As I meditated upon how the apostle Paul said, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8, NIV), and this causes me to see the greater dimension of Christ’s sacrifice when He urges one to lay down his life for his friends if he has greater love for others (John 15:13, NIV). And, this encourages me to sacrifice my life down for the friends I love, like how Jesus died for me and have my guilt of sins away by His unconditional love. Indeed, I read how St. Augustine said, “the answer to the mystery of Christ is to be found in His sacrificial spirit, the supreme evidence of which is the cross. We will never in our mortal state be able to grasp the full meaning of the cross. But what we do grasp gives us a clue to what lies in the heart of the Infinite” as he pointed this inside the Every Day Light online devotional text.
Truly, this encourages me to prepare myself as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God as I walk in His love (Ephesians 5:2, NIV), just as Christ gave Himself up to God. By this, I thank Jesus to know how He has rescued me from the present evil age, in accordance to the will of my God and Father (Galatians 1:4, NIV). Hence, this prompts me to have a sacrificial attitude within me to serve others like how someone said, “To understand art one must have art within one; to understand music one must have music within one” as he said it inside the Every Day Light online devotional text too.
Through my sacrificial attitude, I desire to live my life in a self-controlled, upright manner that reflects the godly life within me which flows outwardly to others in this present age, as I wait for the blessed hope before the appearing of the glory of my great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. And, this also prompts me to live by the righteousness of God and to praise Him for His healing me wholly by the grace of His wounds (1 Peter 2:24, Titus 2:12-13, NIV) as I did my New Year’s Day reading.
Are you living a sacrificial life today?
Have a blessed new year ahead!
Profile Background:
Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under Human Capital Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR PowerBank (7th Dec 2021 to 3rd June 2022) | Former Project Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant |A Connecter in ServeHope Pte Ltd & GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd | A KeyGuard Specialist @(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for 10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch) | an Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug to Oct 2017); A Founder in the ground up initiative project called – Project Stories for LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a former member of the Special Needs Cluster) |A PwD Advocate – a representing voice of the Disabled Community to the public today.
Prayer Response to this featured article:
Jesus, enable us to live a sacrificial life today.
(Written by Jeremy Koh, 1st January 2021 – New Year’s Day)
Truly, this encourages me to prepare myself as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God as I walk in His love (Ephesians 5:2, NIV), just as Christ gave Himself up to God. By this, I thank Jesus to know how He has rescued me from the present evil age, in accordance to the will of my God and Father (Galatians 1:4, NIV). Hence, this prompts me to have a sacrificial attitude within me to serve others like how someone said, “To understand art one must have art within one; to understand music one must have music within one” as he said it inside the Every Day Light online devotional text too.
Through my sacrificial attitude, I desire to live my life in a self-controlled, upright manner that reflects the godly life within me which flows outwardly to others in this present age, as I wait for the blessed hope before the appearing of the glory of my great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. And, this also prompts me to live by the righteousness of God and to praise Him for His healing me wholly by the grace of His wounds (1 Peter 2:24, Titus 2:12-13, NIV) as I did my New Year’s Day reading.
Are you living a sacrificial life today?
Have a blessed new year ahead!
Profile Background:
Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under Human Capital Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR PowerBank (7th Dec 2021 to 3rd June 2022) | Former Project Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant |A Connecter in ServeHope Pte Ltd & GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd | A KeyGuard Specialist @(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for 10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch) | an Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug to Oct 2017); A Founder in the ground up initiative project called – Project Stories for LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a former member of the Special Needs Cluster) |A PwD Advocate – a representing voice of the Disabled Community to the public today.
Prayer Response to this featured article:
Jesus, enable us to live a sacrificial life today.
(Written by Jeremy Koh, 1st January 2021 – New Year’s Day)
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