CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES

CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES

THE CHRISTIAN IN THE PRESENT TIME

HOW CAN YOU COPE AND STILL KEEP THE FAITH?

READ ROMANS 12:11 – 12

BE PATIENT IN TRIBULATION.

WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFICULT; BE YE PATIENT.
WHEN YOU ARE FACED WITH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS; BE PATIENT
GOD KNOWS ABOUT IT.
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.
TRUST IN THE LORD.
HAVE FAITH IN GOD.
TRUST IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
KEEP BUSY DOING THE WILL OF GOD.
NOTE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORK OF GOD AND THE WILL OF GOD.
REMEMBER THAT THE MEAT (FOOD) OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD AND TO PERFECT IT
KNOW THE WILL OF GOD AND DO THE WILL OF GOD.

JOHN 4:34 JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, MY MEAT IS TO DO THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME ANT TO FINISH HIS WORK.

JN 5:30  JESUS CHRIST SAID I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING AS I HEAR, I JUDGE: AND MY JUDGEMENT IS JUST; BECAUSE I SEEK NOT MINE OWN WILL, BUT THE WILL OF THE FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME.

NOT SLOTFUL IN BUSINESS

LEARN TO WORK HARD. DO NOT BE LAZY.



FERVENT IN SPIRIT

(HAVE A GREAT ZEAL FOR GOD AND GODLINESS AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HAVE JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR HEART. BE SINCERELY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GOD AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. GET INTERESTED WITH GOD. DEVELOP INTEREST IN GOD. MAKE GOD YOUR FRIEND. ACCEPT THE FRIENDSHIP OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS)

RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.

SAY NO TO SIN AND YES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.

SERVING THE LORD

SERVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART.

WHEN YOU SERVE GOD YOU ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE OUTCOME IF YOUR SERVICE ONCE YOU HAVE SERVED WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART AND AND MIND AND MIGHT. GOD IS RESPONSSINLE FOR THE OUTCOME AND TAKES ALL THE GLORY. SO LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED NEITHER LET THEM BE AFRAID BELIEVE IN GOD AND BELIEVE ALSO IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

REJOICING IN HOPE

REJOICE IN THE LORD GOD ALWAYS, AGAIN I SAY REJOICE.

JOY IS A VERB. IT IS SOMETHING YOU DO IT IS SOMETHING YOU DO ALWAYS AS A CHRISTIAN. IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO. IT IS SOMETHING THE SPIRIT OF GOD ENABLES YOU TO DO. WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE PUTS HIS HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU AND YOU CAN REJOICE ALWAYS BY DELIBERATE CHOICE REGARDLESS OF WHAT EVER ELSE IS HAPPENING ANY WHERE ELSE.
PATIENT IN TRIBULATION
LEARN PATIENCE BY BEING PATIENT. THIS IS ALSO MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU.

CONTINUING INSTANT IN PRAYER

PRAY AT ALL TIMES. PRAY THAT THESE QUALITIES, BE FOUND AND FORMED IN YOU. PRAY AND ASK GOD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. PRAY AND ASK FOR A PRESENCE OF MIND TO ENABLE YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT. SPEND TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE, AND YOU WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.