Todays promise: God is always calling us back to him Have You Embarrassed Your Heavenly Father? Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. Titus 1:16 NLT Embarrassing God Not so long ago I saw a man shopping in a grocery store while his young son ran up and down the aisles. The boy was unleashed and hyper, making a complete nuisance of himself. The father kept calling his sons name, but the boy only ran faster — up one aisle and down the other. Just as the father caught up with him, the boy reached out and grabbed a handful of candy bars. The father tried to take them away, but the boy held on tightly. Then he started to scream. It was a high-pitched, piercing scream that reverberated throughout the store. Clerks and customers turned to look from every direction as the frustrated father tried his best to squelch his sons cries. The boy only screamed louder and started to kick. Finally the father let him go, and once again he ran down the aisle with all his might, chocolate still clutched in his greedy little grip. I caught a glimpse of the fathers face. It was the look of complete and total embarrassment. Although Im sure he loved his son dearly, at this moment he was ashamed to be his father. Do you think God ever feels that way with his children? Imagine how he must feel when we become so earthly minded that we run through life, ignoring his voice and oblivious to his warning, grabbing things as we go and holding them tightly. Do you think God doesnt get embarrassed by the way his children act? Our life is a reflection of his authority. And when we disobey, he is the One the world scoffs at. From Embracing Eternity by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins and Frank M. Martin (Tyndale) p 148 TODAYS ENCOURAGING WORD - 11/14/2014 God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. --1 Thessalonians 4:7, NLT Evidence that Demands a Verdict Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17, NIV And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom for you and me. Freedom from sin and selfishness and spiritual defeat and Satans snares. Freedom to reflect Jesus as we are transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:18, NIV). As we live moment by moment under the Lordship - the control of the Spirit - His character, which is the character of Jesus, becomes evident to those around us. The outward evidence of His inward filling of our lives is His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal. 5:22, NIV). Is there enough evidence of the Spirit in your life to demand a verdict from your closest friends and family members? The Holy Spirit empowers us, not just to live for Jesus, but to be like Jesus as He forms Christ within us. (Gal. 4:19)
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:15:11 +0000
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