February 7, 2013

DJ

Exodus 20:12 Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

How often do you try find out the top ten? Doesn’t matter what in, but we always want to know what the top ten items are in one way or another. We often look on the Ten Commandments as the top ten in that they are the ones we should focus on; but God wants us to follow His Word, not just the top ten list.

God does not just want us to tick the boxes but actually do what His Word says. So when it says that we should honour our parents, He means it! We need to respect them because they are the ones who have done so much for us… but there will also be times when we all mess up so we may have to say we are sorry and start again…

God wants us to realise we can say sorry to Him as well…

February 6, 2013

DJ

Matthew 19:19 ‘Honour your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’

Besides the obvious “don’t kill, don’t cheat, don’t steal and don’t lie” Christ wants us to remember that we do need to think of others, not just our parents because other people need our help and support as well. There are so many people who do need help that it may be hard for us to see who we should help first… Well, start with your neighbours…

You will be surprised at how many people will accept help if you offer it; and then you may be equally surprised when others turn round and offer you help when they see you needing it.

Don’t wait to see if someone is “worthy” of being helped. Help them and show them that they are…

February 5, 2013

DJ

2 Peter 2:18 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

One of the hardest things to accept in life is teachers who will tell you a bunch of lies instead of the truth. These are the people who should be giving you the truth so that you can learn; but there are those few that do not.

I am not talking of teachers in school but the people around you who will talk as if they know so much but tell you lies instead. Just when we escape from those people around us who we recognise as evil or bad company, we are at our most vulnerable and we may well believe a lie just because it sounds good enough.

Don’t give in because something sounds good – find out the truth because that is what God wants you to have.

February 4, 2013

DJ

1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

No matter how good you think you are, if you continue to watch bad things, mix with bad people and listen to bad people, then you will start to become used to those bad things, allowing them into your life.

Before long you may well be doing the same things as them, those very things that may have turned you off in the beginning now become part of your life, part of your being.

God wants us to be separate from these characters so that we will not be corrupted – it is much easier to give in to them that to train them in what they should be doing!