POV1: Play = Walking with Christ| Philippians 1:6-For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus.| Ephesians 2:10 -For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.|POV2: Most Important Thing in the world = to glorify God |Colossians 3:23- Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people,| 1 Corinthians 10:31 - Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.| POV3: Let it go = Moving forward with clean slate regardless of the nature of previous moment experience = Nature of Christ = His mercy renews us daily and the joy is independent of the outcome | Lamentations 3:22-23-The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.| Psalm 16:11-Psalm 16:11-....In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.| Nehemiah 8:10-.......Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
POV1: Play = Walking with Christ| Philippians 1:6-For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus.| Ephesians 2:10 -For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.|POV2: Most Important Thing in the world = to glorify God |Colossians 3:23- Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people,| 1 Corinthians 10:31 - Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.| POV3: Let it go = Moving forward with clean slate regardless of the nature of previous moment experience = Nature of Christ = His mercy renews us daily and the joy is independent of the outcome | Lamentations 3:22-23-The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.| Psalm 16:11-Psalm 16:11-....In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.| Nehemiah 8:10-.......Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
is a full time job of every believer no matter where we are and what we do : POV1) Tennis players by profession but fishing in the moment: Believers who play tennis must share the gospel with fellow players in darkness, that is to becomes fishers of men and win souls into eternal life: Relevant verses:1) Matthew 4:18-19-18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.”|2) 1 Corinthians 10:31 - Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|3) Matthew 13:23- But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”|4) 2 Corinthians 9:6- Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.
is a full time job of every believer no matter where we are and what we do : POV1) Tennis players by profession but fishing in the moment: Believers who play tennis must share the gospel with fellow players in darkness, that is to becomes fishers of men and win souls into eternal life: Relevant verses:1) Matthew 4:18-19-18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.”|2) 1 Corinthians 10:31 - Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|3) Matthew 13:23- But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”|4) 2 Corinthians 9:6- Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.
POV: Alcaraz - Believer |POV2: "Believe" on camera lens - receptive perspective of a soul who listens to the gospel and believes| POV3: Group hug : Rejoicing after repentance the unity in Christ Jesus, as One Body, One Church, One Faith and One Spirit| Related verses: 1) Mark 5:36- But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid, only believe.”|2) John 20:29- Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”|3) Acts 16:31-They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
POV: Alcaraz - Believer |POV2: "Believe" on camera lens - receptive perspective of a soul who listens to the gospel and believes| POV3: Group hug : Rejoicing after repentance the unity in Christ Jesus, as One Body, One Church, One Faith and One Spirit| Related verses: 1) Mark 5:36- But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid, only believe.”|2) John 20:29- Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”|3) Acts 16:31-They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
RISENT! Victory belongs to the Lord: Proverbs 21:31| We are His field-workers, hired to do things for His glory: 1 Corinthians 3:9| It is through the power of God working within us that we strive to serve to manifest Him Colossians 1:29| He is our Helper in the very present time: Psalm 46:1|
RISENT! Victory belongs to the Lord: Proverbs 21:31| We are His field-workers, hired to do things for His glory: 1 Corinthians 3:9| It is through the power of God working within us that we strive to serve to manifest Him Colossians 1:29| He is our Helper in the very present time: Psalm 46:1|
POV1: Tennis: The Holy Spirit |POV2: Mind Game: The Word of God| POV3: Forehand and Backhand: Actions in life align with purpose and will of God for His glory when we feed the Holy Spirit with the Word of God through, faith, submission and obedience| Relevant Verses: 1) 1 Corinthians 10:31-Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|2) Isaiah 30:@1-Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.|3) Psalm 119:105-Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.|4)John 6:63-It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.
POV1: Tennis: The Holy Spirit |POV2: Mind Game: The Word of God| POV3: Forehand and Backhand: Actions in life align with purpose and will of God for His glory when we feed the Holy Spirit with the Word of God through, faith, submission and obedience| Relevant Verses: 1) 1 Corinthians 10:31-Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|2) Isaiah 30:@1-Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.|3) Psalm 119:105-Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.|4)John 6:63-It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.
Passion for Action: POV1) Passion: passion to save the world/all mankind POV2) Action: Love demonstrated and accomplished not in Word alone but in deed and in Truth | Relevant verses: 1) John 3:16:“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.|2) John 1:29- The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!|3)1 John 3:18-Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
Passion for Action: POV1) Passion: passion to save the world/all mankind POV2) Action: Love demonstrated and accomplished not in Word alone but in deed and in Truth | Relevant verses: 1) John 3:16:“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.|2) John 1:29- The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!|3)1 John 3:18-Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
we break before Him and allow Him to re-string us to make us whole and stronger in Him than before: POV1: Broken Strings: 🤍 of a child of God/believer: Psalm 34:18:The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.|POV2: Dampener/Flower Shock-absorber: Shield of Faith of the armour of God : Ephesians 6:16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (So when the dampener shakes, its easy for the strings to break )| POV3: Fast&Up and ORS: Resilience and refreshment of the soul by the power of the Holy Spirit- in prayer and by quickening the Holy Spirit with His Word: 2 Corinthians 4:8-10:we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.| Psalm 19:8:The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
we break before Him and allow Him to re-string us to make us whole and stronger in Him than before: POV1: Broken Strings: 🤍 of a child of God/believer: Psalm 34:18:The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.|POV2: Dampener/Flower Shock-absorber: Shield of Faith of the armour of God : Ephesians 6:16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (So when the dampener shakes, its easy for the strings to break )| POV3: Fast&Up and ORS: Resilience and refreshment of the soul by the power of the Holy Spirit- in prayer and by quickening the Holy Spirit with His Word: 2 Corinthians 4:8-10:we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.| Psalm 19:8:The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
POV2: Rolland Garros: Heavenly ground | POV3: Crowd: Saved Souls|POV4:Rafa:Someone who just went to be in glory | POV5:"Rivals" (Roger/Novak/Andy): Partners for mutual edification in the body of Christ| POV6:Trophy of "legend" he received: Crown of Life from Lord Jesus Christ| Proverbs 27:17:As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.| James 1:12:Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.|Proverbs 18:24- A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.|1 Timothy 6:12:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.|2 Timothy 4:7-8-I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
POV2: Rolland Garros: Heavenly ground | POV3: Crowd: Saved Souls|POV4:Rafa:Someone who just went to be in glory | POV5:"Rivals" (Roger/Novak/Andy): Partners for mutual edification in the body of Christ| POV6:Trophy of "legend" he received: Crown of Life from Lord Jesus Christ| Proverbs 27:17:As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.| James 1:12:Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.|Proverbs 18:24- A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.|1 Timothy 6:12:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.|2 Timothy 4:7-8-I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
POV1: Light: Revelation 21:23:And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.| POV2: White garments: Revelation 3:4-5:But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.|POV3: Group of people: From every tribe, tongue and nation worshipping the Lord: Revelation 7:9-10:After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they *cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”|POV4: Tour: Pilgrimage of every born again believer in the flesh on earth until taken up in glory by the second coming of Christ ✝️: Philippians 3:21: who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
POV1: Light: Revelation 21:23:And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.| POV2: White garments: Revelation 3:4-5:But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.|POV3: Group of people: From every tribe, tongue and nation worshipping the Lord: Revelation 7:9-10:After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they *cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”|POV4: Tour: Pilgrimage of every born again believer in the flesh on earth until taken up in glory by the second coming of Christ ✝️: Philippians 3:21: who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
POV1: Clay,hard and grass courts: differing life situations| POV2: Sunlight: ✝️ | Jeremiah 17:7-8:Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose trust is the Lord. 8 For he will be like a tree planted by the water That extends its roots by a stream, And does not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought, Nor cease to yield fruit.|Joshua 1:9:Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”|POV3: Playing tennis: Live freely yet bonded to Christ by His Word(tennis rules): 2 Timothy 2:5-7:Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless * he competes according to the rules. 6 The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops. 7 Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
POV1: Clay,hard and grass courts: differing life situations| POV2: Sunlight: ✝️ | Jeremiah 17:7-8:Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose trust is the Lord. 8 For he will be like a tree planted by the water That extends its roots by a stream, And does not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought, Nor cease to yield fruit.|Joshua 1:9:Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”|POV3: Playing tennis: Live freely yet bonded to Christ by His Word(tennis rules): 2 Timothy 2:5-7:Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless * he competes according to the rules. 6 The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops. 7 Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
POV: Novak: Lord Jesus Christ | POV2: Federer and Nadal : Other gods or creation of the Creator|Conclusion: Truth never changes. His WORD endures forever | Acts 4:12:And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved|John 14:6:esus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.|Philippians 2:10-11:that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.|Colossians 1:15-20:He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: 16 for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18 He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
POV: Novak: Lord Jesus Christ | POV2: Federer and Nadal : Other gods or creation of the Creator|Conclusion: Truth never changes. His WORD endures forever | Acts 4:12:And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved|John 14:6:esus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.|Philippians 2:10-11:that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.|Colossians 1:15-20:He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: 16 for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18 He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
Ephesians 6:1-3:Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. | Luke 2:51-52:And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Ephesians 6:1-3:Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. | Luke 2:51-52:And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
POV1: Born for Tennis: Born again for God through Lord Jesus Christ: John 1:12-13:But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.| POV2: "I will make time" : Psalm 90:12:Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom and Ephesians 5:15-16:So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.|POV3:"I learned": Romans 8:28:And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. and 1 Corinthians 10:13:No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.| POV4: "I haven't done it yet": 2 Corinthians 6:1-2:And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— 2 for He says, “At a favorable time I listened to you, And on a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”— and Hebrews 4:7:Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." and 2 Peter 3:9:The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.| POV 5: "I will try a different way": John 14:6: Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. and Psalm 139:23-24:Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.| Transforming process in the life of a child of God: Romans 12:1-2:Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
POV1: Born for Tennis: Born again for God through Lord Jesus Christ: John 1:12-13:But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.| POV2: "I will make time" : Psalm 90:12:Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom and Ephesians 5:15-16:So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.|POV3:"I learned": Romans 8:28:And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. and 1 Corinthians 10:13:No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.| POV4: "I haven't done it yet": 2 Corinthians 6:1-2:And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— 2 for He says, “At a favorable time I listened to you, And on a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”— and Hebrews 4:7:Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." and 2 Peter 3:9:The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.| POV 5: "I will try a different way": John 14:6: Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. and Psalm 139:23-24:Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.| Transforming process in the life of a child of God: Romans 12:1-2:Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
POV1: The Door- Lord Jesus Christ|POV2: "Khelo"- Conduct of life/way of life/believe through faith in Lord Jesus Christ alone|POV3: Academy: School of Life with Lord Jesus alone as the only Teacher, Leader and Heavenly Father|POV4:Dream - Revelation (He reveals the truth through the Gift of the Holy Spirit. There is no Truth in dreams/visions initiated by the flesh )| POV 5: Tennis - Lord Jesus Christ|Relevant verses: The Door: John 10:9-"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture"|The Way : John 14:6-Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.|Faith in Christ alone saves us: Acts 4:12-And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”|Lord Jesus Christ alone is the only Teacher,Leader and Father in the School of Life: Matthew 23:8-10-But as for you, do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters. 9 And do not call anyone on earth your father; for only One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do not be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ.|Revelation and not a dream: John 16:13-15:He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this I said that He [the Spirit] will take from what is Mine and will reveal it to you.
POV1: The Door- Lord Jesus Christ|POV2: "Khelo"- Conduct of life/way of life/believe through faith in Lord Jesus Christ alone|POV3: Academy: School of Life with Lord Jesus alone as the only Teacher, Leader and Heavenly Father|POV4:Dream - Revelation (He reveals the truth through the Gift of the Holy Spirit. There is no Truth in dreams/visions initiated by the flesh )| POV 5: Tennis - Lord Jesus Christ|Relevant verses: The Door: John 10:9-"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture"|The Way : John 14:6-Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.|Faith in Christ alone saves us: Acts 4:12-And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”|Lord Jesus Christ alone is the only Teacher,Leader and Father in the School of Life: Matthew 23:8-10-But as for you, do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters. 9 And do not call anyone on earth your father; for only One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do not be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ.|Revelation and not a dream: John 16:13-15:He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this I said that He [the Spirit] will take from what is Mine and will reveal it to you.
POV: Water Spray- good news of the gospel| POV2: Clay Court: Hearts of people who believe and receive| POV 3: the man: Believer sharing the gospel| Proverbs 25:25:Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty|Romans 10:15-17:But how are they to preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!” 16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.| Isaiah 53
POV: Water Spray- good news of the gospel| POV2: Clay Court: Hearts of people who believe and receive| POV 3: the man: Believer sharing the gospel| Proverbs 25:25:Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty|Romans 10:15-17:But how are they to preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!” 16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.| Isaiah 53
POV1: Court Cleaner: Lord Jesus Christ| POV 2: Clay Court: Heart of all humanity. | Jesus cleanses with His precious blood and then pour His life in us afresh as His Holy Spirit! The one who serves: Matthew 20:25-28:But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them. 26 It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”|Matthew 23:11-12:But the greatest of you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
POV1: Court Cleaner: Lord Jesus Christ| POV 2: Clay Court: Heart of all humanity. | Jesus cleanses with His precious blood and then pour His life in us afresh as His Holy Spirit! The one who serves: Matthew 20:25-28:But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them. 26 It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”|Matthew 23:11-12:But the greatest of you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
POV1: Tenniswelove: Lord Jesus we love: POV2: Rackets: Eyes of our heart|POV 3: Tennis Ball: Grace of Lord Jesus Christ that enlightens the eyes of our heart (the eye balls) and makes our joy full (the smile)| Ephesians 1:18-21- I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come|John 15:11-These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.| Psalm 16:11-You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.| 2 Corinthians 3:16-18-But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
POV1: Tenniswelove: Lord Jesus we love: POV2: Rackets: Eyes of our heart|POV 3: Tennis Ball: Grace of Lord Jesus Christ that enlightens the eyes of our heart (the eye balls) and makes our joy full (the smile)| Ephesians 1:18-21- I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the boundless greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might 20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come|John 15:11-These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.| Psalm 16:11-You will make known to me the way of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.| 2 Corinthians 3:16-18-But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
1) Basket: Our life of earth. To soar upwards, we must not quench the Holy Spirit - the more we fill the basket with prayer, worship, meditating on His Word, fellowship and abiding in Him, the more fuel is added to the spiritual balloon of our eternal life. Lesser the space there is for anything that weighs it down - namely fleshly sin, deceits of Satan and worldly distractions|2) "Style": Redemptive power of Christ in and through His finished work followed by His death and resurrection with the hope of His coming|3) Freedom: Freedom from Sin, Satan and Death through Lord Jesus Christ (John 8:36:So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free)| 3) "Tennis Dreams= Revelation of God": When we imagine we dream, when God reveals to us, we awaken (1 Corinthians 2:10-16:10 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 11 For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. 14 But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one. 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.)|Ephesians 2:5-8:even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;| Colossians 3:1-Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.| Romans 10:8-10:But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
1) Basket: Our life of earth. To soar upwards, we must not quench the Holy Spirit - the more we fill the basket with prayer, worship, meditating on His Word, fellowship and abiding in Him, the more fuel is added to the spiritual balloon of our eternal life. Lesser the space there is for anything that weighs it down - namely fleshly sin, deceits of Satan and worldly distractions|2) "Style": Redemptive power of Christ in and through His finished work followed by His death and resurrection with the hope of His coming|3) Freedom: Freedom from Sin, Satan and Death through Lord Jesus Christ (John 8:36:So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free)| 3) "Tennis Dreams= Revelation of God": When we imagine we dream, when God reveals to us, we awaken (1 Corinthians 2:10-16:10 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 11 For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. 14 But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one. 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.)|Ephesians 2:5-8:even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;| Colossians 3:1-Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.| Romans 10:8-10:But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
"The Helmet of Salvation", the mind is our weapon 🙂: Ephesians 6:17:Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God|Colossians 3:1:If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.|Isaiah 26:3:You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You|Isaiah 55:8-9:For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.|Imagination Versus Revelation of God: Creation through the revelation of Christ magnifies Him but creation through imagination puffs us up taking us away from His grace more
"The Helmet of Salvation", the mind is our weapon 🙂: Ephesians 6:17:Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God|Colossians 3:1:If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.|Isaiah 26:3:You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You|Isaiah 55:8-9:For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.|Imagination Versus Revelation of God: Creation through the revelation of Christ magnifies Him but creation through imagination puffs us up taking us away from His grace more
Tennis: Father God|Ball: Lord Jesus Christ|Friends: Fellowship with fellow believers (united in the body of Christ,i.e.- the Church)|Shoes pointing towards the ball: Christ-centric life leading us closer to Him with each passing day| Pink gripped rackets: "Sword of the Spirit"- i.e.- the Word of God to be used accurately at all times with discernment|Relevant verses of fellowship and spiritual growth : 1) Ephesians 4:15-16:but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.|2)1 Corinthians 12:27:ow you are the body of Christ and individually members of it|3) 1 Peter 2:4-5:As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.|5) 1 Thessalonians 5:11:Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.
Tennis: Father God|Ball: Lord Jesus Christ|Friends: Fellowship with fellow believers (united in the body of Christ,i.e.- the Church)|Shoes pointing towards the ball: Christ-centric life leading us closer to Him with each passing day| Pink gripped rackets: "Sword of the Spirit"- i.e.- the Word of God to be used accurately at all times with discernment|Relevant verses of fellowship and spiritual growth : 1) Ephesians 4:15-16:but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.|2)1 Corinthians 12:27:ow you are the body of Christ and individually members of it|3) 1 Peter 2:4-5:As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.|5) 1 Thessalonians 5:11:Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.
Option 1: You vs. you (Spirit vs. flesh) : tackle with Lord Jesus Christ✝️ OR Option 2: Without Him | Solution: Victory belongs to the Lord. He has already won on our behalf. We must claim His victory in us daily for "without Him we can do nothing": 1) 1 John 4:4:You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.|2)John 16:33:“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”|3) Galatians 5:16:6 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.|4) Romans 7:19-25:9 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person, 23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.|5) John 15:5:I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.| His eyes are set above: POV: Colossians 3:1:Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Option 1: You vs. you (Spirit vs. flesh) : tackle with Lord Jesus Christ✝️ OR Option 2: Without Him | Solution: Victory belongs to the Lord. He has already won on our behalf. We must claim His victory in us daily for "without Him we can do nothing": 1) 1 John 4:4:You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.|2)John 16:33:“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”|3) Galatians 5:16:6 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.|4) Romans 7:19-25:9 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person, 23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.|5) John 15:5:I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.| His eyes are set above: POV: Colossians 3:1:Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
1) Federer: Lord Jesus Christ | 2) Rafa: Me 🥺 ( just a sinner saved by grace 🤍🙂)| Romans 5:10- For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.|1 Peter 2:10-for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.| Ephesians 2:12-16: remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who previously were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the hostility, which is the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two one new person, in this way establishing peace; 16 and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the hostility.
1) Federer: Lord Jesus Christ | 2) Rafa: Me 🥺 ( just a sinner saved by grace 🤍🙂)| Romans 5:10- For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.|1 Peter 2:10-for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.| Ephesians 2:12-16: remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the people of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who previously were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the hostility, which is the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two one new person, in this way establishing peace; 16 and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the hostility.
POV 1) Flight: Upward calling of the Lord with Lord Jesus Christ as the only pilot and the Holy Spirit as our "visa"::Philippians 3:14- I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.|John 14:6- I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.|Ephesians 1:13-14:And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.|POV 2) Teams: Spiritual Body of Christ, that is the Church under His Headship: a) Ephesians 2:19-22:So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.| POV 3) Tennis Racquet: The living Word of God - it is not about who has the most racquets that wins but the one who uses it better is the winner| POV 4) Jannik and Carlos: Rivals who edify each other in the journey - a noble rivalry in the bond of friendship with Christ as the centre: Proverbs 27:17-As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.|POV 5: Winning(trophy): Bringing glory to the Lord- Christ must be magnified - Philippians 1:20-21-according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.;For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.| POV 6: Final destination of the flight: Heavenly Home:John 14:2-3-In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be.
POV 1) Flight: Upward calling of the Lord with Lord Jesus Christ as the only pilot and the Holy Spirit as our "visa"::Philippians 3:14- I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.|John 14:6- I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.|Ephesians 1:13-14:And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.|POV 2) Teams: Spiritual Body of Christ, that is the Church under His Headship: a) Ephesians 2:19-22:So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.| POV 3) Tennis Racquet: The living Word of God - it is not about who has the most racquets that wins but the one who uses it better is the winner| POV 4) Jannik and Carlos: Rivals who edify each other in the journey - a noble rivalry in the bond of friendship with Christ as the centre: Proverbs 27:17-As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.|POV 5: Winning(trophy): Bringing glory to the Lord- Christ must be magnified - Philippians 1:20-21-according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.;For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.| POV 6: Final destination of the flight: Heavenly Home:John 14:2-3-In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be.
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: POV: 3 lights - The Father,The Son and The Holy Spirit. : Kids: children of God. Courts: the perishing world- field of God and us as His children as His field workers in and through Christ Jesus: | John 14:16-18:And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will bein you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.|Philippians 2:9-11:Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.|1 Corinthians 8:6:yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.|1 Corinthians 10:31:So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |Colossians 1:26-29:the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: POV: 3 lights - The Father,The Son and The Holy Spirit. : Kids: children of God. Courts: the perishing world- field of God and us as His children as His field workers in and through Christ Jesus: | John 14:16-18:And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will bein you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.|Philippians 2:9-11:Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.|1 Corinthians 8:6:yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.|1 Corinthians 10:31:So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |Colossians 1:26-29:the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
listens even when we don't have words at times....BUT when HE speaks to us, my nourishment and progress happens when I yield to Lord Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit within, which too I received as His Gift by faith in His grace, redemptive Work of Lord Jesus Christ, Who rose from the dead to dwell in us who receive Him: Life received by faith, is also experienced in its potential fullness by faith and power of the Holy Spirit through obedience for Him to manifest His abode in us as the only true and living God: Matthew 4:4-But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”|Proverbs 12:15-The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a person who listens to advice is wise.|Matthew 17:5-While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”| (Rafa- Lord Jesus Christ and Carlos is ME in this case!!)
listens even when we don't have words at times....BUT when HE speaks to us, my nourishment and progress happens when I yield to Lord Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit within, which too I received as His Gift by faith in His grace, redemptive Work of Lord Jesus Christ, Who rose from the dead to dwell in us who receive Him: Life received by faith, is also experienced in its potential fullness by faith and power of the Holy Spirit through obedience for Him to manifest His abode in us as the only true and living God: Matthew 4:4-But He answered and said, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’”|Proverbs 12:15-The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a person who listens to advice is wise.|Matthew 17:5-While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”| (Rafa- Lord Jesus Christ and Carlos is ME in this case!!)
And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”|1 John 3:23:This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.|John 14:15:“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.|🏡:John 14:23-Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. (His Word alone is living Word with His life awaiting to be revealed)
And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”|1 John 3:23:This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.|John 14:15:“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.|🏡:John 14:23-Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. (His Word alone is living Word with His life awaiting to be revealed)
Cardiograph: Life of ✝️: 1 John 5:12- Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.| Dumb Bell: Spiritual Discipline over Physical Discipline:1 Timothy 4:7-8-Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; 8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come
Cardiograph: Life of ✝️: 1 John 5:12- Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.| Dumb Bell: Spiritual Discipline over Physical Discipline:1 Timothy 4:7-8-Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; 8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come
POV: Every match = all walks of life (Pray to "play" before His Presence, in His Light)|✝️ is our safety, refuge,shelter- regardless of match outcome, even every "loss" is a victory in Him! on retrospecting| Victory:Proverbs 21:31- The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.|Security and Safety:Psalm 127:1-Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he loves.|Refuge: Psalm 18:2- The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.|Shelter: Psalm 91:1-4:Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 This I declare about the LORD : He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. 3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. 4 He will cover you with his feathers.
POV: Every match = all walks of life (Pray to "play" before His Presence, in His Light)|✝️ is our safety, refuge,shelter- regardless of match outcome, even every "loss" is a victory in Him! on retrospecting| Victory:Proverbs 21:31- The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.|Security and Safety:Psalm 127:1-Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he loves.|Refuge: Psalm 18:2- The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.|Shelter: Psalm 91:1-4:Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 This I declare about the LORD : He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. 3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. 4 He will cover you with his feathers.
Pov: Spiritual excercise: 1 Timothy 4:8 -for bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.| Galatians 5:16:But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.|"Spiritual Trainer"- Matthew 23:10-Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.|John 8:12-When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Pov: Spiritual excercise: 1 Timothy 4:8 -for bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.| Galatians 5:16:But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.|"Spiritual Trainer"- Matthew 23:10-Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.|John 8:12-When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
between man and God to being reconciled in Christ Jesus(✝️- "handshake" between man and God) with God as our Heavenly Father . : Romans 5:10:For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.|1 Timothy 2:5-6:For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.|John 14:6:Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.| Through faith in His grace,Christ alone turn us from being rebellious towards God through repentance and rescues us from His wrath and judgement through forgiveness of all of our sins and reconciling us to the Lord in Him.
between man and God to being reconciled in Christ Jesus(✝️- "handshake" between man and God) with God as our Heavenly Father . : Romans 5:10:For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.|1 Timothy 2:5-6:For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.|John 14:6:Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.| Through faith in His grace,Christ alone turn us from being rebellious towards God through repentance and rescues us from His wrath and judgement through forgiveness of all of our sins and reconciling us to the Lord in Him.
despite all the odds: He was 🏊🏼 on court 🙂:...POV: "the wounded cheetah-Novak" managed to "swim through" a marathon 5-setter even if it meant winning after knee injury, taking pain killers and diving on the ball to save each point: "The Lord is our strength and defense". | Sailing in the Ship of His salvation (like the Noah's ark) is peaceful not because there are no storms but because Jesus is our peace and we know that our safety is ONLY in His Ship, because HE is in control and HE has the rudder: 2 Corinthians 5:7-For we live by faith, not by sight.|Mark 4:39-41-He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”|Isaiah 43:2-When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.....
despite all the odds: He was 🏊🏼 on court 🙂:...POV: "the wounded cheetah-Novak" managed to "swim through" a marathon 5-setter even if it meant winning after knee injury, taking pain killers and diving on the ball to save each point: "The Lord is our strength and defense". | Sailing in the Ship of His salvation (like the Noah's ark) is peaceful not because there are no storms but because Jesus is our peace and we know that our safety is ONLY in His Ship, because HE is in control and HE has the rudder: 2 Corinthians 5:7-For we live by faith, not by sight.|Mark 4:39-41-He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”|Isaiah 43:2-When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.....
in Christ Jesus: POV: Reversing our perspective 180 degrees to receive the Truth : POV1:Not works of the law but through faith in work of God for us because of His grace: Ephesians 2:8-10:For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.|POV: Not trying to understand God through knowledge and creating perceptions through personal fleshly experiences but receiving Him in our hearts through faith like a heart of a child💙:Matthew 18:2-5- And He called a child to Himself and set him among them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever receives one such child in My name, receives Me;|POV: Not trying to sanctify with our own efforts but accepting the cleansing and redemptive power of the precious blood of Christ and anointing by the Holy Sprit :REDEEMED:In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace|FREED:Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. 8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?|ENRICHED by the infinite heavenly inheritance:Ephesians 1:14-who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.|REFINED:Job 23:10-But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold.|So just BELIEVE in your 💙:Romans 10:8-10-But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
in Christ Jesus: POV: Reversing our perspective 180 degrees to receive the Truth : POV1:Not works of the law but through faith in work of God for us because of His grace: Ephesians 2:8-10:For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.|POV: Not trying to understand God through knowledge and creating perceptions through personal fleshly experiences but receiving Him in our hearts through faith like a heart of a child💙:Matthew 18:2-5- And He called a child to Himself and set him among them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever receives one such child in My name, receives Me;|POV: Not trying to sanctify with our own efforts but accepting the cleansing and redemptive power of the precious blood of Christ and anointing by the Holy Sprit :REDEEMED:In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace|FREED:Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. 8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?|ENRICHED by the infinite heavenly inheritance:Ephesians 1:14-who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.|REFINED:Job 23:10-But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold.|So just BELIEVE in your 💙:Romans 10:8-10-But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
POV1: Silencing the crowd = voices of this world and deceitfulness of Satan |POV 2: Keeping in the zone and focused =Worship/prayer/fellowship|When we fill ourselves in prayer, Word of God,worship and walk with fellow believers,He strengthens us to bring more clarity and stay rooted and grounded in Him amidst the chaos and distractions of this perishing world:,even without requesting them to be silent|Matthew 6:6-8:But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.|1 John 2:15-17:Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.|Colossians 3:1-3-Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.|Ephesians 6:10-17-Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.|2 Corinthians 10:5-6-We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ...
POV1: Silencing the crowd = voices of this world and deceitfulness of Satan |POV 2: Keeping in the zone and focused =Worship/prayer/fellowship|When we fill ourselves in prayer, Word of God,worship and walk with fellow believers,He strengthens us to bring more clarity and stay rooted and grounded in Him amidst the chaos and distractions of this perishing world:,even without requesting them to be silent|Matthew 6:6-8:But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.|1 John 2:15-17:Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.|Colossians 3:1-3-Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.|Ephesians 6:10-17-Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.|2 Corinthians 10:5-6-We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ...
POV: Clay Courts: World (Field of God, God's building)| Players: God's field-workers, i.e.- children of God|Winning:Glory to God. Jesus is magnified as Saviour and Lord always. |Losing: Unbelief or rebellion or disobedience to the Lord to fulfil our desires over the will of God for us. |Romans 15:5-6-Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, 6so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.|Philippians 2:10-11-so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.|Proverbs 21:31-The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.|1 Corinthians 3:9-11-For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
POV: Clay Courts: World (Field of God, God's building)| Players: God's field-workers, i.e.- children of God|Winning:Glory to God. Jesus is magnified as Saviour and Lord always. |Losing: Unbelief or rebellion or disobedience to the Lord to fulfil our desires over the will of God for us. |Romans 15:5-6-Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, 6so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.|Philippians 2:10-11-so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.|Proverbs 21:31-The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.|1 Corinthians 3:9-11-For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
My Doubles Partner (not in "crime") but in releasing "captives" and enter His rest and abide in His love and everlasting life:)- Lord Jesus Christ: John 8:36-“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.|John 10:30-I and the Father are one.|John 14:16-And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—|Psalm 32:8- I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you|Acts 1:8-But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.|Isaiah 61:1-.....He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners;|Psalm 119:105-Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.(WORD = Living = Breath of the Lord(Heavenly Father) = Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh = Holy Spirit = Eternal Life)
My Doubles Partner (not in "crime") but in releasing "captives" and enter His rest and abide in His love and everlasting life:)- Lord Jesus Christ: John 8:36-“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.|John 10:30-I and the Father are one.|John 14:16-And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—|Psalm 32:8- I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you|Acts 1:8-But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.|Isaiah 61:1-.....He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners;|Psalm 119:105-Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.(WORD = Living = Breath of the Lord(Heavenly Father) = Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh = Holy Spirit = Eternal Life)
Jarry: Father God/Lord Jesus Christ|Cute kids - Children of God|Raquet - Word of God|Balls - Every situation "thrown" daily in all aspects of our life|Proverbs 22:6-Train up a child [a]in the way he should go, Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.|1 John 2:27-27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him.|Jeremiah 31:33-...“I will put My law within them and write it on their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.|John 16:13-15-But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.|Luke 13:34-How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, and you were unwilling!|So basically, Word of God is living because the anointing of the Holy Spirit brings it to life in us, as we choose to yield to His Word, and abide in Him. The Holy Spirit, is the resurrected life of Lord Jesus Christ, our ONLY Saviour
Jarry: Father God/Lord Jesus Christ|Cute kids - Children of God|Raquet - Word of God|Balls - Every situation "thrown" daily in all aspects of our life|Proverbs 22:6-Train up a child [a]in the way he should go, Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.|1 John 2:27-27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him.|Jeremiah 31:33-...“I will put My law within them and write it on their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.|John 16:13-15-But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.|Luke 13:34-How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, and you were unwilling!|So basically, Word of God is living because the anointing of the Holy Spirit brings it to life in us, as we choose to yield to His Word, and abide in Him. The Holy Spirit, is the resurrected life of Lord Jesus Christ, our ONLY Saviour
is enough at all times:POV 1: "Self-Talk"-Conversation with Christ, everlasting Helper/Companion/Friend|POV 2: Tennis Players: Children of God: 💙- 1 Thessalonians 5:18-in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.|💚- ("Godfindent" and not confident)- Philippians 4:13-I can do all things [a]through Him who strengthens me.|🧡-Hebrews 12:6-7-For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He punishes every son whom He accepts.” 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?|💚-Proverbs 3:5-6-Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.|❤️- Ephesians 4:15-16- Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.|💜- Isaiah 43:1-your Creator, Jacob, And He who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! (Our greatest worth is when we belong to the Lord as our heavenly Father by His grace)|His grace applies at all times on His ground where He desires to bring us at the first place through His Son and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ without Whom we cannot see Him (John 14:6-Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.)
is enough at all times:POV 1: "Self-Talk"-Conversation with Christ, everlasting Helper/Companion/Friend|POV 2: Tennis Players: Children of God: 💙- 1 Thessalonians 5:18-in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.|💚- ("Godfindent" and not confident)- Philippians 4:13-I can do all things [a]through Him who strengthens me.|🧡-Hebrews 12:6-7-For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He punishes every son whom He accepts.” 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?|💚-Proverbs 3:5-6-Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.|❤️- Ephesians 4:15-16- Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.|💜- Isaiah 43:1-your Creator, Jacob, And He who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! (Our greatest worth is when we belong to the Lord as our heavenly Father by His grace)|His grace applies at all times on His ground where He desires to bring us at the first place through His Son and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ without Whom we cannot see Him (John 14:6-Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.)
POV: FeDal- Children of God & Louis Vuitton - things of this world (false treasures) : I found this tie-up hilarious from my POV: 1 John 2:15-17- Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.|Matthew 6:19-21-Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.|1 Timothy 6:6-10-But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it, either. 8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.|Romans 13:14-But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
POV: FeDal- Children of God & Louis Vuitton - things of this world (false treasures) : I found this tie-up hilarious from my POV: 1 John 2:15-17- Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.|Matthew 6:19-21-Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.|1 Timothy 6:6-10-But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it, either. 8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.|Romans 13:14-But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
my cup overflows(Psalm 23:5)! POV: "playing"- working for Christ and share His love for all|"for me"- for Christ Jesus|Lifetime ambassador(full-time play) for Christ- 2 Corinthians 5:20-Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.|2 Corinthians 10:18-For it is not he who commends and praises himself who is approved [by God], but it is the one whom the Lord commends and praises.|Colossians 3:23- Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters|Nehemiah 8:10-...Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your [a]refuge.”|Colossians 2:6-7-As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.|My greatest joy- to see loved ones enter into His joy, His ground(our eternal home) and His kingdom (Luke 15:7-I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.)
my cup overflows(Psalm 23:5)! POV: "playing"- working for Christ and share His love for all|"for me"- for Christ Jesus|Lifetime ambassador(full-time play) for Christ- 2 Corinthians 5:20-Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.|2 Corinthians 10:18-For it is not he who commends and praises himself who is approved [by God], but it is the one whom the Lord commends and praises.|Colossians 3:23- Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters|Nehemiah 8:10-...Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your [a]refuge.”|Colossians 2:6-7-As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.|My greatest joy- to see loved ones enter into His joy, His ground(our eternal home) and His kingdom (Luke 15:7-I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.)
POV: School, is important.. (Surgeon on his journey to knowing)------>Tennis, is "importanter" :) ( Christ)| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-JjizNe1Bo&t=509s |Related verses while watching the video: Psalm 34:8|2 Corinthians 9:15|1 Corinthians 8:1| 1 Corinthians 1:26-31|Jeremiah 33:3| John 16:7-11| Matthew 7:7-11| Titus 2:11-15|John 14:6
POV: School, is important.. (Surgeon on his journey to knowing)------>Tennis, is "importanter" :) ( Christ)| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-JjizNe1Bo&t=509s |Related verses while watching the video: Psalm 34:8|2 Corinthians 9:15|1 Corinthians 8:1| 1 Corinthians 1:26-31|Jeremiah 33:3| John 16:7-11| Matthew 7:7-11| Titus 2:11-15|John 14:6
Kids: Children of God. Rublev with trophy: Kid who just got saved. Trophy: Gift of Salvation. : Luke 15:7- I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.|Galatians 3:28-There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.|Matthew 19:14-14 But Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and do not forbid them to come to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Kids: Children of God. Rublev with trophy: Kid who just got saved. Trophy: Gift of Salvation. : Luke 15:7- I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.|Galatians 3:28-There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.|Matthew 19:14-14 But Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and do not forbid them to come to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Only today is real. "Now" is the focus. Today is the day to seek His will : Lamentation 3:22-23:The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.|2 Corinthians 6:2-for He says, “At a favorable time I listened to you, And on a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”—| Psalm 118:24-This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.|1 John 4:4-You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Only today is real. "Now" is the focus. Today is the day to seek His will : Lamentation 3:22-23:The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.|2 Corinthians 6:2-for He says, “At a favorable time I listened to you, And on a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation”—| Psalm 118:24-This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.|1 John 4:4-You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Swiatek(1) vs. Sabalenka(2) Madrid Open 2024- Every move makes both the winner and the loser better at the game.Ultimately Victory belongs to the Lord-the humble we see, believe and claim His(Lord Jesus Christ) victory for one's own soul :Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.| James 1:2-4:count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. |James 4:6,10-“God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.”....Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you
Swiatek(1) vs. Sabalenka(2) Madrid Open 2024- Every move makes both the winner and the loser better at the game.Ultimately Victory belongs to the Lord-the humble we see, believe and claim His(Lord Jesus Christ) victory for one's own soul :Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So one person sharpens another.| James 1:2-4:count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. |James 4:6,10-“God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.”....Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you
Nadal's Resilience on court: The Lord's gracious work in us through His unfailing love in Christ Jesus towards us: Romans 5:5and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.|1 Thessalonians 5:16-18:Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.|Ephesians 3:20-21:Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Nadal's Resilience on court: The Lord's gracious work in us through His unfailing love in Christ Jesus towards us: Romans 5:5and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.|1 Thessalonians 5:16-18:Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.|Ephesians 3:20-21:Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
POV1: Porsche: Salvation, the ultimate goal of all the endeavour|POV2: Driver's License: received only through the redemptive work of Lord Jesus Christ|POV 3: Driver's licence to Porsche is like Strong Foundation to a large mansion| POV 4: Porsche is inclusion of all possible human efforts, sources(that is, "knowledge") and works to "achieve" salvation for themselves but in vain without receiving the life-giving Spirit Himself, that is, Lord Jesus Christ: James 2:26:As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead|1 John 5:12:Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.|Ephesians 2:8:For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;|Ecceleciastes 12:12-13:But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive study is wearying to the body. 13 The conclusion, when everything has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person|Matthew 7:24-25:“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
POV1: Porsche: Salvation, the ultimate goal of all the endeavour|POV2: Driver's License: received only through the redemptive work of Lord Jesus Christ|POV 3: Driver's licence to Porsche is like Strong Foundation to a large mansion| POV 4: Porsche is inclusion of all possible human efforts, sources(that is, "knowledge") and works to "achieve" salvation for themselves but in vain without receiving the life-giving Spirit Himself, that is, Lord Jesus Christ: James 2:26:As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead|1 John 5:12:Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.|Ephesians 2:8:For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;|Ecceleciastes 12:12-13:But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive study is wearying to the body. 13 The conclusion, when everything has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person|Matthew 7:24-25:“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
We become home for Jesus wherever we may be: POV: a. Cities: Wherever the Lord places us. b. Paris: Emptying ourselves to magnify Christ through us. c. Tournaments: Glorifying God through our being no matter who the "opponents" may be. (losing is winning if the Lord is magnified). d. Death("die"): Sleeping in Christ Jesus is gain: 1 Corinthians 10:31:Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|Philippians 1:21:For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.|2 Corinthians 12:9:And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.|Philippians 3:13-14:Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.|Acts 2:37-38:Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what are we to do?” 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
We become home for Jesus wherever we may be: POV: a. Cities: Wherever the Lord places us. b. Paris: Emptying ourselves to magnify Christ through us. c. Tournaments: Glorifying God through our being no matter who the "opponents" may be. (losing is winning if the Lord is magnified). d. Death("die"): Sleeping in Christ Jesus is gain: 1 Corinthians 10:31:Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|Philippians 1:21:For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.|2 Corinthians 12:9:And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.|Philippians 3:13-14:Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.|Acts 2:37-38:Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what are we to do?” 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
at the feet of the cross: POV: Broken racket: Brokenness of heart in the Presence of His love and mercy as we behold the cross draws the Lord closer to us:Psalm 34:18:The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.|James 4:8:Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.| Matthew 5:4:Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.| POV2: Balls: New heart and spirit. Raquet: New Creation in Christ Jesus: 2 Corinthians 5:17:Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.|Ezekiel 36:26-27:26 Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.
at the feet of the cross: POV: Broken racket: Brokenness of heart in the Presence of His love and mercy as we behold the cross draws the Lord closer to us:Psalm 34:18:The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.|James 4:8:Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.| Matthew 5:4:Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.| POV2: Balls: New heart and spirit. Raquet: New Creation in Christ Jesus: 2 Corinthians 5:17:Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.|Ezekiel 36:26-27:26 Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.
blessing from His Word, Worship and Prayer for recharge|Clay Court: Field of God of which we are made workers for His glory| Chair: To rest in God, give our burdens to Him and get mid-day counsel for direction, refreshment and encouragement: Coffee Cup analogy verse: Psalm 19:7-8:The Law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.|Clay Court analogy verse:1 Corinthians 3:9-11:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.|Chair analogy verse:Psalm 62:1-2:My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
blessing from His Word, Worship and Prayer for recharge|Clay Court: Field of God of which we are made workers for His glory| Chair: To rest in God, give our burdens to Him and get mid-day counsel for direction, refreshment and encouragement: Coffee Cup analogy verse: Psalm 19:7-8:The Law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.|Clay Court analogy verse:1 Corinthians 3:9-11:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.|Chair analogy verse:Psalm 62:1-2:My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
even rivalry is always constructive and complementing: POV: "Federer + Nadal = Fedal" and "Sinner + Alcaraz = Sincaraz"= Fellowship with God when 2 or more people gather in His name (Matthew 18:19-20:Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."| POV: Common ground is the tennis court: The holy and glorious ground where the Lord places His children: Jeremiah 42:10:If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.|POV Tennis Match between the rivals: Sharpening each other with the spiritual gift He bestows each of His children:Proverbs 27:17:As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”.|Referee and the "rules": Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness that works in us in the light of His living Word: There is but One righteous Judge: James 4:12:There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?|Constructive rivalry (off-court) builds each other up: God calls us to be like-minded:Phlippians 2:2-4:then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.|CONCLUSION: To be in the same game, we need to step in the court when invited. : Hebrews 11:6: And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
even rivalry is always constructive and complementing: POV: "Federer + Nadal = Fedal" and "Sinner + Alcaraz = Sincaraz"= Fellowship with God when 2 or more people gather in His name (Matthew 18:19-20:Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."| POV: Common ground is the tennis court: The holy and glorious ground where the Lord places His children: Jeremiah 42:10:If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.|POV Tennis Match between the rivals: Sharpening each other with the spiritual gift He bestows each of His children:Proverbs 27:17:As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”.|Referee and the "rules": Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness that works in us in the light of His living Word: There is but One righteous Judge: James 4:12:There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?|Constructive rivalry (off-court) builds each other up: God calls us to be like-minded:Phlippians 2:2-4:then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.|CONCLUSION: To be in the same game, we need to step in the court when invited. : Hebrews 11:6: And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
for those who have been already cleansed fully: "Wins and Losses"- Pleasing the Lord and Grieving the Holy Spirit. Tennis Ball: New Day to glorify God. Tennis Court: Field of God and us as His field-worker: | John 13:10:Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”|Ephesians 5:26:to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,|Psalm 19:7:The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.|Psalm 118:24:This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it|Lamentations 3:22-23:The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.|Psalm 103:11-13:As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father loves his children, So the LORD loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
for those who have been already cleansed fully: "Wins and Losses"- Pleasing the Lord and Grieving the Holy Spirit. Tennis Ball: New Day to glorify God. Tennis Court: Field of God and us as His field-worker: | John 13:10:Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”|Ephesians 5:26:to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,|Psalm 19:7:The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.|Psalm 118:24:This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it|Lamentations 3:22-23:The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.|Psalm 103:11-13:As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father loves his children, So the LORD loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
1. Hebrews 12:11:For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.|2. James 1:2-3:Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.|2. Hebrews 10:36:For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.|3. Nehemiah 8:10:...The joy of the Lord is your strength|3. Psalm 127:2:It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.
1. Hebrews 12:11:For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.|2. James 1:2-3:Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.|2. Hebrews 10:36:For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.|3. Nehemiah 8:10:...The joy of the Lord is your strength|3. Psalm 127:2:It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.
POV: Jannik: Child of God. His dad: Heavenly Father and the Good Shepherd (Lord Jesus): Psalm 23:1-3:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.|John 4:13-14:Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life|John 6:35: Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.|1 Peter 2:2: Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,|Psalm 37:4:Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.|Matthew 6:33:But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
POV: Jannik: Child of God. His dad: Heavenly Father and the Good Shepherd (Lord Jesus): Psalm 23:1-3:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.|John 4:13-14:Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life|John 6:35: Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.|1 Peter 2:2: Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,|Psalm 37:4:Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.|Matthew 6:33:But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
POV: Novak (Lord Jesus Christ) & Stefan (me or any other born again believer): Psalm 32:8:The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.|1 Corinthians 6:19-20: Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
POV: Novak (Lord Jesus Christ) & Stefan (me or any other born again believer): Psalm 32:8:The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.|1 Corinthians 6:19-20: Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
Peace. Love . Eternal Life (POV: Tennis Ball): Is Jesus. :Peace: John 14:27:Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful.|Love of God: Romans 5:5-8:and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us|Eternal Life:John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.|1 John 5:12:he one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.| Peace,Love and Life of God on His ground where He lifts us and takes us up where He is seated: Philippians 3:20-21: But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Peace. Love . Eternal Life (POV: Tennis Ball): Is Jesus. :Peace: John 14:27:Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful.|Love of God: Romans 5:5-8:and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us|Eternal Life:John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.|1 John 5:12:he one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.| Peace,Love and Life of God on His ground where He lifts us and takes us up where He is seated: Philippians 3:20-21: But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
POV: Racket- The Way: Baby: Rafa Nadal Junior 😅: Proverbs 22:6:Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.|John 14:6: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
POV: Racket- The Way: Baby: Rafa Nadal Junior 😅: Proverbs 22:6:Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.|John 14:6: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
..in Christ Jesus by His grace alone(Acts 4:12:"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”). The driver: Father God. The car:His path to eternity. Racquet+Racquet: Fellowship in His ✝️ Presence. Tennis Ball: Word of God. 😊: Matthew 7:13-14:Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.|2 Corinthians 6:14-16: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.|John 15:5:“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.|1 Corinthians 12:12:For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ|1 Peter 2:4-8:And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.” 7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers, “A stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief cornerstone,” 8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this they were also appointed.
..in Christ Jesus by His grace alone(Acts 4:12:"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”). The driver: Father God. The car:His path to eternity. Racquet+Racquet: Fellowship in His ✝️ Presence. Tennis Ball: Word of God. 😊: Matthew 7:13-14:Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.|2 Corinthians 6:14-16: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.|John 15:5:“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.|1 Corinthians 12:12:For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ|1 Peter 2:4-8:And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.” 7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers, “A stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief cornerstone,” 8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this they were also appointed.
eternal life of God:Matthew 4:4:Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”|Jeremiah 15:16:Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.|John 6:35:Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.|John 1:1-4:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.|John 1:14:The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.(.....only Word that brings Life to the soul is the Word of God Himself. All else keeps us spiritually dead or in illusion. Word of God ALONE is the Food for soul, imparting to us His life-giving Spirit when we believe and receive Him.
eternal life of God:Matthew 4:4:Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”|Jeremiah 15:16:Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.|John 6:35:Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.|John 1:1-4:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.|John 1:14:The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.(.....only Word that brings Life to the soul is the Word of God Himself. All else keeps us spiritually dead or in illusion. Word of God ALONE is the Food for soul, imparting to us His life-giving Spirit when we believe and receive Him.
(like every tennis game)..and there is no end to His love after having received the same as His blessed Gift of His life-giving Spirit. This is the love of Lord Jesus Christ through His saving grace alone. His love surpasses knowledge and all endeavours to "achieve" anything that we may "think" will last. Nothing lasts except His eternal life, gifted to us when received through the eternal seed of His living Word, because He so loves us: John 3:16:For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.|1 Corinthians 13:1-13:If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9 For we know in part and prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away with. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.|Ephesians 2:1-10:And you were dead in your offences and sins, 2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.|Romans 5:8-9:But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through Him!|love of Lord Jesus Christ awakens us. It is His Gift. He has finished the work to "earn" this redemptive gift for each of us.. who believe and receive Him humbly.
(like every tennis game)..and there is no end to His love after having received the same as His blessed Gift of His life-giving Spirit. This is the love of Lord Jesus Christ through His saving grace alone. His love surpasses knowledge and all endeavours to "achieve" anything that we may "think" will last. Nothing lasts except His eternal life, gifted to us when received through the eternal seed of His living Word, because He so loves us: John 3:16:For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.|1 Corinthians 13:1-13:If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9 For we know in part and prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away with. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also have been fully known. 13 But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.|Ephesians 2:1-10:And you were dead in your offences and sins, 2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.|Romans 5:8-9:But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through Him!|love of Lord Jesus Christ awakens us. It is His Gift. He has finished the work to "earn" this redemptive gift for each of us.. who believe and receive Him humbly.
and Spirit within):Victory belongs to the Lord: Romans 7:15-25:For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin|Galatians 5:17-19:or the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.|Proverbs 21:31:The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.|2 Corinthians 12:9:But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.|Romans 8:31:What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us|John 15:5:“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.|1 John 4:4:You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.(perishing and deceptive elements manifested by lies of Satan)
and Spirit within):Victory belongs to the Lord: Romans 7:15-25:For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin|Galatians 5:17-19:or the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.|Proverbs 21:31:The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.|2 Corinthians 12:9:But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.|Romans 8:31:What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us|John 15:5:“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.|1 John 4:4:You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.(perishing and deceptive elements manifested by lies of Satan)
one another within the dwelling place of God :Romans 12:15-16:Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.|1 Thessalonians 5:11:Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.|Romans 15:1-2:Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not just please ourselves. 2 Each of us is to please his neighbour for his good, to his edification|Ephesians 2:20-22:having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.|Ephesians 4:15-16: Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
one another within the dwelling place of God :Romans 12:15-16:Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.|1 Thessalonians 5:11:Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing.|Romans 15:1-2:Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not just please ourselves. 2 Each of us is to please his neighbour for his good, to his edification|Ephesians 2:20-22:having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.|Ephesians 4:15-16: Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
We have need of endurance: Hebrews 10:36:You have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised|Romans 3:3-5:Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.|2 Corinthians 4:7-12:But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
We have need of endurance: Hebrews 10:36:You have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised|Romans 3:3-5:Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.|2 Corinthians 4:7-12:But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
Psalm 4:8:In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.|Psalm 127:2:In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for He grants sleep to those he loves.|Toiling in and through Him :John 15:4:Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me|Philippians 2:13:for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
Psalm 4:8:In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.|Psalm 127:2:In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for He grants sleep to those he loves.|Toiling in and through Him :John 15:4:Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me|Philippians 2:13:for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
the world: 1 John 4:4:You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.|John 16:33:I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
the world: 1 John 4:4:You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.|John 16:33:I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Himself(for permanent togetherness, Lord Jesus Christ, Who is boundless, ageless and timeless loves and calls each of us.). He alone breaks ALL the dividing walls: Galatians 3:28:There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.|Ephesians 2:14-18:14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the hostility, which is the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two one new person, in this way establishing peace; 16 and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the hostility. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; 18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.|Revelation 7:9-10:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they *cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”|John 1:29:The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!|Romans 13:14:Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Himself(for permanent togetherness, Lord Jesus Christ, Who is boundless, ageless and timeless loves and calls each of us.). He alone breaks ALL the dividing walls: Galatians 3:28:There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.|Ephesians 2:14-18:14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the hostility, which is the Law composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two one new person, in this way establishing peace; 16 and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the hostility. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; 18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.|Revelation 7:9-10:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they *cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”|John 1:29:The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!|Romans 13:14:Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
to the Lord : 2 Timothy 1:7:For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.|Colossians 1:28-29:We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ. 29 For this purpose I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me.|2 Corinthians 12:9: And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
to the Lord : 2 Timothy 1:7:For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.|Colossians 1:28-29:We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ. 29 For this purpose I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me.|2 Corinthians 12:9: And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Matthew 11:28-30:Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”|Hebrews 4:1-3:Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but the word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united with those who listened with faith. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “As I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world|Mark 6:31:Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”|Hebrews 4:9-11:There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
Matthew 11:28-30:Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”|Hebrews 4:1-3:Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but the word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united with those who listened with faith. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “As I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world|Mark 6:31:Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”|Hebrews 4:9-11:There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
amidst all that inevitably changes: Hebrews 13:8:Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever|Malachi 3:6-7:6 “I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty.|Isaiah 43:2:When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.|Proverbs 21:30-31: There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD. 31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.|Hebrews 6:19-20a:We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.|Psalm 32:8:I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. |2 Timothy 2:13:if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
amidst all that inevitably changes: Hebrews 13:8:Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever|Malachi 3:6-7:6 “I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty.|Isaiah 43:2:When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.|Proverbs 21:30-31: There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD. 31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.|Hebrews 6:19-20a:We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.|Psalm 32:8:I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. |2 Timothy 2:13:if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
each game begins (Replacing "Violent" with "passionate"): 2 Timothy 1:7:For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind|1 Peter 3:15:But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.|1 Timothy 6:12:Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.|1 Peter 2:23:When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.|Philippians 4:5-7:Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
each game begins (Replacing "Violent" with "passionate"): 2 Timothy 1:7:For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind|1 Peter 3:15:But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.|1 Timothy 6:12:Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.|1 Peter 2:23:When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.|Philippians 4:5-7:Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 16:24-26: Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?|John 4:34:Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work. |Matthew 4:4:“It is written, “'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. '
Matthew 16:24-26: Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?|John 4:34:Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work. |Matthew 4:4:“It is written, “'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. '
and He enables to leap over a wall: James 1:17: Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.|Psalm 18:29-30:For by You I can run at a troop of warriors; And by my God I can leap over a wall. 30 As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
and He enables to leap over a wall: James 1:17: Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.|Psalm 18:29-30:For by You I can run at a troop of warriors; And by my God I can leap over a wall. 30 As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
name of the Lord belongs victory: Wisdom and discernment over knowledge and self efforts. Grace over law. POV: Everything pertaining to eternal life and godliness: 1 Corinthians 10:23:All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.|Ecclesiastes 12:12-13:But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive study is wearying to the body. 13 The conclusion, when everything has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. |Galatians 5:16-But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. (Knowledge gratifies the flesh, wisdom and discernment the Spirit)|Colossians 2:2-3:that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.|Proverbs 21:31:The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.|Grace over and above Law (all possible human endeavours to try and set one's soul free):Romans 3:19: Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;|1 Samuel 17:45:But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a saber, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied
name of the Lord belongs victory: Wisdom and discernment over knowledge and self efforts. Grace over law. POV: Everything pertaining to eternal life and godliness: 1 Corinthians 10:23:All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.|Ecclesiastes 12:12-13:But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive study is wearying to the body. 13 The conclusion, when everything has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. |Galatians 5:16-But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. (Knowledge gratifies the flesh, wisdom and discernment the Spirit)|Colossians 2:2-3:that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.|Proverbs 21:31:The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.|Grace over and above Law (all possible human endeavours to try and set one's soul free):Romans 3:19: Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;|1 Samuel 17:45:But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a saber, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied
we love Lord Jesus Christ: John 3:30:He must increase, but I must decrease.|Ephesians 2:10:For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them|1 Corinthians 10:31:Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|1 Timothy 4:16: Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.|Matthew 16:24-25: Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever wants to save his] life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
we love Lord Jesus Christ: John 3:30:He must increase, but I must decrease.|Ephesians 2:10:For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them|1 Corinthians 10:31:Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.|1 Timothy 4:16: Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.|Matthew 16:24-25: Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever wants to save his] life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
is possible with God: (My virtual response to Agassi's note to Nadal;POV spiritual:): Salvation is His gift and is impossible to achieve: Luke 18:25-27|Ephesians 2:8|Titus 3:5|Galatians 2:21!
is possible with God: (My virtual response to Agassi's note to Nadal;POV spiritual:): Salvation is His gift and is impossible to achieve: Luke 18:25-27|Ephesians 2:8|Titus 3:5|Galatians 2:21!
