Showing posts with label Christian Growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian Growth. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2021

TEMPTATION: You Know The Devil's Devices!







There Is No Sin In Being Tempted
But
There Is A Problem With 
Being Regularly Tempted By The Same Sin!

Falling Into Divers Aka Different Temptations 
Suggests Onward, Upward, Mobility In Our Christian Growth! 
All Christians Must Grow Up In Grace!

Beloved, 

Nobody Plans To Fall! 
Falling Happens When One Is Unaware Of A Pitfall
Is Careless About One's Surroundings 
Or One Just Loses One's Balance! 

We Are Warned Of The Devil's Devices 
And
We Know 
And 
Should Be Within The Hedge Of Protection That 
The Lord Provides For His People! 

When We Find Ourselves Being Tempted By 
And
Giving Into The Same Temptation 
And
Committing The Same Sin Repeatedly
We Need To Take Stock Of Our Thoughts
Look At Those With Whom We Are Walking
And
Reevaluate Our Commitment To Christ 
And
Our Growth In His Grace! 

The Temptation
That Is Not
Forcefully Resisted
The First Time That It Appears
Comes Back Harder And Harder To Resist
Each Time That We Fail To Overcome It!

Think Carefully ...

A Healthy And Fit Person Crawling Like A Baby 
Has A Problem Which Must Be Patiently Corrected 
And
Likewise The Christian Who Is Not Forcefully
Patiently, Prayerfully
Daily Conquering The Minor Temptations 
To Grow Strong Spiritual Muscles 
To Deal With The Major Temptations Known Up Ahead! 

Be Wise ... 

Don't Play With Temptation! 
Chop Off Temptation's Head By The Word Of Truth
And
Stay Constantly In Prayer:
Take Your Burden To The Lord
Pray For The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit
Take The Living God At His Holy Word
And
Dare To Walk ... Enduringly ... In Unfailing Faith!
Jesus Christ ... Alone ... Saves!


Your Temptation
Is
Dressed To Thrill You!
Have A "Thus Saith The Lord"
At The Ready To Decimate It!





Sunday, December 10, 2017

Moral Icebergs!?!



Sooo ... What Are You Really Saying?!

Yeah! Bottom Line It For Us Plainly!

Very Well, Then!
We - Myself Included -
Have Been Behaving Like
Moral Icebergs!

Huh?!

Come Again?!

How, Pray Tell
Do You Have Moral And Iceberg
In The Same Sentence?!

What Is An Iceberg?!

A "Hill" Of Ice
With A Mountain Of Ice Underneath!

Who Are We?!

Christians Aka Christ Followers
Showing The World The Transforming Grace Of God
By Our Changed Lives
Gentle Speech
Cooperative Manners
Kindly Attitude
Helping Hands
And Moral Living!

We Talk The Walk The Talk!
We "Look" Like Christians!
We Use All The Buzz Words
BUT ...We Are
- As I Said Before -
Moral Icebergs!

Our Tops And Bottoms Don't Match!
Neither Do Ours Outs And Ins!
We Are Living A Lie!

Our To-Be Bright Lights Are Giving A Dim Glow
Because The Fuel Is Running Real Low
Because We Don't Visit The Fuel Station
To Get Real Gain To Go
And Tell The World
All About The Love Of Jesus
That We Personally Know!

So?!

How Do You Mean ... So?!?!

I Mean ...
What Do You Want Us To Do?!

I Don't Want YOU To Do Anything!

Oh, Dear!

Now You've Gone And Done It!

3 2 1
Lift Off!

Jesus Christ Gave Us Clear Words
Showed Clear Ways For Us
In Christian Growth
To Prosper
But, We
Saying That We Will Walk In The World
To Convert The World To The Church
Are 
Instead Being Converted To The World!
Oooh! I Could Hurl!

Please Don't! 

We Understand You!
We Agree With All That You Say
For
The Evidence Is All Around Us
And We Know That We Can No Longer
Conduct God's Business 
In This Unseemly Way!

Know This ...

Judgment Begins At The House Of God
AND
With Truth As My Light
I Shall - With God's Blessing -
Correct My Shortcomings
Before My Lord Christ Comes
As The Unexpected Thief In The Night!

It Is Time To Rid Ourselves Of The Blight!
Let Us Be True
AND
STOP
TELLING Others That We Are True
AND
START LETTING Our Faith In
AND
Obedience To The Eternal God 
Be Daily Renewed
So That All Observing Us Will Know
That Our Words And Our Actions Are Tuned
By The Spirit Of The Holy God
AND
They  ... Inspired
Will Desire
With The Lord Jesus Christ
Also To Commune!

Remember ...

We Are Seeking After Eternal Rewards!

I Don't Know About Anybody Else
But  ... I Am With You!

AMEN!