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In our media-saturated age, image consultants have become indispensable. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, and business leaders seem desperate to manage the way they are perceived in the eyes of the world. These high-priced consultants work to shape how their clients are viewedeven if sometimes there is a stark contrast between the public image and the real person inside.
In reality, what people needwhat all of us needis not an external makeover but an inner transformation. Our deepest flaws cannot be corrected cosmetically. They are directly related to who we are in heart and mind, and they reveal how far we have fallen from the image of God in which we were created. But such transformation is beyond any human ability to accomplish.
Only Christ offers us true transformationnot just a facelift or an outward adjustment. Paul said that those who have been raised to eternal life in Christ have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him (Col. 3:10).
New! What a tremendous word full of hope! Christ transforms us into new people in Himpeople with a new heart, not just fixed up to look good on the outside.
INSIGHT
: The letter to the Colossians is one of four epistles referred to as Pauls prison letters. Written during his first imprisonment (or house arrest) in Rome, these letters also include Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon. All of the letters were written to churches except for the one written to Philemon, who was apparently a dear friend of Paul (Philem. 1:1,7). Paul founded the Ephesian and Philippian churches, but there is no record in the New Testament that Paul was ever in Colosse.
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Great thread...wonderful pictures of our military guys/gals at work!
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Hello Ma...how are you tonight?
I had a great day. EGPWS took me out for an early birthday dinner today. He has to work Friday, so today was a better option than tomorrow as he goes to bed really early on his first of the week work day. (He only works Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
So...he took me to longhorn steak house. We both had a prime rib steak, baked tater, I had a salad (I’m a bad girl...I’m not suppose to have greens)...he had a watermelon margarita and I had a strawberry pina colada. I nearly cut the tip off my thumb and I still can’t get it to quit bleeding...I’m on blood thinners so it’s not a good idea for me to cut myself!
When we left the restaurant, he took me by dairy queen and got me a ice cream cake from there. He really spoiled me today! So I’m going to a good sleep with a belly full of the best meal I’ve had in a while.
Hope everyone is good! Hugs all around!
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Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our
Military, our Allies, and their families.
Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen
for today's activities
Making a quick stop to check out the latest.
Have a meeting this afternoon,
which I have to prepare for,
so I'll be in lurker mode most of the day.
Come in, sit down.
Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.
Mingle a bit, chat with the troops
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