Our Mission To love all people at all times and lead them into a new life in Christ.
Our Vision To be a church that will be multicultural and generational, having a lasting impact on the people to whom we minister.
To see the gospel extend beyond the walls of our church through various outreaches.
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“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.” James 3:13-14(NKJV)
Do you consider yourself to be wise or understanding? How do you know if you are? This scripture says you will show it by your good conduct. Truth is most people do not even know what good conduct is. We struggle with all kinds of conduct that hinders our walk with God and affects other people. There is a choice in every situation. Do we do what we “know” or what we “know is right’? We can only operate on the input we have received through out our lives whether good or bad. We live like the people we know if we do not know any other truth.
All people need to be changed from what we were when we were born. Otherwise, we will all choose the wrong standards for our life. We are all products of our experiences in life and how we let them affect us. I am what I am because of the way in which I have processed the information I have been given. I hate because I was taught to hate. I fear because I was taught to fear. I am prejudice because I was taught to be prejudice. I hold un-forgiveness because I was taught to. I judge others because I have been told that they judge me. Do you see that this is a vicious cycle that we allow to control us? Why is it easier to do unto others what they do unto me than doing unto others what I would have them do to me?
Who starts the process in motion? Why do I think it should always be them? Nothing ever changes until someone makes an effort to change. Does being nice to someone give them an advantage over me? Evil is based on force, but good is based on love. No one does, on purpose, evil to one they love in order to hurt them. When we speak evil of another we are attempting to hurt them. Why? Mostly because we do not like how their conduct affected us. Why do we always think our feelings are the most important in the world? Be more like Jesus. He laid aside all His feels for your sake.
YOUR NEIGHBOR Mark 12:31
Jesus says that our love for others should compare favorably to the attention we give to our own needs. When we’re hungry, we find something in the refrigerator. When we’re sleepy, we go to bed. We don’t spend a lot of time wondering if we have this need or that one. We just meet it. Our love for others should have the same reflexive quality. When we see their needs, we simply meet those needs.
Too often, we get wrapped up in our own little worlds, and we’re consumed with our own needs without even noticing the needs of those around us. Or we’re so exhausted at the end of each day that we can’t imagine giving out to anyone else, such as to demanding kids or a spouse who is at least as tired as we are.
We have to break this cycle, back up, regroup, and bring some sanity to our lives so we’ll have the perspective, energy, and compassion for the people we see each day, and especially those who live under the same roof with us. Then we can love them like we love ourselves. LIFE PROMISES FOR LEADERS-Zig Ziglar
GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO GOD
John 17:18 “As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.”
JOHN 17:18
We are not from the world. Through the new birth, we come from God and should constantly remind ourselves of this. It is not good to be too “at home” in the world. We are in the world but are not of the world. Great men and women of God have always had this attitude.
The primary reason that God chooses to use those who are nothing by the world’s standards, is so no one else can take credit for the great things that are accomplished.
If the Lord used those who had it “all together” in the natural, then they would share the glory that rightfully belongs to God alone. But when the Lord works miraculously through someone who obviously has no talent or ability, then everyone says, “This must be God.”
Not only does this keep others from misdirecting the glory that belongs to God, but it keeps the person who God uses from swelling up with pride. One of Satan’s greatest weapons against someone who is being used by God is to tempt them to think that the Lord is using them because they possess some superior virtue.
God uses “nobodies.” If we think we’ve become “somebody” (in our flesh), then we will cease being used. He will not share His glory with anyone else (Isa. 42:8).
Andrew Wommack
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matt. 5:17 “Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. he who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Matt. 13:43(NKJV)
“Do all things without complaining and disputing that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you shine as lights in the world.” Phil. 2:14-15(NKJV)
“They shall be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, on the day that I make them my jewels and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.” Mal. 3:17(NKJV)
The Scriptures make it plain that we are the light of the world because we belong to Jesus and He is the ultimate light of the world. All that we do is supposed to glorify God. People are to watch us and then glorify God for what they see. How do we “shine” when we are only human? Our light is the reflected light of Jesus in us. We shine only as bright as we reflect Him in our lives.
God calls us His jewels and that puts us in a special place with Him. Let’s consider a diamond for our example. A diamond is a piece of coal put under pressure and heat for a long time. When the work is done the coal becomes a diamond and shines brightly when it reflects sunlight. We were a piece of carbon (coal) but the power and fire of God changed us into a jewel when we accepted Christ. We can then reflect “Son-light”.
All diamonds are made up of the same thing but not all diamonds shine the same. The better the inside of the diamond the more it reflects the light. Put a diamond in the mud and it remains a diamond. But it will not reflect light when it is covered in mud. Just because it is in the mud doesn’t turn it back into a piece of coal. It is still a diamond and if you clean it up it will still shine. It is the nature of a diamond to shine. No matter how much light you shine on a black piece of coal it will never reflect it. But, as a diamond, it will.
We have been changed from darkness to light, from death to life, from lost to saved. All of this because God took a piece of carbon, applied His power, and made it a diamond. That is a “new creation”. Now, shine like you were made to shine! Remember, you are still a diamond even if you are covered with mud.
* EL-SHADDAI
Gen. 17:1-3 “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God (El-”Shaddai)i; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him . . .”
The name “God Almighty.” or El Shaddai in the Hebrew emphasizes God’s ability to handle any situation that confronts His people. “El” is the singular form of Elohim, and “Shaddai” is literally “sufficient” or “self-sufficient”.
God wanted Abram to know He is in control of every situation. Satan tries to destroy us from within. He can give us physical trouble, and he can give us much opposition in the work we try to do for the Lord. But the frontline for the battleground is your mind. Satan knows that if he can defeat your thoughts, he’ll defeat your faith. He wants to make you skeptical of God’s promises. So he seizes on every setback and problem as an accusation to bring to your mind.
But God told Abram, “I am the Almighty God. . .” In other words, he said, “Abram, you see a lot of obstacles ahead, You see only the problems. But I’m bigger than any of your problems, and I’ll fulfill my promises to you despite all the problems, if you’ll turn them over to me.”
God is able to take care of whatever trouble I’m facing! He may not show me how He’s going to do it; He doesn’t have to show me. He only reminds me that He is the Almighty God, more powerful than any problem in my life. God, the Almighty, El-Shaddai, is far greater than any political theory or economic system or social utopia. God blesses those who are faithful to Him, even when His blessings contradict human logic.
*…Lester Sumrall THE NAMES OF GOD
Kenneth Hagin peached an awesome message on this and included the phase–”El shaddai, the God who is more than enough. Which includes the idea, if God doesn’t have it, HE’LL MAKE IT FOR YOU!”
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” II Cor. 5:21(NKJV)
“I am covered over with the robe of righteousness that Jesus gave to me. He gave to me. I am covered over with the precious blood of Jesus that He shed for me. Shed for me. Oh, what joy it is to know my heavenly Father loves me so and gave to me–my Jesus. And when He looks at me, He sees not what I used to be, but He sees Jesus.” These are words to a song we sang here for years. It is based on scripture references from Isaiah and other places. By singing this we were confessing that our sins have been taken by Jesus, and we have received His sinless righteousness. We sang it, but do we believe it?
Am I righteous? If so, why and how? Am I unrighteous? If so, why and how? I am righteous either by my works or Jesus’ shed blood. You can never work your way into being righteous, and you cannot make yourself unrighteous by your works. If you have accepted “The Great Exchange,” you are righteous (in right standing with God). If you haven’t, then you are unrighteous no matter what else you may have done.
The Bible says it is not possible to cleanse from sin without the shedding of blood. (Heb. 9:22) But it also says, “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Heb. 10:4(NKJV) Only by the removal of sin can one be declared righteous. Truth is that the blood of animals only covered the sin temporarily and had to be repeated every year. The blood of Jesus removes the sin completely and makes one clean (righteous). “So Christ was offered ONCE to bear the sins of many.” Heb. 9:28(NKJV) He finished the sin offering by shedding His own blood for the sins of mankind.
It was the will of God that man be made righteous by the work of Jesus. “By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Heb. 10:10(NKJV) Furthermore, it says, “But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified (set apart).” Heb. 10:12-14(NKJV) We are righteous because of what Jesus did. We believe ourselves righteous (Rom. 10:10). You can’t make your self righteous, but you can believe you are righteous. Quit trying to do something that has already been done and start believing you are righteous.
I believe that God has given us all a song. It is put in our hearts, that place that only God can touch.
We all know that life is tough and the road can be rough at times. It is the enemy of our souls that wants to take from us that song that God has given us.
The Bible tells us in Nehemiah 8:10: “Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Why is joy important? Because the “Joy of the Lord is your strength!” Did you know that joy produces strength, and strength is what is needed to fight this good fight of faith that we are called to.
In Psalms 63 we read that David was in the wilderness of Judah because his son Absalom turned the heart of the people against him.
But he did not lose his song. He wrote in Psalms 63:3-4 “Because, Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.” David knew the importance of keeping his song even in the wilderness.
What has caused you to lose your song, your praise? Whatever situation we find ourselves in keep singing.
I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise shall continually be in mouth!
I believe that God has given us all a song. It is put in our hearts, that place that only God can touch.
We all know that life is tough and the road can be rough at times. It is the enemy of our souls that wants to take from us that song that God has given us.
The Bible tells us in Nehemiah 8:10: “Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Why is joy important? Because the “Joy of the Lord is your strength!” Did you know that joy produces strength, and strength is what is needed to fight this good fight of faith that we are called to.
In Psalms 63 we read that David was in the wilderness of Judah because his son Absalom turned the heart of the people against him.
But he did not lose his song. He wrote in Psalms 63:3-4 “Because, Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.” David knew the importance of keeping his song even in the wilderness.
What has caused you to lose your song, your praise? Whatever situation we find ourselves in keep singing.
I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise shall continually be in mouth!
“And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, ‘Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” Matt. 8:2-3(NKJV)
When you look at the scope of the four Gospels you must be awe struck by the mighty miracles and signs that Jesus performed during His ministry. From deliverance from demons to raising the dead He showed the scope of His power and compassion. These “signs and wonders” were not just to prove He was Messiah but to fulfill the promise for New Covenant believers. Jesus began an era of grace that was to extend until His return to earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
The Scriptures say that God is not a respecter of persons. He is willing to do for everyone what He will do for anyone. Jesus ushered in a new creation meant for all who believe. What can we believe? Are we limited to only what we can understand? I am quite sure that Mary and Martha did not understand all about their brother being raised from the dead. Man’s opinion and God’s opinion are not always the same. Man says, “It just can’t happen.” God says, “All things are possible to him who believes.
Our part of our relationship with God is to believe what He has promised. We can only believe that God has provided all we need. We cannot bring it into being by faith but we can transfer it from the unseen realm into the realm of sight. Faith is the key to receiving from God. It grasps the things not seen and makes them visible.
The greater our faith the more we see things come to pass. Your faith is not weak but needs to be gathered as a storehouse of power in time of need. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Rom. 10:17(NKJV) The more you read and know the Word of God the greater your ability to believe that “all things are possible.”
“Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea, And does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23
Jesus tells us,”whoever says to this mountain.” Talk to the mountain. To some that sounds a little crazy, but yet that is what we are told to do. When we study the ministry of Jesus. we read where He talked to things and now He tells us we can, too.
A mountain is a situation, a circumstance that stands in our way thus becoming a hindrance. The mountain is anything that is adverse or contrary to the Word of God for your life. When we are faced with these things, most Christians pray to God about the mountain. They spend most of their time praying to God about how bad it is, how big the problem is, and for Him to do something about it. There is nothing wrong with discussing things with God. Sometimes He is the only one you have to dump things on; so go ahead. He has some really big shoulders. But after all that your mountain is still going to be there.
Jesus tells us to speak directly to the mountain and tell it to be removed. Then He goes on and tells us not to doubt in our heart but believe that what He says will take place. What is the mountain in your life? What holds you back from going forward and fulfilling God’s plan? You say! You speak! Give your words an assignment against that mountain. Speak to sickness and disease and tell it cannot stay in your body. By the stripes of Jesus you are already healed. Speak to doubt, worry, fear, anxiety and tell them to be gone. We have not been given a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind. Speak to poverty, debt, lack tell it to be gone. But my God shall supply all my need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Speak to that wayward son/daughter to return to the Word that was sown in them as a child. “I have raised by child in the way he/she should go, and that Word will not depart from him/her. They will return to that Word and fulfill their purpose.” When you start speaking to those mountains and not doubt, there are things in the unseen realm taking place in your favor. Get ready, get ready and put your praise on. The best is yet to come!!!!!
Philippians 4:4 “ Rejoice in the Lord always (delight, gladden yourselves in Him). again I say, Rejoice!”
Joy can be anything from calm delight to extreme hilarity. Joy improves our countenance; our health, and the quality of our lives. It strengthens our witness to others and makes some of the less desirable circumstances in life more bearable. Joyce Meyer
“But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. . . Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s shackles were unfastened.” Acts 16:25-26
*REACHING OUT—-Some people annoy us. Sometimes, the best we can do is to tolerate them. Tolerating people, however, isn’t loving them, and God has set a high standard for us in relationships. God has imparted genuine, unconditional love to us, and He gives us an example of what love looks like. He is the prime mover, the One who initiated love toward us when we were completely unlovable.
The love we show others indicates our level of love for God. If we fail to love horizontally, we can assume there’s a problem in our vertical relationship with God. We won’t reach out in love until God has first reached into our hearts to enable us to love Him.
We love those around us by pursuing what’s best for them. When we’re listening, we’re fully present in the moment. When we’re caring, we give everything we’ve got because we’re aware that God gave His all to us. The more we experience the transforming love of God, the more His love spills out of us toward those around us.
“We love Him because He first loved us. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.” I John 4:19-21
Who are the people and what are the situations when the best you can do is to tolerate them?
*LIFE’S PROMISES FOR LEADERS by Zig Ziglar
How many times is too many times?
“Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” Matt. 18:21-22(NKJV)
Jesus told Peter to forgive his brother four hundred seventy times. Has anyone offended (sinned against) you that many times? If so, they must be out to get you pretty bad. Tell me, what is the alternative to forgiving? Is there a justifiable different reaction? It is one thing to hold someone accountable for their actions and another thing to forgive them. Breaking the law calls for justice but forgiveness is a matter of the heart. You can send someone to jail for their crime, but you must forgive them for their sin.
Most of the time our forgiveness doesn’t involve criminal activity only moral and ethical issues. What offends you and why? I cannot list all the possibilities here. Be honest with yourself as you think about this. Are there ways that you offend others? Do we treat others as we wish to be treated? If you are offended, let it go. You are only hurting yourself. If Jesus forgave, who are you to hold unforgiveness?
You must remember, Jesus would not ask of us and not do it Himself. How many times does He forgive you? The answer is, every time. The blood of Jesus covers all the sins we commit, past, present, and future. Luke 17:4(NKJV) says, “And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” Let’s see. Seven times a day for three hundred sixty five days is two thousand five hundred fifty five times. Where Jesus is– there is a whole lot of forgiving going on. It will bless you if you get in on it as much as you can.
GOD IS ABLE…………..
“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Eph. 3:20
This is a powerful Scripture that tells us that our God is able–able to do far above and beyond anything that you and I can ever dare to hope, ask, or even think. We need to pray, to do the asking in faith and in trust. But it is God Who does the work, not us. How does He do it? According to or by the power or grace of God that worketh in us. Whatever you and I receive from the Lord is directly related to the amount of grace we learn to receive.
WE put unbelievable stress on ourselves trying to change. The Lord has to be our Source and our Supply. He is the only One who can bring about changes in our lives. The more we try to figure out what to do to solve our dilemma, the more confused, upset, and frustrated we become.
“While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” II Cor. 4:18(NKJV)
Being the science buff I am I recently read an article in National Geographic about the “shadow universe.” The scientific community is seriously investigating the possibility of a whole “nother” universe that we can’t see. All scientific data points to it though we cannot see it or, at present, contact it.
According to the article most all scientists have limited themselves to only the visible. Recently, however, they have formulated that a substance exists the makes up over 90 % of the universe. Less than 10% exists in our visibility level. That means that most of it is unseen. Check out the above reference and consider what is said. This is Spirit revealed.
At first what they call “dark matter” was thought to be the force that holds the universe together in simple terms. They have formulated that it could be far more than that when all is said and done. Since they have already concluded that “dark matter” is the “glue that holds the universe together” let us consider this. “And He(Jesus) is before all things, and in Him all things consist.” Col. 1:17(NKJV) The Greek word for consists means, to put or to hold together. One translation says, “He is the glue that holds all things together.” This is interesting to me. Science is beginning to catch up after 2000 years. Good for them.
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” Heb. 11:3(NKJV) How interesting. The premise of the NG article was that it could be that another reality exists in the unseen realm. There could be another universe where life exists and culture is formed. Hasn’t that what the Bible has been saying all along? It would be hard for most scientists to admit that their discovery has the potential to prove that there really is a Creator and Sustainer and to us His name is Jesus. Who said that science and the Bible are contradictions? By faith we understand.**
WAIT EXPECTANTLY FOR GOD
To overcome his downcast feelings and emotions, David used songs and shouts of deliverance. That’s why so many of his psalms are songs of praise to God to be sung in the midst of unsettling situations. He talked to himself, his soul (mind, will, and emotions), and encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord. I Samuel 30:6
When we find ourselves in that same depressed state–wait expectantly for the Lord, praise Him Who is our Help and our God, and encourage and strengthen ourselves in Him. We who are righteous take refuge and put our trust in the Lord so we can sing and shout for joy. He fights our battles for us when we praise Him (2 Chronicles 20:17, 20-21).
from NEVER LOSE HEART by Joyce Meyer
The first thing recorded in all four Gospels is the story of John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness. All the Gospels have different starting points in the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The first common thing is John the Baptist and his declaration about the coming Messiah. In all four Gospels the statement of John is recorded thus; “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Matt. 3:11(NKJV)
Though the wording is slightly different the message is the same. Jesus is the baptizer in the Holy Spirit. To John, Spirit baptism was far higher in value than water baptism. In Acts 1:4 Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the “Promise of the Father.” Throughout His ministry Jesus told His disciples about the ministry and work of the Holy Spirit. He told them of His importance and urged them to be ready to accept the Spirit’s work in them.
Jesus made it clear to the disciples that the Holy Spirit would be sent to replace Him in the earth. He (The Holy Spirit) would revolutionize their lives by infusing them with power to be witnesses. His presence would be evident by the display of fruits and works. In Acts 2:4 the first evidence was speaking in other tongues “as the Spirit gave them utterance.” The New Testament gives ample instruction about the use of tongues about which most believers know little or have been taught wrongly. You must come to this subject with an open mind and not with information based on denominational bias.
Today we will search the Scriptures to see if these things be so. Go with me on the venture and allow the Spirit Himself to speak to you. Jesus said the Spirit would teach us all things and guide us into truth.
“Then God said, “Let there be light, and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3) The very first words uttered forth came from a thought and then spoken. The whole universe came into existence because of a thought and a spoken word. Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image.”-so God created man in His own image-God blessed them. We are spiritual beings created in the image of God. We are here because of a thought and a spoken word that took place at the beginning of time.
Proverbs 23:7 “For as a he (man or woman) thinks in his heart so is he.” Whatever you continually harbor in your mind (thought) will eventually come out in your speech (words). Your words are like seeds which will produce fruit. Proverbs 18:21 “ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. “
God had life on his mind (thoughts) when He spoke and created human beings. We as his creation should be continually mindful of what we are thinking and how our spoken words (from those thoughts) are framing our personal lives. We are to fill our hearts and minds with life giving biblical truths from the Bible.
I remember many years ago the Spirit of the Lord had spoken, “Do not allow your mind to become the playground for the devil.” Wow! We read in Romans 8:6 “to set our minds on the flesh is death but to set our mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” We are instructed in 1 Corinthians 10:4-5 to take every thought captive.
What are you thinking-just listen to how you are talking!
CONFESSIONS OF FAVOR……..
Ps. 34:10 “…they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.”
All things are yours. You are His sons. You are His kings. You’re His priests today. Satan is under your feet. Failure is under your feet. Poverty is under your feet.
Phil.. 4:13 God has brought you to a place of prosperity in Jesus Christ. You can do all things through Jesus Christ .
Ps. 23:1 You are living in the land of no want. The Lord is your shepherd.
Ps. 84:11 “The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life , and that they might have it more abundantly.”
“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” I John 5:19(NKJV)
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Rom. 12:2(NKJV)
He who thinks like the world lives like the world. To think like the world is to think like the wicked one. Thus, it follows that one will live like the world. Scripture says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” There are only two sources of inspiration, God and Satan. All of man’s thoughts originate from one source or the other.
Paul says we must renew our mind to think like God, not the world. The world conditions man to thing in its patterns thus expecting us to conform to its ideas and live by its rules. We renew our mind by the Word of God. We hold to what God has said as the standard for our lives. We are called to reject the world’s way of thinking in favor of Godly wisdom and understanding.
The only real way we can do this is to accept and understand that we have the mind of Christ. “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.” I Cor. 2:16(NKJV) A worldly mind thinks worldly thoughts but a renewed mind thinks like Christ (The Anointed One). One problem is that people don’t know they can think like Christ and another problem is some do not believe it. We don’t need to ask ourselves, “What would Jesus do?” We need to start believing and operate with the mind of Christ rather than the mind of the world.
Your view of live determines your destiny. Your thoughts determine your future. Your mind is either spiritual or carnal. Your choices are determined by your thoughts. What is your decision?
LEAD BY EXAMPLE
God has given all of us skills and talents, but He is more interested in the character of the man or woman who uses these abilities. Others will watch how we treat our spouses and children and our fellow employees, how we respond to annoying people and difficult situations, and how we talk about corporate executives when they make poor decisions.
When a Christian goes out of his or her way to care for someone who is hurting, overlooks petty offenses and takes steps to resolve big ones, finds something else to do when the rest of the team goes to a strip club, and exudes a positive attitude while being ruthlessly honest about difficulties–people notice!
All of us have a hundred choices to make each day. We may not recognize many of them because we’re so steeped in habitual attitudes and behaviors, but we have constant opportunities to demonstrate love or selfishness, faith or doubt, hope or complaints, purity or sinful passion. If we choose to be Christ’s examples to those around us, we’re in for a great ride of seeing Him touch people through us. (Zig Ziglar)
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love,in spirit in faith, in purity.” I Tim. 4:12
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