luke, I am your father.? This is one of the most quoted lines from the
most famous of trilogies Star Wars.
In Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Darth Vader reveals himself to
be Luke's father, one of the greatest plot twists in cinematic history. Ironically Vader never said that. His actual
quote is, "No. I am your father.?
The trivia aside I love this quote
because I constantly need to hear it from my heavenly Father. And the fact that he is my Father gives me
the hope that my serving is not in vain.
What I do matters because of who's I am.
#5
The part of Lionel Bloch is played
by the British actor Bob Hoskins in the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan
(2002). He offers advice to Jennifer
Lopez's character, Marisa, after she was found to be fraudulently portraying a
society character Caroline Lane. To
build her confidence he said, "To serve people takes dignity and intelligence.
But remember, they are only people with money. And although we serve them, we
are not their servants. What we do, Miss Ventura, does not define who we are.
What defines us is how well we rise after falling.?
So many things in the film make this
great writing and a great quote.
I've
said a lot. I'll leave you to watch the
movie with some friends or your spouse and pull out of it great 'service'
themes. Share a few with me. Maybe they'll make my blog next week.
Pastor Lewis
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