Inspirational Nugget: Yusra Mardini at 18
At the age of 18, Yusra Mardini made history as one of the members of the first Olympic refugee team in Rio de Janeiro. While fleeing Syria the previous summer, she helped save the lives of fellow refugees after the overloaded dinghy taking them to Greece started to sink. She jumped into the Aegean Sea and helped push their vessel to safety.
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/
The Spirit of the Lord; a Planting of the Lord
Isaiah 61:3 New International Version – …and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendour.
Wow, a planting of the Lord? Wow, this means us being in Christ and on earth means we have been planted into God like how a normal tree will also be planted into the earth or soil. Now, do we know the more a tree grows, the more its rootS get deep in the earth and the more it widens it branches and even stems?
This is the same way we have being planted through the Holy Ghost in Christ Jesus, in the garden of God, wow, this means no one can come into the garden of God to get us uprooted from Him.
But for us to remain there stronger and stronger, we need to grow in Him so our roots get deepened in Him and our branches get widen.
Confession
I am planted in God, by the Holy Spirit in the precious Name of Jesus, amen!
Daily Scripture Study
John 15:1-8
