What kind of God comes to earth to die? Why did He do that!? He died for you! (John 3:16) Is that not enough love for you to accept Him?
Being unselfish, more thoughtful and gracious to others
What do you produce with your life? Are you still growing? Still learning?
Is your life fruit – agape love?
What on earth are you doing with your eternal soul? Producing anything lasting?
I have stumbled like a drunk
Are you “pursuing spiritual perfection”? Or: Are you deep in the miry clay, still, lost in your sinfulness? Want to get out? Turn. Get yourself to Jesus through sincere and truthful prayer. Christians do not have to sin. You once turned – to it. And so it is a choice also to turn from it, from what has ensnared you – and turn to Jesus in repentance. It’s a choice: be faithful once again, or stumble like a drunk, eat vomit like a dog, wallow like a pig.
Think about it. Have you strayed from the truth?
The “godly truth” You got it? The truth that is godly? It takes a lot of careful thinking to keep safe the “godly truth entrusted to” us who follow Jesus. 1 Timothy 6:20-21 The Apostle Paul tells us we must constantly be discerning, like a judge with a gavel, passing judgement right and left — […]
Being pleasing
Getting born again established my identity. I am a child of God now. Rejecting sin is a part of my identity. How ’bout you?