Summery:
Now you are on the adventure, the adventure to find the small gate!
Will you stay on the narrow path or will you stray away and later wonder what has happened.
Each step is up to you, and is your choice; no one can make you take a step you don’t want to take. And no one can take a step for you.
How will you live your life? The choice is yours;
So chose this day, which will you serve God or self or man.
Seek first the kingdom of God.
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Decline of the fellowship
It seems now days that more and more pastors are producing followers of self rather than followers of Christ.
Pastors who put themselves on a pedestal, and churches that exalt a pastor and place him in higher regards than any other, (some higher than even Christ Himself) set the body up to fall.
When a pastor is too good or his time to highly esteemed, to have the time to spend with individual members of the body, then their priority is on self not the flock, he is not a servant, he has become a master.
The church body and the pastor should in all things point to Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let no man deceive himself, Do Not think more highly of your-self then you ought to think.
Acts 5 shows the high priest and his fallowing become full of jealousy because the people were showing more respect of the disciples then of them,
The religious leaders demanded respect, and reverence for themselves; and the disciples goal was to have the people respect and show reverence to God. The disciples were respected not because they demanded it, but because they deserved it.
And i think a lot of pastors now days have a spirit that demands respect, and you can see it in the way they treat the body. They are self-centered and have great self-value and self-esteem, they set in their little ivory tower looking down on the rest of the world, And God said to then enter in My good and faithful servant, and he said to them depart from Me I never know you.
Which will you be? Are you going in? Or, are you going away?
The choice is yours.
Salutation:
If My people who are called by My name will humble them self’s and repent of their sins, I the Lord their God will heal their land.
HUMILITY; NOT JUST FROM THE BODY BUT FROM THE LEADERSHIP
FOR IF LEADERSHIP IS NOT HUMBLE NEITHER SHALL THE BODY BE.
LET NO MAN, THINK HIGHER OF HIM SELF, THEN HE OUGHT TO THINK.
Humility is a good friend to have it will keep you from thinking more highly of yourself then you should. And could ultimately save you from hearing those words that no man is ever going to want to hear;
Depart from Me, for I never know you.
Tomorrow a quick Summery
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The answer to a bad government
If My people who are called by My name will humble them self’s and repent of their sins, I the Lord their God will heal their land.
Let every person be in subjection to The governing authorities, For there is on authority except from God, And those which exist are established by God.
Therefor: He who resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; And the ones who have opposed, will revive condemnation upon themselves.
Parts of the words of God a lot of Christians don’t want to hear, they don’t want to acknowledge they are sinning and have sin in their lives, and are not willing to humble them self’s, before God or anyone ells.
They would rather join a group or a party and push against the authority, which Father God has allowed to be in place, for whatever purpose He may have.
When He has stated what we need to do if we have a bad government or authority over us.
If we the ones who call ourselves Christian, would humble ourselves before the Lord and repent of our sins Father God from heaven would hear and heal our land. He said He would and by faith i believe Him.
So will you do your part, take yourself down off of whatever pedestal you have placed yourself on, and bow before your Lord and savior, humbling yourself, repent of all the sins in you, turn and fallow the will of the Lord. If you will He will be faithful and heal our land! It’s up to you its up to each of us…. To be humble and repent! Or don’t, but if your're not willing to follow the instructions then quite complaining, and put up with bad government.
Just like most every thing ells in life the choice is up to you and me.
Tuesday Day 17 (16) Decline of the fellowship
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How to prosper and have peace
As days draw short and time passes quickly, do you stand firm?
As pressure builds and pain flows, do you stand strong?
These three will keep you firm and strong; having faith in Christ, obeying God’s word, and being patient to receive His blessing.
Doubt and selfishness will produce want and need.
Patient obedience, in faith; will produce prosperity and peace.
Tomorrow (15) The answer to a bad government
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Who will you feed?
Who you feed, is whom you will serve!
One who feeds the flesh finds that enough is never enough, And will find that the flesh will eat and even devour the spirit Choose each moment who you will feed, Feed the flesh, and starve to death Or feed the spirit and live.
Will you server self and man, the ways of this world, or will you choose to serve God, Lord Jesus the creator and savior of your soul?
For a man will either serve self and allow the evil one to control him, in whom he will end up serving.
Or he will serve God and in turn will live in love, and serve others, not thinking himself above others.
And in just about everything; put yourself first and you will be last, put yourself last and you will be first. The ways of the world are not the ways of Father God! The ways of man are but foolishness in the sight of the Lord.
Tomorrow (14) How to prosper and have peace