{"id":2863,"date":"2019-10-07T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2019-10-07T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:13:08","slug":"fly-the-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/10\/07\/fly-the-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly the flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Ephesians 5:1-13<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Vs 1\u00a0Therefore be imitators of God as dear children<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for more than 60 years. Her monarchy has been characterized by grace and class. She has diligently given her life to serve her people well, and as a result she is deeply loved and highly revered. So, you can understand the importance of the flag flying above Buckingham Palace. When the flag is flying, it means that she is in residence in the heart of London. The flag is a public statement that the queen is present with her people.<\/div>\n<div>As I was thinking about that, it occurred to me that our King Jesus is in residence in our hearts as our \u201cnever leave you nor forsake you\u201d Monarch (Heb. 13:5). As wonderful as that is to us personally, I wonder if those around us would recognize that He is in residence based on the way we live? If He is within us, that will show on the outside. As Paul says, we are to be \u201cimitators of God\u201d and to \u201cwalk in love, as Christ also has loved us\u201d (Eph. 5:1-2). As we do so, we will display joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal.\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\">5:22-23<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div>So let\u2019s fly the flag of His presence\u2014the flag of His grace, righteousness, and love\u2014so that others may see Him through us.<\/div>\n<div><strong>PRAYER<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Dear Lord,<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>\u00a0remind me that Your presence in my heart<br \/>\nis intended to be a public reality. May I so value<br \/>\nall the blessings of Your presence that I am<br \/>\nwilling to share them generously with others.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>THOUGHT FOR THE DAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Fly the flag of Christ\u2019s presence to show that the King is in residence in your life.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Christian Education Forum, Diocese of NAE of the Mar Thoma Church<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ephesians 5:1-13 Vs 1\u00a0Therefore be imitators of God as dear children Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for more than 60 years. Her monarchy has been characterized by grace and class.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ephesians5-1-13.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}