Snowrose
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Hello dear friends,
Today I read a story online given by the Forest Baptist Church in Ontario, Canada that I have to share with you. It is a story of (QUOTE) a very talented pianist name Brent Tallent. When he was a young man, a very well-known soloist came to his church, and he had the privilege of serving as her accompanist. He was excited, seeing this as an opportunity to demonstrate his skills at the keyboard.
During the rehearsal, he proceeded to run his fingers up and down the keyboard in Liberace style while she sang the first stanza of her song.
Following the initial verse, she stopped, looked at Brent and said with a smile: ‘You know Brent, I really make a wonderful accompanist for you!’
And the light went on for Brent. He saw what he had done. He was to be the accompanist. He was to support a soloist – never overshadowing and calling attention to his own skills.
In short, he was to do everything he could to make her ‘look and sound good.’ That is a very powerful metaphor of what is really means to honour others above ourselves. Every Christian is to be an accompanist, to every other Christian. We’re all to make one another ‘look and sound good.’
(So my dear friends)... it is (our) responsibility as a Christian is to make others look and sound good, and when we do we’ll be honouring others above ourselves. (END QUOTE)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 1 John 4:19-21
Please honour and love one another dear ones. Do not grieve the Father's heart who loves us so dearly.
Blessings,
Snowrose
Today I read a story online given by the Forest Baptist Church in Ontario, Canada that I have to share with you. It is a story of (QUOTE) a very talented pianist name Brent Tallent. When he was a young man, a very well-known soloist came to his church, and he had the privilege of serving as her accompanist. He was excited, seeing this as an opportunity to demonstrate his skills at the keyboard.
During the rehearsal, he proceeded to run his fingers up and down the keyboard in Liberace style while she sang the first stanza of her song.
Following the initial verse, she stopped, looked at Brent and said with a smile: ‘You know Brent, I really make a wonderful accompanist for you!’
And the light went on for Brent. He saw what he had done. He was to be the accompanist. He was to support a soloist – never overshadowing and calling attention to his own skills.
In short, he was to do everything he could to make her ‘look and sound good.’ That is a very powerful metaphor of what is really means to honour others above ourselves. Every Christian is to be an accompanist, to every other Christian. We’re all to make one another ‘look and sound good.’
(So my dear friends)... it is (our) responsibility as a Christian is to make others look and sound good, and when we do we’ll be honouring others above ourselves. (END QUOTE)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 1 John 4:19-21
Please honour and love one another dear ones. Do not grieve the Father's heart who loves us so dearly.
Blessings,
Snowrose
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