2/26/2006 ~ Don't Quit |
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... Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. ... ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:1-28 Thessalonica was a city in Greece. The message was that the Lord hasn't come back, but keep it going. ... we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, ... ~ Titus 2:11-14 Jesus is coming back ... How? ... Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ... ~ James 4:4
... "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." ... ~ James 4:5-10
Ask, if I do this, does it bring me closer to God? ┌──── Faith, Love, Hope ────┐ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1 Trust more in God than ourselves. ... by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. ... ~ Acts 20:35 More blessed to give than to receive. ~ So many youths look for what others do to them. ... whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, ... ~ Matthew 7:12 └──── Golden Rule ────┘ Not what you do to others but for others. ... hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. ~ Romans 8:24-25 Hope is not based on what you see. Many churches gauge there success in numbers. ... putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. ... ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:8-10 Success lays in the individual. ... comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:12-14 ... but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. ... ~ 2nd Thessalonians 3:6-11 People were lazy in Thessalonica. Paul wanted them to "Wake Up!" ... always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:14-15 Rejoice always, ... ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice in Christ.
Don't quit because you need to be ready today. If He dosen't come back today, we have not wasted our time. CHRIST is a way of Life. |
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