Aside from Jesus knowing vividly that He came from above and not from the Earth, He had more security belonging to His team than His biological family. A minister of God who his family persecutes will probably behave like Jesus. He’ll find more joy and security hanging around like-minded believers than staying home.
Dear preacher, do not be afraid to preach the truth, even if people forsake you. God didn’t call you to make a name for yourself or to preach messages other people like you to preach. He called you to be faithful, which you must fulfil because you’ll be accountable unto Him in the end.
Nobody will force you to build commitment to studying the Word and following the teachings of Christ each day. But know that becoming a disciple of Jesus comes with a cost. So pay that price to build a deeper intimacy with Jesus, and you will know Him better.
Dear businessman, building your business is costly. It’ll demand so much of your time and brainwork to develop structures and systems. So it’s not just about money. Dear minister, reaching the world doesn’t only depend on how powerful God’s message given to you is. You need the finance, human resources and equipment to make it presentable across diverse platforms.
Blessed are those who hear the Word and obey it, said Jesus. That means Jesus doesn’t want people to just listen to Him but also to do what His Word says. And if you’re going to live like that, you must study the Word and walk in its consciousness.
When the Bible says you are no longer foreigners and strangers but a fellow citizen with God’s people and members of His household, guess what it means? It implies that you belong to God and the family of believers. If it is to be an organisational setting, it’s like you becoming a part of the internal team instead of watching what the organisation does from afar.
Make sure your ministry doesn’t get discredited based on what you do in secret and public. Don’t practice evil things secretly, and think God isn’t watching you. Again, keep labouring effectively to ensure that God’s work prospers in your hands. Serving the Lord is not always easy, but it is worth it.
Did you know that gentility is a cherished virtue in the world today? Ask shopkeepers, and they’ll tell you how essential that is to keeping customers. As a believer, your gentle way of life is a solid way to portray the gospel even to unbelieving people. Treat people well, and you will win many souls unto the Lord.
Because the salvation dimension of God’s grace has appeared to all men, nobody has an excuse to say, “I didn’t hear the gospel, so I didn’t know I have to get born again” before death or on the second coming of Christ.
You are an ambassador of Christ. But how well you will represent Christ where you are depends on how well you know the Lord. Live by the principles in God’s Word–private and public.
If you are a congregant, please hear this. Study your Bible, and pray consistently and fast even when the church doesn’t proclaim it. If you are a preacher, fellowship with God and teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine to the people God has entrusted you to shepherd. For it is time the children of God witness Christ well in this crooked generation.
With understanding from Galatians 6:9, consistently doing good to people is an investment. It’s an act of sowing which will yield returns when the giver doesn’t give up. But those returns will come in due season, which you may never know.
