Our Life is Our Witness, What do we Speak About!

All kinds of strange things are happening now that we don't even know about and couldn't change if we did know. I want my mind free of garbage I have no need to know and will have no power over.

My God will let me know what to do and when without me filling my mind with useless information that I have no control over.

Philippians 4:7-9 "7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think on these things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.…"

God never called us to put our minds on the evil things the government is doing or those who are secretly carrying out plans. We are called to have faith, that faith causes us to keep our eyes on Christ filling our mind with His principles, trusting that He knows our future and our need.

Believers are called to speak the truth of the Bible not the conspiracies of the world. This is our mission, we don't have much time left for this.

When we are raptured out of this world do we want the last thing we said to an unbeliever to be how terrible the world is becoming or do we want them to hear about Christ and hope in salvation if they trust in Him?

Personally, I think this is a no-brainer!

Hebrews 4:12

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."

2 Timothy 3:16-17

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."

1 Peter 4:11

"Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."

At the end of the day, at the end of the church age what really matters is not that we informed someone about all the filth in the world to frighten them to death. What matters is whether or not they say joy and Christ in us and heard the salvation message.

Luke 12:40

"You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Christ is the Essence of all Truth!!!!

Man evaluates matters according to emotions, while God evaluates them according to the truth because He is TRUTH!

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Do Not Believe Most Things in the News

If you cannot personally vet a news story or video then throw it away and trust God for each day. Too many Christians are believing everything they hear with no way of proving it is true.

There is more tabloid news on the internet than there is truth, the more we "research" articles and videos the less informed we will be, most of it is disinformation, people claiming to be experts who are not and much lying going on everywhere.

1 John 4:1 "1Beloved, do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. "

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Envy and Jealousy

Envy is when we want something someone else has.

Jealousy is when we have something and do not want someone else to have it or someone else has something we want and are angry they have it and we do not.

God speaks against both these sins.

We all see something someone else has and think it would work well for us too, so we ask where we can get one of those, this is not sinful envy. I often glean ideas for my household from how someone else is doing something that works for them.

Gleaning ideas from how others do things is just smart to make our lives work better or are more pleasant. This is why we look at home and garden magazines to find ideas.

Someone who is not competitive will be happy to share how they did something or where they got something so that others will be blessed too.

I remember a woman who was asked to share her recipe with another woman. The woman with the recipe made it clear that she always leaves out an ingredient when sharing a recipe so that no one else will be able to make the dish as delicious as she does.

It was laughable because when the woman with the recipe asked someone else for theirs she made sure they do not leave anything out so that she can make it as good as they made it. A little hypocrisy going on there.

When we love people we want to share our things and ideas with them. We are flattered that they like our ideas so much that they want to use them too. A loving person does not care about being elevated above others, they just want to bless them.

Matthew 12:11-12 "…11So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12 In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets."

However, a narcissist will steal the ideas of others and claim the idea came from them. They hate to give others credit while driven to be seen as the one with the idea.

Narcissists will also watch what other accomplished people do and try to do it themselves only better. They hate it when someone else does something they cannot or will not do.

When the narcissist sees their target accomplishing something they will ignore it completely so as not to encourage them, or they will criticize it as a useless accomplishment.

When we walk with Christ we have no desire to be superior to anyone else, we are just content to do what we do the best we can. If we compete it is with ourselves to do better than we did before. We are happy for others who do well because we are not competing with anyone else.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

"11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."

God commended the Thessalonian believers for helping one another be the best they can be through truth, companionship and helps.

The Rager, No Need to Engage with Them!

When I find that I am dealing with a "rager" rather than a listener I immediately end the conversation by politely excusing myself.

The "rager" avoids me after that because they wanted to fight and I would not fight with them.

The devil loves to ruin our witness by making us act like the rager. My motive when I speak is to share what I know, the hearer doesn't have to accept it but it may give them some information they didn't have. I listen to them for this purpose too.

Loving, kind discussions can help us grow but fighting only leaves everyone beaten and broken without actually hearing the message.

I think what helped me was the realization that I didn't need to convince anyone, then I have no frustration when they don't see things my way.

Matthew 10:14 "And whoever does not receive you nor listen to your words, as you leave that house or city, shake the dust off your feet."

When we politely excuse ourselves the rager has nothing to hold against us. They may blame us for something but it will be a lie. I would rather let them tell an out-and-out lie than have a half-truth to tell that makes them look innocent.