Monday, October 15, 2012
BE CONFIDENT !!!!!
He calls us not as we are but as who we are to be.
This should give each of us great confidence, and,
enable us to walk in great boldness.
The words we use can build others up, or tear them
down.
We must begin to see ourselves and others as God sees
us, not as our judgemental hearts see.
Be who God created you to be, not who the enemy
wants you to think you are.
Build others up with words of encouragement, build
their confidence so that they will take great steps
of faith.
Allow your faith to lead to big obedience and encouragement.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
LIVE BY FAITH, NOT SECURITY
How we live our days is how we live our lives.
We each need to discover for ourselves how to live
this day in faithful surrender to God as we "continue to work
out our salvation with fear and trembling"Phil. 2:12.
Ask yourself, "is this the most loving way to live life ?
I urge you to consider and actually live as though each person that you
come into contact with is Jesus Christ.
Just as there are different utensils in the kitchen that serve
different functions, God has created unique people to accomplish
a variety of different purposes throughout the world.
We must learn to listen and obey God, especially in a society
where its easy and expected to do what is most comfortable.
See, most of our talk doesn't match our lives.
We say things like, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
me". "Trust in the Lord with all your heart."
Then we live and plan like we don't believe God even exists.
We try to set our lives up so everything will be fine even if God
doesn't come through.
But true faith means holding nothing back.
It means putting every hope in Gods fidelity to His promises.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU
I just was thinking how others look up to me.
They look up to me because of my "title",
my title is Pastor.
Yes its true that I enjoy the respect I receive,
yet I give much respect.
The teenagers that I pastor are just what they are, teenagers.
They come from different backgrounds, they all have their
own personal problems.
I am there for each of them in any way that they need me to be,
I try to live my life as an example of Jesus Christ.
These teens need to be loved and cared for, they need to laugh,
they need to cry.
They know that they can count on me for anything.
They call, text, and come over at all hours, there is no limit
to what I will not do for any of these kids and they all know it.
We all love to be respected and admired for what we do.
If we are not careful we can let it all go to our head.
For me, the greatest part of it all is knowing that,
"I AM NO DIFFERENT" than any of them.
I deal with the same problems and struggles as they do.
The only difference is my relationship with Christ.
He is the one that I call upon for all things.
I love what He has done in my life and want the same for
every one of these kids. Yet at times I can say that I have not
been faithful. I have questioned God in prayer.
These kids all understand who I am and who I live for.
I am on a journey, a journey to the Kingdom.
The most important thing in my relationship with these kids
is that they know that "I AM NO DIFFERENT' than them.
They must know that I am human and they can watch me
put my trust in Christ.
What God has done for me He will do for them, "I AM NO DIFFERENT".
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