- As Christians, we are to have faith towards God, hope towards the future and Christ’s second coming, and love towards one another. A true faith in God leads to good works. Hope is the anchor for our souls (Hebrews 6:9). And it is by our brotherly love towards one another that others will know that we belong to Christ.
- God’s spirit without His word is weaponless and God’s word without His spirit is powerless. Therefore, I need to constantly seek the spirit’s leading and hide God’s word in my heart so that I can be an effective steward of the gospel.
- As a believer I am a steward of the gospel and therefore I have a responsibility to be faithful to the gospel, not using deceit, without impurity, free form error, so that I can have a clear conscience. I am not accountable to any man or even to the church, but first and foremost to God. I need to share the gospel gently, without being a burden on anyone, but proclaiming it boldly, without fear of rejection, opposition, or persecution.
- My goal in life needs to be to please God, not people. This will mean going ‘against the flow’ but the only alternative would be to displease God or to grieve the Holy Spirit. So I need to strive for holiness and self-control.
- Even though afflictions are not enjoyable for me, they are good for me because they bring me to a state of lowliness and humility so that I am completely dependent on God. Affliction also takes away any arrogance in my life that says I can do anything on my own. I need to know God’s word before I am afflicted so that He can encourage me when I am afflicted.
- God has given me the raw material – the word of God – and the vehicle – the Holy spirit – but I will never change until I take the initiative and inscribe the word of God on our hearts by memorization.
- God commands me to hide His word away in my heart therefore I need to be diligent about memorizing scripture!!!!!
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