SPIRIT BRAND

SPIRITUALITY for the 21st Century

 Paul writes “…he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love…” (Message Eph.1:3)  Did you hear Paul’s statement…God had you in mind!

Isn’t this a wonderful passage of Scripture…God had us in mind!   He decided to “settle on us as the focus of his love…”  Wow…what an amazing God!  As humans, we only focus on people that we feel close to us (our spouses, children, close friends), those who might help us or need their help (like a boss, a pastor, the cop who pulled us over); rarely do we focus on people who are strangers, bystanders, an acquaintance…

God on the other hand thinks and acts differently!  He decided long ago to keep us in mind, to settle the focus of his love on us!  The reason for Jesus coming to earth is this truth…God had us in mind!  He continues to show us that His love is focused on us!  For God so loves the world that He gave us His only beloved son…John 3:16 Throughout eternity, since the garden of Eden, God has continued to prove this point over and over again.  He has not stopped to show us His love!  His constant thought is toward us…

“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
      you formed me in my mother’s womb.
   I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
      Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
      I worship in adoration—what a creation!
   You know me inside and out,
      you know every bone in my body;
   You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
      how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
   Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
      all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
   The days of my life all prepared
      before I’d even lived one day.” Psalm 139: 13-16 

I want to invite you to come and pray for others…keeping others in mind, this Sunday at 6PM at GracePointe Community Church 2305 Douglass Rd, Lee’s Summit, MO. 

To pray with others in mind is to extend the life of God and God’s destiny for us…God blesses us so that He can bless others through us! 

As God has us in mind…let’s have others in mind as well!