Just a little something to make you think....

How have your quiet times been? What has God been showing you lately? We must stop being content with consisting our Christian walks with just a daily quiet time way off in seclusion. We must stop just brushing past friends and acquaintances with a hey, what's up, and see ya because if we don't make the effort to encourage friendships with the lost, then they will make friends with others. When we invite others, we should stop telling them what the cellar has, but what the cellar is, a place where we are family. And we must act like it. We need to stop be so distracting, and start respecting the elders and the people we look up too. If somebody came to the cellar to hear a lesson, and saw the majority of the group laughing and joking and getting off topic, would they take Christianity seriously? NO! We are ambassador's for Christ, and we become so immediately after we profess to be his. And we are ambassadors every moment during the day, whether we feel like it or not, and whether we are doing a good job or not. Where has the passion gone? Where has the sense of urgency gone? I'll tell you where it's gone. It went where mine went. It got shuffled around with work and schoolwork and talking to my 'Christian friends' whom I feel more comfortable hanging out with. Jesus did spend a great deal of time with his disciples and brothers, but they followed him when he went after and sought after the lost: They were his first priority, not to lose anyone that the father appointed. Jesus stated that no one can come to him except who God chooses, and God holds us responsible for others. God has given us these gifts, and he expects us to use them to reap a harvest of souls. But what happens if we slowly lapse become takers instead of givers? What happens to us if God wants to do something through us, and our desires get in the way? Then we have done just what this verse tells us not to do, and why would it say so unless this was possible? Therefore, let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, offering up prayers and requests at all times, so that we may discern what his will for us is. Let's find out what pleases God, and know what God's will for us is. We must continue to make the most of every opportunity, if we are to be affective. Let us all get our priority straight: When Jesus was here on earth, his number one priority was reaching other people to save as many as he could. If we are to be like him, we must do the same. This will include doing everything he did: Knowing the Father intimately, knowing the scripture intimately, praying, fellowshipping, suffering, and putting aside what we might want to do with what we know God wants us to do. Because we are punished more when we are given more and know more, and don't live up to our expectations!