Be a Good Example in Word and Deed

Jesus Christ would not be popular in today's society.  In fact people would still mock him as they did years ago.   Some people are inconsiderate to visitors at church.  They fail to realize when they do this that Jesus sees this, and that they are not having a Christ like attitude.   For example, a couple comes into a church building.  They do not know any one there.  They have muddy shoes.  Someone else criticizes them for getting the carpet dirty.  Plus, they get onto the couples children for smacking gum during the service.  They don't correct their own children for doing the same thing though. Then, others tell them "Oh, you can't sit there that's  my seat."   Next, a young lady comes in  and sits down in back row. She is shy person, and is sad.  No one offers to shake her hand.   In fact, people just get onto to her for wearing no shoes.  This is the not the kind of thing Christ would be pleased with.  Finally, a  new child joins the school your child attends. The new child  sits alone in the cafeteria, is ignored on the playground during recess,and is struggling to make good grades.
     If Jesus came into a church building with blood on his feet and hands, sadly enough most churches would tell him to leave cause his feet might stain their carpet.  If  Jesus sat next to someone most people would tell him to leave because he was different than them and make them feel uncomfortable.  If  Jesus was at the school your child attends would he be welcome?
     Wake up people!   What is popular, is not always what is right.   So welcome the visitors at church no matter what they look like, wear, or sit down, and  befriend the new child at school.   In just might make a difference in their life.
      Share Christ with others and be a good example to them too!

Keep on Growing Day by day!

It is important to keep growing spiritually day by day!

So keep doing all the following things: Read your Bible,Pray to God (He still listens to and answers prayers),Attend a Bible believing and teaching church,Sing Songs of Praise to God,Sing the psalms, Sing Songs about God's attributes,and other spiritual songs about him,Be a good example to others,Support Missionaries through prayer and financial support,Tithe,Go on short-term missions trips as the Lord leads you too and provides the means to do so,Memorize Bible verses,Apply the word to your life,Tell others about Jesus Christ (hand out gospel tracts,Bibles,tell your testimony,write poems about Jesus Christ,send notes,letters,e-mail messages, or cards with Bible verses that discuss salvation to unsaved realatives,etc.),Encourage Other Believers,and Be Compassionate to the Lost.

Comprise:Never?

Do not compromise! To all out there who are true Christians do not give up on God! He has not given up on you.
*Remember how he rescued Daniel from the Lion's Den?
*Remember how he helped David slay the Giant Goliath?
*Remember how kept the three Hebrew children from being burned in the fiery furnace?
*Remember how he protected Elijah the prophet from the wicked king Ahab,and his wife Jezebel's murderous plot against him?
* Remember how he used Rahab to keep the spies safe from those who wanted to cause them harm?
*Remember how he used Queen Esther to help rescue the Jews from thier enemies?
*Remember how he used Moses to help free the Jews from slavery in the land of Egypt?
*Remember how he used Gideon to defeat the Median nation?
*Remember how he used the Apostle Paul to help reach the nations with the good news of Jesus Christ?
* Remember how he used the Apostle Paul and Silas to reach the Philippian jailor,and his family with good news of Jesus Christ?
* Remeber how he used Joshua to help the nation of Isarel to make it to the promised land?
* Remeber how he used Isaiah to preach the truth to others during a time in which they needed it though they might not have all realized it at the time?
* Remeber how he used Nehemiah to help rebuild the wall and the city of Jerusalem after it was destroyed in the past?
*Remeber how he turned a shepherd boy into a king?
* Remeber how he used Solomon to build the temple in Jerusalem?
* Remeber how he used the Judges in the Bible to help the Jews to turn back to him after they had turned astray to serve idols instead?
* Remeber how he used Noah to build the ark,even though it had never rained before then?
* Remeber how he used Aaron to tell Moses what he wanted him to say to the Jewish nation?
* Remeber how he used the Scriptures to show the Pharisees,Saducces, and Sanhedrin that they were hyocrites,a generation of vipers,who loved the praise of men, more than they did the things of God?
* Remeber he h used a poor widow lady to feed Elijah during a time of famine in the land of Isarel?
*Remeber how he blessed her ,and never let her oil, or flour run out?
*Remeber how he used his word, the Bible, to help convict you of your sin, and draw you to himself?
*Remeber how he used his Son,Jesus Christ,the only perfect,and sinless one to die on the cross as an atonement for sin?
* Remeber how he used a storm at sea,to convict Jonah,of his wrong in not telling those in Nineveh about him the first time around?
* Remeber how he used a big fish to swallow Jonah when he was thrown overboard?
*Remeber how he used Jonah to reach the Ninevehites with the truth of the gospel after he had the fish puck him up on dry land?
*Remeber how he used a shade tree,that wilted to convict Jonah over his uncompassionate,unloving,and racist character?
*Remeber how he used Malachi to write the last book in the Old Testament,to prophize about the coming great day of the LORD, also known as the Tribulation period?
* Remeber how he used John to write the books John,I John, II John and III John all in the New Testament part of the Bible?
* Remeber how he used John,while he was in exile ,to write the last book in the New Testament,and of the Bible itself, Revelation?
* Remeber how he used the death,of Lazarus to bring glory and honor to him,so that he could rise Lazarus from the dead?
* Remeber how he rose from the dead himself,on the third day just as he said he would?
* Remeber how he promised to build a mansion in heaven for those who accept him as LORD and Saviour?
* Remeber how he promised to come again?
*Remeber how he kept all the promises he gave about his first coming to earth as God incarnate-God in the flesh?
*Remeber how he used ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things in both the Old and New Testaments?
*Remeber?
* Good cause all this remebering how he has used others to accomplish his plans in the past,should remind you that as a Christian God can use you accomplish many things for him,but only if you will let him,and continue to let him do so for that matter!
*So what ever you do, do not compromise!
*Keep on Obeying God!
* Never Compromise!
*Cause if you do it will make it harder to do the right thing by God later in life.
* So keep on Obeying him Now,and Later Too!

Keep on Growing!

You have heard of that phrase," When the going gets tough try ,try again!"
How about instead thank of this "When the growing gets hard,continue to rely on Christ! He will never let you down!"
Keep on keeping on!
Continue to grow spiritually!
Amen!

Spiritual Growth: Is it still possible?

Spiritual Growth may...
1. Seem like a thing of the past.
2. Good news: It is not!
a. It is possible even in today's worldly society.
b. how?
c. By reading the Bible
d. Memorizing Scripture
e. Praying to God
f. Listening to his answers.
g. Telling others about Jesus!
h. Continuing to tithe,and attend a local Bible teaching church!
i. Listening to psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
1. on the radio- k-love station
2. online at www. klove.com
j. Singing to God,about him
k. Applying things you learn to your life!
l. Resisting the devils temptations
m. Keep on keeping on serving God each and every day and night!

Spiritual Growth Still Important Now!

Spiritual growth is still as important now as it was in January of this year!

• Now that it is February, Satan will try to tempt you to slack off.
• Do not listen to the devil!
• Keep reading the Bible!
• Keep praying!
• Keeping memorizing Scripture!
• Keeping being a good example!
• Keeping witnessing to the lost!
• Keep attending a Bible believing church!
• Keep singing psalms,hymns and spiritual songs!
  
• Keep tithing!
• Keep supporting missionaries!
• Keep on applying God's Word to your life!
• Keep on serving God!
• Do not give up.
  
  
  
  
  

Spiritual growth is important :When? Now!

Spiritual growth is just as important now as it was yesterday, and all the days, nights, weeks, months, and years before this one!
So grow spiritually again this year, here in 2009!

Why is spiritual growth so important?

1. Because you love God!
   
2. To help one draw closer in his relationship to God as a believer.
3. To be able to be a good example to other believers.
4. To be able to be a good example to lost relatives, friends,neighbors, acquaintances, co workers,church visitors,and other lost people in general.
5. To be prepared to be on the look out for false teachings out there that Satan might try to use to lead you astray from the LORD.
6. To help you resist the devil (Satan) temptations to do wrong.
7. To help you warn others about Satan's lies.
8. To help you to encourage other believers to keep serving God.
9. To help you to teach the lost about God!
10. Because Satan and his demons (devils,the fallen angels) are still at large.
11. To help you to be a the kind of wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, neighbor,employer, boss,co worker, acquaintance, husband,father,brother,son,cousin, aunt, uncle, grandparent, teacher,preacher,etc. that God wants you to be.
12. So you can be a light to a world that is in darkness.