Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.
When Abram and Lot had differences of opinions, Abram took the decisive step to give Lot the first choice of land.
Abram knew God had promised him great things, and knew he would have to wait on God.
Lot wanted to sort things out before God gave him the go ahead!
Matthew 7:3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
We have some pretty strange things happening in the world today where many people are judging others because the news channels say so!
We are not on the front line standing next to those people and we are not affected directly as they are…
God wants us to maintain our own lives first of all before jumping in to try and control others!
Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Have you noticed how you tend to give in to sinful ways more when you hang out with sinful people?
Have you noticed how you can control your ways more when you hang out with Christian people?
How about gaining some more strength to face the world by meeting up with Christians!
Luke 1:80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
John was a very different teacher than most at that time.
Teachers of the gospel don’t have to be in big churches or temples.
You could simply be sitting on a park bench talking to someone...