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"How many times have I told you not to have anything to do with those boys?" As a child growing up, my Mom would always try to protect me from certain kinds of people. Don't get me wrong, not all of my family was like that, my Dad never met a stranger, and he always looked at people in a way that I could never figure out. There were those moments when as a teen-ager I did not always use the right judgement in choosing friends. So sometimes, if not often, I would hear my Mom said those words. Now as I have grown, I realize that the old saying, 'lay with dogs and wake up with the fleas" had a whole different meaning. If you stay around bad people, you will eventually act like them. Here in Acts we are told almost the same thing, except that we are to carefully judge the Spirit as to whether or not those individulas were being used by God. By knowing how the Spirit works in people you will be able to tell what side of the fence they really are on. Has anyone wondered about you and your life? Are you just doing what the 'world' wants of you and 'playing it cool to go along with the crowd' or are you really living a life for God and allowing the His Holy Spirit to work within you to please Him above all things? Can it be said of you that people see Jesus in you? They will know by the way you respond to certain things, by the countenance on your face, by the joy in your heart, by the actions of your love. I hope that today, you will allow His Holy Spirit to work within you to glorify and honor Him above all things. Have a great day in the Lord and please Him today. God bless and my prayers are with you. mjrdad <><
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your Son to die for me, thank You for allowing the Holy Spirit to seal me and use me today. I pray that I will honor You today. Amen
5:38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail; 5:39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!" |
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