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Am not sure which translation I like best:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“God’s plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.Colossians 1:27 GNB
OR,
“For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory”.Colossians 1:27 NLT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t plan to post anything today except a merry Christmas wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, its 4pm on Christmas day and I am laying on my couch with ‘clutter’ all around me. If you know me, you know I hate clutter and messy . My plan was to clear all this yesterday after our intimate Christmas Eve family dinner which is my hubby’s tradition. He prepares for us a 3 course lux meal#justChicken, not the usual beans we eat January to January .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway, am laying here and this verse which has been on my mind keeps coming back to me, so I decided to find it and read it again and from it, this is the encouragement I received and I hope it blesses you~from one former Gentile to another. Ooh so thankful for God’s grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Colossians 1:27, simple points out that the secret is that Christ is already in me and you. That’s not all, with him in us, He is moving in to our hearts with all the hope of all the mysteries of all glorious things that are yet to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How will He do that? His word says that , He will accomplish the work he started in us. Meaning that, He is perfecting us till He returns for us and at that time, the full revelation of all that seems mysterious, will be revealed to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are therefore still a work of art in His hands. Even though, we are His masterpiece, the work continues. The artist always continues perfecting their art until they are ready to showcase it~that’s how Christ is working on us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” is a call of expectation. It’s a call, calling us to rise up from the comfort zones and urging us to look forward to the promise we have been assured of being perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That hope of glory is what will fulfill all God’s promise of restoring us to Him. As Romans 8:19-24<\/a> puts it.
….”For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Against its will, all creation was subjected to God\u2019s curse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God\u2019s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don\u2019t need to hope for it…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1Peter 5:10 “In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you see how much we have received, with Christ in our hearts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the one that was promised, the one we have waited for , for so long and the same one who is here now in our hearts giving us , through His Holly Spirit a glimpse of the glorious glory that is about to come. {..Rom 8:23…”.And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory”,….}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, I want to continue walking in this confidence, and I hope you do too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s walk in the knowing that Christ is perfecting us and when the time comes and having been conformed to His image, we will get to gaze the real glimpse of His face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a glorious day that would be! Hallelujah!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rejoice, the hope of glory is here and we nolonger have to wait for Him. The same Spirit that raised Him from the dead, lives in you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receive Him. Freely He comes knocking on your heart~please, let’s let Him in as He longs to go about this life with us. We don’t have to do it alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, no matter how you are celebrating today, in low spirits , lonely or surrounded by family, let’s remember the big picture is that we have an assurance of the big inheritance and we are nolonger waiting for the one that was promised, He’s here now, let Him come in and give you that hope of glory that is full of life, riches beyond what our physical eyes can fathom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas to you all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#IFinallyFoundTheEnergyToShowerAndAtleastChangeFromPjs<\/a>. #ThisIsAHappyPostBtw<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelly.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Am not sure which translation I like best: “God’s plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.Colossians 1:27 GNBOR,“For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory”.Colossians 1:27 NLT. I didn’t plan to post anything today except a merry Christmas wish. Well, its 4pm on Christmas day and I am laying on my couch with ‘clutter’ all around me. If you know me, you know I hate clutter and messy . My plan was to clear all this yesterday after our intimate Christmas Eve family dinner which is my hubby’s tradition. He prepares for us a 3 course lux meal#justChicken, not the usual beans we eat January to January . 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