Are you an example of being a follower of Jesus Christ? Do people see Christ in you by what you speak, what you do, what you give, and in your faith?

Be an example!

I Timothy 4:12 (KJV) – let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

God’s peace and grace be with you all, by all means.

II Thessalonians 3:16,18 (KJV) – now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Most of us do not know what God’s will is for us.

Be wise. Ask. He will reveal it to you. If you don’t ask, you don’t know.

Ephesians 5:15-17 (KJV) – See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

James 4:2 (KJV) – ye lust, and have not, ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Are you under the law, or under grace?

The law is made to be followed by those who choose not to do the will of God. To those who want to do their own thing, their own way.

Either you are walking under the law, doing the will of man, or you are walking in the Spirit, doing the will of God.

Just as a doctor is there for the sick, so is the law for the ungodly. If you walk in the Spirit, what need do you have for the law?

Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. You are under grace!

Galatians 5:18 (KJV) – but if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Galatians 5:16 (KJV) – this I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Romans 6:14 (KJV) – for sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

No matter how much wrong we do, God continues to give us grace. It is His gift to us.

Pay it forward, and give grace to those who have wronged you. It is your gift to them.

Ephesians 4:7 (KJV) – but unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Would you steal from God?

When you know that you should tithe, and you don’t, you’re stealing from God. Some don’t know that they are stealing.

Now that God knows that you know . . . will you steal from God?

Malachi 3:8 (KJV) – will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Do you know what God sounds like?

It sounds like love, hope, kindness, peace, wisdom and faith.

God is speaking to you. Maybe, you just didnt know it.

Ephesians 5:9 (KJV) – for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.

John 10:27 (KJV) – my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Some say that God tempts us.

If God wants the best for you, and provides you a way out of temptation, why would he trick you?

Temptation is trickery.

I Corinthians 10:13 (KJV) – there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

James 1:13-14 (KJV) – let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Satan wants you to reason with your thoughts to confuse you.

Remember, God is full of peace and not confusion.

I Corinthians 14:33 KJV) – for God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

There’s a saying; “time heals all wounds”? Well, it does – but, we determine that time.

We are in control of how long we will suffer what we’re going through. The longer we stay in the storm moaning and groaning about our circumstances, feeling sorry for ourselves, having a pity party, the longer it will take us to get out of it. The longer it will take us to see what God is showing us. The longer it will take us to move forward in our lives.

God did not empower you to be fearful, He gave you the power to take control and be strong! Stand strong! Be victorious! You are more than a conqueror! Believe it!

 II Timothy 1:7 (KJV) – for God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Joshua 1:9 (KJV) – have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Romans 8:37 (KJV) – nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.