Christ Magnified Part 2, 3/29-31/20

29-31 March 2020 - Christ is Magnified Part 2  

Manna Dorothy & Tony Callies developed on 3/25/20

From the Passion translation: "No matter what, I will continue to hope & passionately cling to Christ, so that He will be openly revealed through me before everyone’s eyes. So I will not be ashamed! In my life or in my death, Christ will be magnified in me. My true life is the Anointed One, & dying means gaining more of Him" Philippians 1:20-21 TPT.

(Thanks to Dean Hardy from biblegateway.com)

What was the purpose of Apostle Paul’s writing to Philippians 1:20-21? Reading commentary mentioned this: The Philippians’ Church was so discouraged over Paul’s staying in prison for so long.  They had prayed for his prison's release and that didn’t happened. So he wrote to encourage the church people that there is a victory for God’s purpose in his imprisonment … is found in Philippians 1:12-30.

Paul suffered in prison had advanced the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So Apostle Paul was able to say, “No matter what, I will continue to hope & passionately cling to Christ, so that He will be openly revealed through me before everyone’s eyes. So I will not be ashamed! In my life or in my death, Christ will be magnified in me. My true life is the Anointed One, & dying means gaining more of Him” Philippians 1:20-21 TPT.

Dorothy: That impressed me of how Paul respond to his being in prison for a long time. I think we could relate this similar case with today’s crisis time because of the strange plague that force many of us to stay home until the crisis time is over.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we seek You to show us Your purpose for our lives.  I believe You have been able to reach many people who were too busy for You, now turn to You for salvation and to study Your Word to find the purpose for their lives.  Help us to turn the crisis time into blessings time with You and Your Word, the Bible. Thank You for giving us the courage and patience for working inside of us. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

I was going over this song again and I felt something was missing so I checked the Inspiring Choruses again and sure enough, one line missing … Sorry!

Song repeat with correction on missing line.

Song: It gives Strength to Me

It give strength to me

   as I worship Thee

And my mouth is

   filled with praise.

He will break the bands

   as I lift my hands

And give glorious liberty.

(Inspiring Choruses)

May God bless you!

Dorothy

Christ is Magnified 3/22-28/20

22-28 March 2020 - Christ is Magnified – Manna by Dorothy & Tony Callies

Philippians 1:20 “. . . Christ will be magnified in my body . . .” KJV, NKJV.

I look up the meaning of the word, magnified and it gives two meaning: extol and praise. Extol is to be lifted up in praise.  Praise is to glorify Christ.  How can Christ be magnified in my body as Paul quoted this?  So I looked up several translations.

Philippians 1:20 – Translations

NCV “. . . I have the courage to show the greatness of Christ in my life . . .”

NIRV “. . . Christ will be lifted high through my body.  He will be lifted up . . .”

NLT “. . . my life will always honor Christ . . .”

Key: You can expect to enjoy God’s presence when you honor Christ with your life.”

Song: Moment by Moment

Moment by moment I’m kept in His love;

Moment by moment I’ve life from above.

Looking to Jesus till glory does shine;

Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.

(Daniel W. Whittle, The Celebration Hymnal)

Song: It gives Strength To Me

It give strength to me

   as I worship Thee

And my mouth is

   filled with praise.

He will break the bands

   as I lift my hands

And give glorious liberty.

(Inspiring Choruses)

Dorothy: Good morning and I hope this simple Manna bless you as it has to me.  So I felt like I’m honoring Christ by helping and serving Tony.  So my body is active honoring Christ through helping Tony.  So this verse was clear when it says, “Christ will be magnified in my body.” I like the NLT that says, “my life will always honor Christ.”

May the Lord bless you today!

Dorothy 
PS. I add the missing line in 2nd song. 

Rose of Sharon 3/15-21/20

15-21 March 2020 - Rose of Sharon – Manna by Dorothy/Tony Callies

Song of Solomon 2:1 “I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”

In the land of Israel, Sharon is the coastal plain just south of Mount Carmel. Christ is often compared into the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys—common flowers of the field. This expresses His presence with us. There are songs about Christ as the type of the Rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys. It has brought a close relationship between me and Christ when I sang these songs to Him, ‘Sweet Jesus’ and ‘The Lily of the Valley.’ It just reminds me of what Christ is to me and you.

Song: Sweet Jesus
Sweet Jesus, sweet Jesus, What a wonder You are,
You’re brighter than the morning star;
You’re fairer, much fairer,
Than the lily that grows by the way side,
Precious, more precious than gold.
You’re like the rose of Sharon,
You’re the fairest of the fair,
You are all my heart could e’er desire;
Sweet Jesus, sweet Jesus, What a wonder You are,
You’re precious, more precious than gold.
[Words and Music by Paul Goodwin]

Song: The Lily of the Valley
I have found a friend in Jesus, He’s everything to me;
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay;
He tells me every care on Him to roll.
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the bright and morning Star;
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
[Lyrics: Charles W. Fry; Music: William S. Hays]

Dorothy: It is a relief to my inner spirit when I kept my mind on Jesus and singing to Him in spite or “hearing” about the plague event. The first week of Sunday morning the Deaf group met together and the subject was about the plague and what’s happenings.   
            Immediately, the Lord brought to my mind “The Brazen Serpent.” I remember the story well and I share the story of how the people complained against God and Moses.  This anger God so He sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died from it. 

            The people repented for spoken against God and Moses and they asked Moses to take away the serpents from them. So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord spoke to Moses to make a brazen serpent, and set it upon a pole, and that anyone that is bitten, to look upon the pole and that person shall live.  [Ref: Numbers 21:4-9]

            The same way if anyone were “bitten” by the plague, look up to the cross of Jesus and they shall live. And for the rest of us, just remind ourselves when we pray, think about the cross of Jesus and He will deliver us from any kind of plagues in Jesus’ name. Amen.

God bless you, Dorothy

Memory Crisis 2008 3/8-14/20

08-14 March 2020 - Memory of Crisis 2008 - Revised Dec. 2015 Callies’ News

Psalm 34:7-8 “The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear God, and He saves them.  Examine and see how good the Lord is.  Happy is the person who trusts Him.”

On December 2015, the Memory of Christmas crisis was seven years ago on Dec. 19, 2008. After reading the crisis news, the Lord reminded me of how He was always with Tony and me. I wrote this news in December 22, 2008 for Fresh Manna.

            [As for news, we had no power last Friday, Dec. 19th until Dec. 21, 2008 when we came home to check the power on late Sunday morning. We stayed at Double Tree Hotel which is across the lake from our apartment. It was like a special Christmas date on Saturday night when it got too cold to stay in our apartment on the second night with no power.
            I had the Fresh Manna ready but no power and something urged me to go to Panera. I remembered they had Wi-Fi so we were there on Saturday morning for breakfast. I was able to transfer from document saved to Fresh Manna. Awesome to me, there was a way to do that when power went out.]

O taste and see that the Lord is good. You are blessed when you trust in God! Maybe you had some crisis time in the past or recently, but you learn to trust in God in all things that we don’t always understand. When we trust God, notice something? We feel good! That is a feeling of God’s blessing on you when we trust in Him! I am reminded of a . . .

Song, ‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus!

‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to take Him at His word.
Just to rest upon His promise,

Just to know “Thus saith the Lord.”
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,

How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er.
Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!

Oh for grace to trust Him more.
(Lyrics: Louisa M. R. Stead, Sing His Praise)

Dorothy: After reading this Manna of 2008 and 2015, now we enter the year of 2020! I cannot imagine to be without the heater in our old apartment over the weekend, but I’ve learned the value of trusting the Lord that He made a way by finding a place to stay. And that memory of Jesus’ presence was even sweeter while we stayed at the hotel.

This Manna is just simply a great encouragement of how God works things for good and how He allowed His presence to be sweeter. It makes me think of a sentence from a song something like, “Sweeter as the day goes by.”  Maybe someday I’ll find it or google it, but for now I just want to say, thank You, Jesus for being so sweet . . .

May God bless you!

Dorothy

Faith to Endure 3/1-7/20

01-07 March 2020 - Faith to Endure – Manna by Dorothy Callies

Romans 5:3 ESV “Suffering produces endurance.”

Song: He Giveth More Grace

He giveth more grace

     when the burden grows greater;

He sendeth more strength

      when the labors increase.

To added (more) affliction

     He addeth (increase) His mercy;

To multiplied (many) trials,

     His multiplied (increase) peace.

Chorus:

His love has no limit (is far out);

His grace has no measure (are plentiful);

His power has no boundary (no limit)

     known unto men.

For out of His infinite (plentiful) riches in Jesus,

He giveth, and giveth and giveth again!

(Anne Johnson Flint, Sing His Praise)

I questioned God, “Why do we have to go through day by day’s struggles?” I searched for an answer since I quoted healing scriptures, claimed the authority of healing, believed for miracles and many more. Watching several preachers on closed captioned on TV, teaching the Words of God to build our faith and to encourage us to keep on trusting God.

I flipped through certain pages from the song book, looking for something to inspire me. Just several days ago the words came to me, “He gives more grace when the burden grows greater.” So I typed the song that touched my heart. 

Then by chance I read “Our Daily Bread” devotion on Feb. 28, 2020, “The Faith to Endure.” I could not believe that God gave me an answer through this last statement, after reading the story of Ernest Shackleton’s trip to cross Antarctica in 1914 and of Paul’s shipwreck.

“When disasters strikes, we tend to want God to immediately make everything better.  But God gives us the faith to endure and grow.  As Paul wrote to the Romans, “Suffering produces endurance” (Romans 5:3 ESV). Knowing that, we can encourage each other to keep trusting God in hard times.”

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I appreciate Your answer from God’s Word that “suffering produces endurance.” Your Word reminds me that Jesus suffered through trying times and because of that Jesus is able to help us who are going through trying times according to Heb. 2:18.  We still hold on to Your promises of strength and healing in the name of Jesus. Thank You for being a caring Father, Abba.  We love You. Amen!

God bless you!

Dorothy