Let’s Dive In!
The true authentic Christian lifestyle is all laid out for us in the Bible. The Word of God was written so that we could fully understand how God requires us to live and what we are to be doing as His children. Here is the problem in this world, the devil is distracting people from doing it. The devil’s main job is to do just that, to prevent you from living up to God’s expectations and making you feel that sin is okay. He does this by having millions upon millions of his demons controlling the masses that we see on a daily basis that make us look on and say, “That’s normal.”
As a Christian Youth and Family Pastor you hear too many excuses of why they don’t have time to read their Word, not enough time for daily prayer and studies, why they can’t go to bible study, why they can’t go to church, that their plates are so full, our schedule doesn’t permit it, my wife this, my husband that, and our kids blah blah blah.
Let me bring some truth to the light here. You actually can make changes for good in your Christian walk, you can do better, you can work things out in your marriage, your kids can have a better attitude, you can be more patient, humble, kind and loving. Would you like to know how?
Okay, okay, hold on a minute, let’s talk about this. When we are seeking a career what do we do? We usually go to school, we study like crazy, we want to learn so bad we sometimes get into massive debt in student loans just to fill our minds with knowledge so in hopes of one day landing a career job that will bring us in the money, so that we can have a certain lifestyle and future. We want to perfect our abilities so we can be the very best at what we do, and we do it right otherwise we are just wasting our time.
How about if we are playing a sport, we go to practice over and over and over, we want to be the best and why? So we win, so we get a scholarship, so we get recognized by scouts, so we can make money, but we do it to the best of our ability because that’s what you do when you want to be the best you train, and practice,
Why is it that all the secular activities that we as a generation can do, we do amazingly. We can do it so well. We have all the time in the world to devote to, but when it comes to perfecting our Christian walk, “Eehh I’ll get to it”, is normally the attitude. You see there is no immediate return on the investment, so it seems, and that’s why it’s on the back burner. But a life filled with peace, humility, and love is the life we all seek after. People don’t think it’s attainable because they do not put the time in to learn.
Here is the secret to a life filled with Hope, Joy, Peace, and Love….
Reading the Word of God, build your relationship with the Lord, meditate on His Word day and night, and keep a scripture on your tongue. Sing praises to your Savior and start putting the kind of effort you put into non-eternal things like career, job, sports, hobbies and you will see a newly found reward start to form in your life. Imagine if your life was as good as your job, business, or favorite sports team, imagine that! Now go and start devoting the kind of time that you have been putting into the temporal and start putting it into your eternal, because that my friend is what’s most important.
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