To Live Is Christ and to Die Is Gain - LAST SOAP Devotional From Pastor Jamie Before Retirement!
As Pastor Jamie comes to the conclusion of this chapter of history, it is with deep personal gratitude and heartfelt warmth that I pause to wish him well. While I'll miss the opportunity to stop by and chat with him on a daily basis, because as he always says "My office door is never open by accident", I know he is only a phone call away. On to the next, my brother...as Jamie also says, "If you're not dead, you're not done!" Give 'em heaven, brother!!! Read Philippians 1 https://www.biblegateway.com/ passage/?search=Philippians% 201&version=NLT Philippians 1:21- For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. This is one of the occasions where I prefer the way the NIV translates this verse, and this is how I memorized it a number of years ago: "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Paul detailed a personal struggle he had as it related to living or dying. he was both getting older and coming un...