GOD IS PLACED ABOVE EVERYTHING.
“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…”Matthew 6:33
OBEYING GOD’S WILL IS OUR DESIRE.
“Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the WILL of My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21
ATTAINING HEAVEN IS OUR OBJECTIVE.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19 & 20
LIFE NOW AND ETERNAL IS OUR LONGING.
“For we know that if our tent that is our earthly house is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made of hands, eternal in heaven. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, If indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked.”
2 Corinthians 5:1
OFFERING OUR LIVES AS LIVING SACRIFICES IS OUR CHOICE.
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1
FAITHFULNESS IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
“Be faithful unto to death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Revelation 2:10
LOVE IS WHAT WE WANT TO EMBRACE NOW AND FOREVER.
“Now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:13
IMITATING JESUS IS OUR PASSION!
“Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 11:1
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR FAITH.
“Fight the good fight of faith.”1 Timothy 6:12
ESCAPING ALL EVIL AND ITS PENALTY IS OUR STRONG INTENTION.
“Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers.
But His the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 1 Peter 3:10-12
About the author:
Don and his wife Brenda have been married 48 years. They have two married sons Jason/Crista and Nicholas/Heather and four grandsons Luke, Ryker, Blake and Drew. Don is a graduate of the Gateway School of Preaching, Fairview Heights, IL, the Bristol Roads School of Biblical Studies, Flint, MI and he has a bachelor’s degree in religious education from Michigan Christian College. He has been preaching since 1979. He has preached at Pacific, MO; Howell, MI; Arnold, MO; Festus, MO; Dexter, MO; and De Soto, MO where he has served since 2007. He also serves the congregation as one of the elders. Don has done campaigns and meetings in several states and mission work in Cuba, India, and Jamaica. Don refers to himself as a “Minister” because he loves ministering to others and helping them learn about Jesus and growing in their relationship with Him.
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