June 10, 2013

DJ

Psalm 69:9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

How often have you been really offended by what someone has done to someone else; I mean as offended as if it were done to you directly and not to someone else?

When we take on board something or someone else we should be standing up for that thing or that person as we would stand up for ourselves.

So when we say that we are Christians we need to stand up for Christianity just as strongly as we stand up for ourselves and our own ways. God wants us to be fully committed to Him and His will.

June 9, 2013

DJ

Romans 15:3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: ‘The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.’

We have to remember that Christ came into this world to make sure that He ultimately went to the cross to die for our sins. That is the reason why God sent Him.

When we look at all the work He did and all He was able to achieve before He took to the cross we should stand in awe!

But the result was that Christ came to take on our sin debt, to take on all the blame and all the punishment. Don’t continue to try and accept the punishment that Christ has already taken. Accept what He has done and work for Him instead!

June 8, 2013

DJ

1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

No matter how you look at life you learn things from others and you learn to do things by imitating others.

If we surround ourselves by horrible people then we are most likely to turn out the same way because we will imitate them.

These words were written down to remind us that we have to set an example for others because others will imitate us. Paul tried to imitate Christ in all his ways. He did not get it right all the time, but others were able to see how he was behaving and they were able to try to do the same.

Christ set the example for us to follow. The Apostles tried to set the example for others to follow. We need to try to set the example for our friends to follow so that one day they can set the example for others to follow them.

June 7, 2013

DJ

1 Timothy 4:12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

Don’t let people get you down just because you are young or because you have only just become a Christian (a young Christian). God wants each of us, no matter what age, to share our love for Him by acting appropriately.

That means acting in truth, showing others we mean it, showing others we believe the truth and uphold the truth in all walks of our lives.

The way we talk, the way we love, the way we are, the way we depend on others, and the chastity of our own bodies are all parts of Christians life that need to be displayed to others to encourage them. Do it properly!