This is a question that we all need to seriously ask ourselves, because in these last days our belief is going to be seriously put to the test.
Is your Christianity based on the fact that you go to church and do church activities or is your Christianity based on the bible? You see the bible says this about the last days: 2 Timothy 3:1 You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unfeeling, uncooperative, slander ous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good, traitors, reck less, conceited, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people. Religiousness is going to be rampant in the last days, self-righteous people thinking they are right with God. The religious will try to fight against the true people of God, but be encouraged when these things happen because: Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint The world will try to discredit the things of the Bible and make them sound ridiculous. They will try to logicalise the things of God to show you how they are impossible. However: 1 Corinthians 2:13-14 We don't speak about these things with words taught us by human wisdom, but with words a taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people. A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated. Everything we do must be done in faith, because without faith it is impossible to please God. Our faith is the thing that allows us to hope for the future and our lack of faith is the very thing that gets us depressed. You see without faith we start evaluating things of the same level as the world does. Faith is the key that gets us into God’s thrown room and once in there our prayers can be heard. Jesus is coming back, very soon, do you believe that? One of the things he said about when he comes back is this: Luke 18:6 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth The enemy focuses on our flesh, the part of us that is constantly warring against the spirit, because he knows, if he get us to be governed by what we see, he can get us to move away from God and not act in faith. 2 Corinthians 5:6-9 Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well- pleasing unto him We have to die to the flesh on a daily basis and never be so arrogant to think we have made it. Paul said at the end of his journey: 2Timothy 4: 7 I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. So please understand this, your belief is going to determine the quality of your journey. Parallel Principals What do you believe about your business? Do you believe you can build this or are you defeated even before you start? Your belief will determine your success in this! So many people let fear govern them, so they live a tormented life, never being able to accomplish anything. One of the main reasons why people leave our business is because of fear. The fear of failure causes many people to fail because they fail to do the activity, thinking it is not going to work anyway. The fear of what people are going to think also stops people from doing the activity. Finally the fear of rejection stops people from even sharing the message of hope that Reliv brings to people in their health and finances. If you can on see things from your current position, then you have no vision and without a vision people perish. Your business needs your vision in order to survive. God is saying through his word, that he knows your struggles and your concerns and he has made provision for them, if you will just trust him and walk in faith! ************************************ Jason Gregory Business Coach & Mentor Reliv *************************************
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Marscia Fleagle
12/8/2013 08:09:09 pm
thanks Jason, I needed that this morning!
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Kathy Hunter
12/8/2013 10:48:45 pm
You always help me keep things in the right perspective. I needed the reminder, thank you!
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