February 10 ATTITUDE for LIVING Psalm 100
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name. 5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” (Psalm 100)
How should we as Children of God behave? How are we to conduct our lives on a “day to day” basis? Could it be that we are not embracing the promises of God and that we are demonstrating a lack of His Power and sustaining Grace? I am convinced that our ATTITUDE towards HIS LOVE and HIS SAVING GRACE in our lives, dictates our actions, behaviors, and our words! Listen closely, situations and circumstances of life, change at a moment’s notice, and when our thoughts and attitudes are determined by the shifting status of the events of the day, then we are going to be “Shifty” in our service and praise to our God! Believers, keep looking up, continue to praise God, embrace His promises and what your attitude and your mouth. May every action that you take and every word that you speak honor God and cause one more person to come to His Saving Grace! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! It is your ATTITUDE, not your APTITUDE, that will determine your ALTITUDE!!! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!
** Recently, the issues and challenges that we here about in other places, has arrived in the small communities of Wendell and Zebulon. Satan, and his henchmen, are openly and boldly promoting their standards of behavior (actually no standards or rules, at all), and are forcing us to accept their twisted and perverse ways, or pay the costs, by having our standards and lifestyles, challenged in the courts and in the courts of public opinion! Satan has become brazen and unapologetic in his attempt to thwart the cause of Christ! Whether you are aware or ready, the standards of acceptable behavior are shifting, and the Christian is being told to accept this, or else! We hear of persecutions around the world and challenges to our way of life, and now the reality has arrived! When parents are allowing children, as young as 4-6 years old, to dictate their own behavior and when parents are “coaching” their young children to be expressions of their standardless lifestyles and their desire to conform to the world’s twisted and sad ways, then these children are going to grow up expecting the world to be just like them, and for everyone to conform to their thoughts and moral-less ways. I struggle with the fact that I have been told that I am a purveyor of Hate and Intolerance when I am sharing the Love of Jesus Christ! It is difficult to Love those who are absolutely opposed to what you stand for, and what you believe and live! So, how do we deal with the insane and godless attitudes and behaviors? WE REMAIN TRUE TO WHAT WE KNOW IS THE TRUTH, AND LIVE IT OUT, EVERYDAY, IN EVERY WAY, AND LET OUR LIVES BE THE WITNESS TO THE EVIL THAT EXISTS! Keep Growing, Keep Believing, Keep Sharing, Keep the FAITH and Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS, FOR THE BELIEVER, YET TO BE!