Zebra Ministries

Good morning Zebras,

For the past few days I’ve been having trouble with my printer, I thought it was broken until it printed something for Gary and then I knew the problem was me.  So, I set about figuring out what I was doing wrong.  It turned out the printer and my computer weren’t connected properly.

Personally, I think a “poor connection” is also why we don’t look like the men and women we read about in the New Testament.  We want to blame others, but the truth is the problem probably lies with us.

John 15:4: “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”

I love you Zebras and I know I keep saying the same thing, but nothing is more important than the connection you have with God and that connection is only as strong as you make it.  Power like Paul’s comes at a price.

Philippians 3:8–11: “What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.  I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.”

Love,

Jill