Week of April 9, 2006 Philippians 2:5-11

One of the Scriptures for Sunday, Palm Sunday beginning Holy Week, is from Philippians 2, 5-11, where Paul talks about Jesus as both fully God and fully man:
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
9 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 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Dear Jesus, this mystery is hard to grasp. You are fully God and You are fully man, made in human likeness.

When I face my daily routine, and look forward to the day, remind me that You did the same. Help me to look to the cross, to walk in Your path, and to accept any suffering in my life as a reminder of all You suffered for me. My greatest desire, Jesus, is to be like You, a servant to others, and respond to others with love and grace, forgiving shortfalls and encouraging those I meet….

And Jesus, may every knee bow to You, in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, and may every tongue confess that You, Jesus Christ are Lord of lords and King of kings.

Thanks for being my Savior and my King. And thanks for Your power, Your peace, Your presence with us always…. Amen.

The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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May God be with you now and always.