In this life, there are people struggling but cannot complain. Some are timid; they prefer living with situations for a long time without being bold enough to confront them. For such people, God’s Word says, speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. But how can you do that? It’s simple. Use your position of influence.
As you follow Jesus, there are some attitudes, possessions and behaviours you can’t carry with you anymore. That’s when you’ll start laying them aside.
Suffering is an unpleasant reality for Christians, yet it has an amazing transforming potential to refine our faith. Believers discover the blessing hidden under anguish in a place of difficulties, a blessing that comes from bearing suffering for the sake of righteousness.
Your treasure will always be where your heart is. So don’t set your heart on earthly things. They are temporary and subject to destruction. Set your affection on things above.
Be ready to do whatever is good. For it is a good thing that you work to impact many unto Jesus’ glory. The Lord be with you and strengthen you to become a problem-solver wherever you go, for His name to shine brighter in your life.
Enough of going to work from Monday to Friday, weddings, funerals and events on Saturday and showing up in church on Sundays. There’s more to life than this routine way of living. Wake up and pray. Contact the power of Jesus to give your life a purpose and reason to be meaningful in this dire world.
Give no excuse for not being around in church. And even if you can’t join the service physically due to travel, make the effort to connect to it online. It’ll help you.
Nobody can plunge the faith of Christ in your spirit out. But for suffering in the flesh (physical life) because of that same faith, blessed are you when you go through them.
Reading Proverbs 18:9, Solomon says that the one who’s slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys. In other words, the lazy person has a similar lifestyle to that of a destroyer of an entire company.
Do your work heartily unto the Lord. Take that business you’re employed in as yours and work with all your heart as if you’re the boss. And as you serve, God will recognise your labour and reward you bountifully.
When we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. And to achieve this, we should engage in spiritual exercises in Christ that will help us connect to Him. Be like David, who sought God (see Psalm 41:1-2) even though he was a busy king.
It’s worth it to stand for Jesus even if everyone around you doesn’t side with you. Be ready to defend the gospel with meekness and fear, which is reverence toward God.
