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Commanded To Stand

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As our nation becomes increasingly anti-Christ we will be called upon to take a stand for God.  Some Christians do not want to do that.  Well, there is no room for wishy-washy Christians in our day any longer.  Our numbers are being beheaded for their faith and killed in various ways.  There is no time for us to be sitting on our padded Church pews singing “Blessed Assurance”.

In the Word of God we are charged, challenged and called to do many things. God gives a command to Jeremiah to God’s people.  Look at what that was.  Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”

First of all God exhorts His children through Jeremiah to “Stand ye in the ways,”.  If we are not careful we will fall for the schemes of the devil.  This is one of those exhortations that is good for you and I to take note of and obey.  God has called each of His children to stand.

If you and I take a stand for God we will be targeted for sure.  The world will laugh at us.  They will make fun of us.  They will ridicule us terribly.  They might even go so far as to take our lives.  Rest in the knowledge that God knows all of this.  You and I need to just simply keep standing for God no matter what the world or anyone else does.

So, how are you doing?

 

Find Rest

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As I shared yesterday, this has been a busy week.  It has been mentally and physically draining and tiring.  As I sat in the recliner trying to catch up on some rest a thought came to me.

That thought was, “ye shall find rest for your souls.”  Then I looked it up in the Word of God.  The only place it came up when searching my computer Bible is in Jeremiah 6:16.  Take a look at Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”

Did you notice anything in this verse?  I noticed that we are exhorted to stand in the ways, see, ask for the old paths and walk in them.  This is an act that is tiring.  It is not easy to serve the LORD.  He never promised us a bed of ease.  What the LORD did promise us was that He would be right there with us.

So, if we are going to live a life that pleases God we must stand up, speak up, follow along and walk on.

So, how are you doing?

The 7-Ups of Encouraging Yourself In The LORD 4

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So far we have looked at some ways to encourage ourselves.  They are so far; wake up, dress up and shut up.  Let’s continue our study.

The 7-Ups of Encouraging Yourself In The LORD – Stand Up!

I have heard all of my life, “If you are not standing for something you will fall for anything.”  I don’t know who originally said that; but, I have heard and it and used it for many years.

I am sure it is difficult for you as it is for most of us to stand up when it is not popular to stand up.  Today, Christians are targeted in so many ways.  The world wants to force us back into our Church buildings and then they want to tell us what we can and cannot preach or say.  Wrong!

Dear Christian friend we need to stand up and make our voices heard.  God has equipped us to do this and we need to do just that.  We need to take a stand for Jesus Christ and we must not back down.  Look at Ephesians 6:13, “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”  The first two words of verse 14 say, “Stand therefore…”.

Well, there you have it.  If we are going to encourage ourselves then we must stand up.  When we take a stand we change our focus.  We begin to focus on what God wants us to do and not what is wrong in our lives or with us.  We get discouraged when we take our focus off the LORD and put it on ourself.  The least attended part of all is a pity party.  It is normally a party for one.  It is high time for the Church to stand up and get busy

So, how are you doing?

A Closely Guarded Secret

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I have a short list of things I enjoy doing.  One is photography.  Another is cooking.  I enjoy cooking and I really enjoy making my own barbeque sauce.  It seems to be a hit wherever I take it.  A friend asked how to make it so as to quiet the roaring tummies of her children by making sloppy joes with my barbeque sauce.  I joke that it is a closely guarded secret (and it is) because I don’t normally share it.  This time to help our dear friends I will send it to her.

This set me to thinking.  I also read a preacher friend’s post on social media about sitting publicly reading his Bible and getting comments on it.  This really cause the old grey matter to start churning and the squirrels began running.

People in our day can have Bible apps on their phone and all other devices.  This way it makes it easier to carry around.  It also makes it far less obvious what you are reading and carrying.  If this is our reasoning for having God’s Precious Word on an electronic device SHAME ON US!

This world is going to hell in a hand basket and we are shrinking and shrinking back.  This is not helping those unsaved around us.  It is time for us to stand up, go out and speak up!

So, how are you doing?