The transitioning: The story of Philemon and Onesimus is one about trust, friendship, and betrayal. It is a story that depicts the restoration that is found in Christ Jesus. Onesimus ran away from his home, where he was a slave, because of wrongdoing. He became an unprofitable servant. Some say that Onesimus ran away from
An act of love.
It belongs to Christ: Everything on earth and everywhere else that exists belongs to Christ. When Christ came into the world, his father made sure that he lacked nothing. Everything, including God’s most precious creation, was handed to him (Mt 11:27). God gave everything, visible and invisible, to his Son with the responsibility to finish
Ten, the perfect number
The gain in talents: In the parable of the ten talents, the rich man leaves and distributes his goods to his servants for them to make gains. To one, he gives five talents, and he goes and gains five more. To another, two talents, and he too goes and gains two more talents. And, to
In cloud nine
The praying experience: Prayer is an elevated form of speaking with God. The biblical form of prayer, such as kneeling or lying face down on the ground, if possible, isolating everything else from your mind, is the preferred type of prayer. God will hear you in whatever position your body will tolerate when you pray.