Beware!

Be on the lookout for wolves in the church.
Be noticing eyes, when someone is talking to you.
Be alert while driving your car or bike.
Be kind to children.
Be involved in community and church activities.
Be a Follower of Christ.
Be reading good books.
Believe in God.
Be learning.
Be teachable.
Beware
Be Aware!

The Inward Struggle

There is a battle for our minds .  We are not big on relying alone on a positive mental attitude.  But it is definitely something needed.  Some of the struggle is being "deceived" by our emotions that help, yet also have the tendency to "lie" to us. Whether correct or incorrect, we have perceptions on what is happening within and without us.   The inward plight of family or friends, many times go unnoticed or thought to be a phase. What is sometimes seen as lackadaisical, minute or just "in your mind" may be a  very real torment of the heart and thought process.  Life is seen as hopeless and no way out.

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Since the fall of man we have been searching, even struggling to find ourselves. We may be looking in all the wrong places.   We are to first start with God.

 I believe a Biblical worldview, even a Biblical-lifeview is necessary.  Let me suggest having peace with God through faith in Christ is the answer.  This is not aimed at defending the good news but to lovingly declare it. Trusting Christ may not make you a perfect person. We still wear glasses don't we? Die from cancer, do we not?  We may find ourselves sad and depressed. Trusting Christ does make us righteous, forgiven. We then will not perish, but have an eternity spent with God (without glasses or depression).

The Apostle Paul wrote about a struggle:  "For the good that I will do, I do not do, but the evil I will not do, that I practice"  He said:  "Oh wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God-through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind, I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin."

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To His followers Jesus said:  "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."  Paul wrote to us;  "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God; and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

There is so much more to share. Will there be seasons of despondency? There most likely could be.  For the long haul, please trust Christ as your only hope to spend eternity with God. and know the source of our struggle and continue walking with God, living not based on  feelings but an accurate view of God and an accurate view of self.

God loves you. God is love He didn't make us robots. That would not be love,   Choose to follow Him today.   "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and Holiness."

Despondent, tormented....or  in peace;  don't do life alone.  ltflener@hotmail.com

God loves You!

For God so loved you that He gave His only begotten Son that if you would believe you should not perish but have eternal life!  Receive His love then tell that good news to others.

Keep that fishin' pole in the water!

You might have reeled in your line, turned around and headed for the car or cabin, when an older man asked if you were new. "You're  leavin' to soon."  You reply with;  "Haven't had a bite."
"In this river you got to keep the hook in the water and not give up!"

The  fishermen were cleaning their nets because they were done and disgusted with no product for the market.  Jesus told them to launch out into the deep. One time He even told them to throw their nets out on the other side of the boat. What's He saying?  "I'm God. Don't give up!"

Peter's about to leave the ministry. Jesus in a sense,

told him to keep the hook in the water.
Elijah?  Keep the hook in the water
David? Keep the hook in the water
Jeremiah? Don't give up. Keep the hook in the water

Reader of this paragraph, myself included; Do not give up. Have you failed? Do you think it's over? It looks hopeless.
Keep your hook in the water like all of the above characters, God still wants to use you!

Jesus told them:  "I gave you a large catch of fish, follow me and I will make you a fishermen of men, women,  boys and girls"

Jesus didn't give up (what if He had?).  He lived and died for us, according to the plan of God.
  That's good news.

Pass it on

This blog is alive and breathing merely, to cast excitement for interest and investment toward other people.  These posts are not here only, pushing human welfare, but also a burden for the eternal well being of men, women, boys and girls. Praying for heart transformation , followed by life transformation. That, equals community development.

You also know there are people on their way to an eternity spent with God, yet  living a hell on earth existence that may or may not be  a fault of their own.  I also pray for them and might desire to write something real, in order to wake us up to their plight and come along side with encouragement and God's word.

Using books, blogs and tweets let us share our hearts and minds, being this community for a community. We are in it but not of it. Our citizenship is elsewhere while being ambassadors for God here. It is all well and good to perform community service, but the individual, must hear or read the good news of Christ and of their believing and trusting, Christs life, death and resurrection,  and His ascending to God, as their only hope to spend eternity with God. Then, we Celebrate, connect and then do community.

In our ministries, church, computers at homes, if we are healthy, may we not just take up space.  We can make a commitment that through the love and power of God we will be the conduit through which He uses, for His purpose and glory in the world.

I'm not rich, highly educated or even very healthy but we can be the voice and the watchmen on the wall standing in the gap toward the goal of people following Christ and "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT."

YOU!

Whatever is written,  and  shared, is for YOU.
Whatever I have clicked "like" on, I thank YOU.

Sometimes I post something and realize that isn't appealing to YOU,
 and not even good to me, it gets deleted.

When I see something on another social media, I think.. YOU might like that.
When I'm out driving or taking a walk, I wish I had my camera, so I could show it to
YOU.

I love YOU and God does to!

Leftovers

You had a great time at the; Thanksgiving meal, tea party or church dinner.  Hilarious games and great food, but when it's time to go home there is a bad taste in your mouth. Some of the fun atmosphere evaporates, when the couple or person  that has  a good career or finances, walks with the last table full of leftovers, passing on the way out, an empty handed couple that doesn't have money for their next meal. Then there's the time all eyes pop open wide, when the well off couple, who are banking their money, eats most of the table while complaining, leaving no leftovers. Selfies!!  SHARE the food, SHARE the leftovers.

It's is amazing to see the opposite, when a frail older lady is giving food, clothing and all of her time, (after all, she has done that  her entire life).  Yet some of  us that have the opportunity to help in a little way financially, or maybe volunteer, or even clothes donations, usually offer what's leftover and unusable.

Many a pew filler, participates, worships, or volunteers when or if, they can fit it in. Their quiet time with God is thirty seconds before doze off.  They had all day/week, but He gets what's left over.

7/7/14.