BE
DILIGENT IN SUCH AS THESE
BREAD
4 Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give
you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when
you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when
you get up. 8 Tie
them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes
of your houses and on your gates. 10 When the Lord
your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did not
build, 11 houses
filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not
dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and
are satisfied, 12 be
careful that you do not forget the Lord,
who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Deuteronomy 6:4-12 (NIV)
15 Do
your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not
need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV)
2 We had
previously suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, but with the help
of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in spite of strong opposition. 3 For the appeal we make does
not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. 4 On the contrary, we speak as
men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to
please men but God, who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:2-4 (NIV)
1 Therefore,
I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living
sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to
the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good,
pleasing and perfect will. Romans
12:1-2 (NIV)
16 Watch
your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will
save both yourself and your hearers. 1
Timothy 4:16 (NIV)
3 We
know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. 4 The man who says, “I know
him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But if anyone obeys his word,
God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him
must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2:3-6
(NIV)
2 This
is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out
his commands. 3 This
is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God
overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our
faith. 5 Who is
it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of
God. 1 John 5:2-5 (NIV)
21 Dear
children, keep yourselves from idols. 1
John 5:21 (NIV)
22 Be
merciful to those who doubt; 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others
show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted
flesh. Jude 1:22-23 (NIV)
BUTTER
“The way to do a great deal is to keep on
doing a little. The way to do nothing at all is to be continually resolving
that you will do everything.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” Charles Spurgeon
“My people’s greatest need is my
personal holiness.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne
“When the goodness of Christ and the character of Christ and the Word
of Christ are evident in the church, people in the world will be drawn to
Him. This is why we guard the Truth so
people will be saved by it. This is why
we live with purity so people see the difference Christ makes. This is why we train for godliness so people
see in us the majesty of Christ. May
everything we do draw people to our great Savior.” David Platt
“It is all too plainly apparent men are willing to forego the old for the sake of the new. But commonly it is found in theology that that which is true is not new, and that which is new is not true.” Robert Shindler
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has
been found difficult and left untried.” G. K.
Chesterton
“What does it matter
what people think of you when you know that you’re known by God? Let people have their bloated opinions — take
God’s bottom-line approval any old day.”
Ann Voskamp
“Much of the Christian life rests upon our
response and our desire to experience God to the fullest. Don’t become
satisfied with a relationship with God that is broken by sin and void of the
power of the Holy Spirit. You have just as much of God’s powerful presence
available to you as the greatest saint in Christian history!” Henry Blackaby, Richard Blackaby
“Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a believing heart to cast all burdens upon Thee, O Lord.” John Baillie
HEART SAVOR
·
It is
important for me to live a life worthy of the Lord – seeking to please Him in
all that I do.
·
Jesus gave
all for me how much more so should I for Him – through His power for His glory.
·
I am to
watch my life and doctrine closely.
