Lifestyle

There is room for the fact that human beings, although born-again still, are human, still stumble, make mistakes, fall, and can be forgiven if they repent.

Elders are to preach God’s word and they are to be an example in what they say or don’t say. Be an example by the way you live out your life. We can only show God’s love to others by spending time in God’s presence.

Following our own desires, what we want instead of what God wants for us is what shapes us. Our desires need to line up with God’s plan and a holy lifestyle.

Give thanks. Why? Because that’s God’s Will in Christ, concerning you. The miracle of the Christian life is tied somehow to our willingness to thank God for what He’s doing in our lives, whether or not we like it.

Ask yourself: How do my decisions at home and at school and on the street and in business testify and reflect upon the name of the God I worship?

Sit down and make a list of the things that you ought to be thankful for — things for which you have never thanked your Lord, and then get busy thanking Him.