Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits

Ye shall know them by their fruits…Matthew 7:16-20. How do we know who anyone is in the workplace? Enter any business, particularly any retail business and you’ll find employees wearing name tags. These name tags readily identify to the consumer who the employees of the businesses are. As Christians, what is our identifier to the world. Surely they’re looking for help. How will they be able to identify us? The bible says that our identifiers are the fruits that we bear as members of the Body of Christ. It’s not carrying our bibles. It’s not our cross necklaces. It’s not our bumper stickers. It’s the fruit, born out of a Christ-like, Christ-centered heart which should identify us. So when we leave the house each morning, are we wearing our ID badges?

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Resilience: Greater Is He That Is In Me Than He That Is In The World

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Resilience should be the hallmark of the Christian. The bible says that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4). We as the Body of Christ…we as Christians are commanded to go out into all the world and make disciples of the lost. We are commanded to go out into all the world and preach the gospel. In order to carry out these orders, we’re going to have to go out into hostile territory. The bible says that we are in the world, but we’re not of the world. This world is not our home.

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Sin Consciousness – How To Walk Free From The Guilt Of Sin

Sin consciousnessSin consciousness is an enemy to righteousness. When we walk under a consciousness of sin, we cannot please God. It’s up to us to refuse to walk in condemnation and guilt when we sin.

You’ve prayed, you’ve read your bible, you’ve spent time with God and you look up and you find yourself in a sinful situation. You have sinned. You feel bad, you repent, you confess your sin and you go on.

But the following day you commit the same sin. Then next week you commit the same sin. Next month you repeat the same sin. And you look up and several years have gone by and you’re still committing the same sin.

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The Sacrifice of Praise – Our Most Precious Offering

The Sacrifice of PraiseThe Sacrifice of Praise in the midst of turmoil is the most expense gift you could offer the Father God. In the real world, shopping for others has always been easy for me. I love to shop, so I look forward to opportunities to give to others. However, I do know that some people have a hard time shopping for others. Trying to give something that a person needs and or wants can be a daunting task.

When it comes to God, the bible says that the cattle on a thousand hills belongs to God. God is the creator. He owns it all. Is there a certain amount of money that you could offer to Him? No, the money belonged to Him before He gave it to you. Literally EVERYTHING belongs to God already, so what could you possibly give Him that He doesn’t already have?

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