Baby Bagg/Christ Family Mission

01/07/2024

Jesus died on the cross for everyone-
Receive!!

01/06/2024

https://youtu.be/l4QUoo9T5II?si=y4VDxYieVdH6NJ6J

ORIGINAL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/UqvJ2ODe8O0?si=2ETau27gTPvk_Jm4

01/04/2024

💞 We are excited about Valentines!

Come shop our sweetheart attire for the holiday! 💝

01/04/2024

🌳 Great tire swing!

12/27/2023

12/22/2023

Friday Greetings
Break Out of the Mold

The world - those we know and deal with on a daily basis - is continually trying to conform us to its image. The word conform means "to be similar in form or character; to behave in accordance with prevailing modes or customs." Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed to this world, ." And 3 John 1:11 says not to imitate what is evil, but to imitate the good things of God. People will always try to fit us into their mold, partly due to their own insecurity. It makes them feel better about what they are doing if they can get someone else to do it too. Very few people have the ability to be who they are and let everybody else be who they are. Can you imagine how nice the world would be if we would all do that? If each person would be secure in who he is and let others be who they are? Then we would not have to try to conform and be imitations of each other. I want to encourage you today to believe you can be an imitator of Christ and break out of the world's mold! Prayer Starter: Holy Spirit, keep me from falling into the trap of conforming to the world's mold. In Jesus Name please Help me to imitate good and live like Christ.

10/06/2023

https://youtube.com/shorts/n1l6RDLnoWE?si=5FMg7zC8FSrnb1aY

10/05/2023

https://youtube.com/shorts/U1WYhh_b7rE?si=uUU56G8nTbcLo8-k

09/28/2023

Thursdays GreeTings!!!
Get Up and Clean Up!

In John 5, there's a story about a man who I believe represents a lot of people who refuse to change. During a Jewish feast in Jerusalem, Jesus visited the Bethesda pool where sick people gathered, hoping to get healed. One of the people waiting to get healed was a man who had been crippled for 38 years. When Jesus saw him, He asked if he wanted to be healed. To me, the man's answer tells us why he hadn't been healed in 38 years. He said, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred." Bottom line, the man was avoiding responsibility. His second problem was that he blamed others. The man said, "While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me." How did Jesus respond? Jesus didn't feel sorry for him. Instead, Jesus said, rather sternly, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." For change to occur in your life, you can't be a prisoner of your circumstances. Know that God is willing to help you today. You just have to decide to trust Him, get up, and actively pursue the freedom He's giving you.

Prayer Starter: God, I don't want to be a victim of my circumstances. I want to change. I receive Your strength and Your freedom today. I believe that real change can occur in my life as I walk with You in The Name of Jesus Amen

09/27/2023

Putting on the Gift of God's Righteousness

Here are two very important questions that you need to ask yourself: 'Do I know who I am in Christ?'And 'Am I walking in righteousness?' Too many people can't properly answer these questions and it keeps them from living in the freedom and peace that God designed for them to walk in. The moment we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior, the Bible says God takes away our sin and gives us His righteousness. It's a gift, and we don't need to earn it. But we do need to put it on, and every time we do, we receive His peace. When you know who you are in Christ, worldly obstacles won't matter anymore. When you know that He loves you and He died for you, you'll just get up every day and do your best to love God. When that happens, when you know who you are in Christ, you can put on and walk in the righteousness that He purchased for you. As you experience His love for you, your natural response will be to live for Him with all that you have. Prayer Starter: Lord God, I want to be constantly aware of who I am in You. Help me to remember all that You've done for me so that I can daily put on Your righteousness, in Jesus’ Name Amen

09/24/2023

Knowing God’s Will

To live outside of God’s will puts us in danger; to live in His will makes us dangerous. — Erwin McManus

Part of growing in Christ is learning that we have a part to play in it. Yes, it’s the amazing power of God that’s transforming us, but we participate in the transformative process. While God could intervene in our lives in a way that we don’t have to do anything, He doesn’t—we’re free to make our own choices.

We often exhibit impatience in our lives and want to get to the result quicker than is reasonable. We want to be in our best shape ever after going to the gym for a week. We want to climb the career ladder after being on the job for a month. We want to have lifelong friendships shortly after we become friends. These desires are only fulfilled once we’ve put in effort. When we’ve stayed consistent at the gym, worked hard at our job, and invested in our friendships, then we get results.

A similar example we find in the Bible is in Romans 12:2, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” (NIV)

That sounds amazing, right? We’d love to be able to discern His will while we live on earth. And this verse tells us that we can truly do just that. But, we have to make the choice to not conform to the world’s standard, but instead, be inwardly transformed first.

For us to believe that we can “test and approve” what God’s plans are and then live our lives in any way we want seems a bit backwards, doesn’t it? If we’re living for ourselves and not allowing God to lead us, how is it possible to know what God’s plans are? This doesn’t mean that we make perfect choices in our pursuit of following Jesus. What it does mean is that we are pursuing Jesus. As we do, Jeremiah 29:13 says that we’ll find Him. And when we find Him, we’ll start to see His purposes and plans laid out before us.

Let’s be clear: we don’t do anything to earn our salvation. Jesus covered that once and for all by dying on the cross. But when it comes to growing our faith, we do have a part to play.

In the next three days of this Plan, we’ll look at other passages in the Bible where we play a part first before yielding the spiritual benefits listed.

Reflect
Do you feel that you have “conformed” to the world’s standards? In what areas of your life do you see this? Ask God to show you where you’ve chosen to follow the ways of the world instead of seeking God.