Challenging Quotes For Joining Christ On His Mission (Part 2)

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These quotes are from the God motivated Evangelist George Muller. May they serves to encourage, challenge and maybe even provoke you to living a life fully devoted to our Lord Jesus Christ. George Muller was such a man!

“George Müller (born Johann Georg Ferdinand Müller, 27 September 1805 – 10 March 1898) was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in BristolEngland. He was one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement. Later during the split his group was labelled as the Open Brethren.

He cared for 10,024 orphans during his lifetime,[1][2] and provided educational opportunities for the orphans to the point that he was even accused by some of raising the poor above their natural station in British life. He established 117 schools which offered Christian education to more than 120,000.” Wikipedia

  1. A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.”

  2. “Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.”

  3. “There is an intimate connection between the life of the Christian here and the enjoyment and the glory in the day of Christ's appearing.”

  4. “Often the work of the Lord itself may be a temptation to keep us from that communion with Him which is so essential to the benefit of our own souls”

  5. “Where faith begins, anxiety ends; where anxiety begins, faith end.”

  6. “The greater the trial, the sweeter the victory.”

  7. “Laying up treasures in heaven will draw the heart heavenward.”

  8. “God is pleased continually to vary His mode of dealing with us, in order that we may not be tempted to trust in donors, or in circumstances, but in Him alone, and to keep our eye fixed upon Him.”

  9. “I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him”

  10. “God judges what we give by what we keep.”

  11. “If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.”

  12. “Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us.”

  13. “I believe God has heard my prayers. He will make it manifest in His own good time that He has heard me. I have recorded my petitions that when God has answered them, His name will be glorified.”

  14. “When the day of recompense comes, our only regret will be that we have done so little for Him, not that we have done too much.”

  15. “When God overcomes our difficulties for us, we have the assurance that we are engaged in His work and not our own”

As we start this new year may we find the strength, encouragement and determination that we find in our brothers in Christ go before us as our guide on living a life fully devoted to our King, Jesus Christ!

3 Things I've Learned About Having & Being A Father

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3 Things To Improve Your Ability To Love

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:8-12 (NIV)

1.  Remember Your Debt Of Love You Can Never Repay.

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another ..."

The first place to start when it comes to improving you ability to love is to remember that God first loved you when you were unlovable.  God loved us while we were still in the middle of our sinful condition and He demonstrated that love by having Jesus die on the cross to take the punishment that we deserved for our sins. Then God after Christ's resurrection offered forgiveness of sin as a free gift if we would only receive it by faith.  How can you pay back that kind of debt?  You can't but we can pay it forward by loving others the way Christ loved us. 

2.  Regard Others Like Yourself

"Love your neighbor as yourself ..."

The next place to go for improving your ability to love is to remember that the scripture tell us to love others as we love ourselves.  Just as you take care of yourself - in the same way you should also take care of others.  If you are one who doesn't love yourself very well then do what Christ said.  "A new commandment I give unto you that you love one another like I have loved you."

3.  Refuse To Harm Others

"Love does no harm to a neighbor."

And finally, in order to improve your ability to love others better you should always remember that love does not harm others.  When we love people it is our intent to build them up - not to tear them down!  It's to heal them - not injure them! Here's a good question to ask yourself before you talk to someone or do something to someone:

"Is what I am about to say or do going to harm this person?"

If the answer is "yes" then don't do it!  Why? Because love does no harm!

Now that these suggestions and go out into your part of this dark world and love people liberally! Shine the Light of Christ brightly by doing loving deeds in such a way that God gets the glory for it. 

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WHAT NOW? How Are Christian To Act Now That The Election Is Over?

How should we who claim to follow Christ behave and respond to others now that the presidential election in the United States is done and many are confused and frustrated over the election results?  This is a good question and one that each of us who love Jesus needs to take seriously, find the answer and obey.  After all we are called to be the Light of the world.  Where and how do we start in this new age of America?  Watch this video and get some helpful insights to answering that question.

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4 Things To Concentrate On As You Wait For Christ's Return

Many of God's people are sensing that Christ's return might be coming more sooner than later! But the question that begs to be answered is: What should God's people concentrate on as they are waiting for Christ's return?  

From God's word we can see 4 things we are told should be our aim and priority as we wait. Whether Christ's return is sooner or later these four things should always be what we focus on.

"The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen"  1 Peter 4:7-11 (NIV)

#1:  Remain Steadfast In Prayer

There are two important factors that are vital to help us maintain a steadfastness in praying.  They are being "Alert" and "Sober Minded".  Being alert means that we are to be aware of what is happening around us both in the physical word and in the spiritual world.  How can we pray as we should if we are not noticing what is happening around us.

The second is like the first but also slightly different and that is to be sober minded.  We need to keep ourselves from becoming intoxicated by the pleasures and the trappings of this world.  Intoxication of this world is probably the biggest hinderance to a powerful and God honoring prayer life.

#2:  Express Sincere Love For One Another

Peter says two important things when it comes to the love that we need to have for one another. First, he tells us that we need to love each other deeply.  Our love for our brothers and sisters in Christ can't be a surface kind of love that is more "talk" than it is a "walk'.  Talk cheap love doesn't do anything for anybody accept offer flattery.  We need to show deep love for one another because as the day approaches for Christ's return we might actually need to lay down our lives for one another out of love.  If you don't have a deep love for each other you won't be willing to die for that person.

Next Peter tells us that love covers a multitude of sins.  That means if we really love someone and I mean really love them we will over look their faults and even their sins agains us.  We will forgive each other even in the midst of them persecuting us.

#3:  Demonstrate Hospitality With The Right Attitude

Hospitality without grumbling.  Attitude is everything.  If you  do all the right things but do them all with the wrong attitude - it's still wrong and amounts to nothing.  Doing something nice for someone but not really wanting to still displeases God.  God wants us to desire with all our hearts to express love through good deeds.

#4:  Use Your Spiritual Gifts To Strengthen Each Other

God has given you spiritual gifts not for your benefit but for the benefit of His body - the church and for it to be done in such a way that Christ gets the praise!  God ministers to His people, through His people, by using their spiritual gifts.  You need to use your spiritual gifts, use them liberally and use them to strengthen your church fellowship.

2 Essential Characteristics For Developing A Missional Living Reputation

Listen to what it was that caught the attention of the Apostle Paul and others around the known world at that time that caused him to thank God for them every time he thought of them.  These two things were the characteristics that built a powerful missional living reputation for that church.

Do you have those characteristics?  Watch and find out.  

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Missional Living Is All About Loving!

Jesus told us what the proof of truly being His disciples, which is to be on mission.

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:35
Watch this video and then ask yourself: "Do I live the kind of missional life that proves I am a true Follower of Christ?"

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