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One Last Day of Godly Example …

The things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you. Philippians 4:9

I certainly am not implying you are dumb – really, I’m not. But just in case you haven’t thought about this yet  …

The past few days we have dialoged about Paul’s charge to the church in Philippi about being a godly example: LEARNED, RECEIVED, HEARD and SEEN. All four of those things can make a POSITIVE impact on the people you and I rub shoulders with as well as with our kids.

But just in case you haven’t thought about it  -- think about this: MODEL BAD BEHAVIOR and that impacts too. If you haven’t thought about that, you need to.

I have a friend that was really sold out for the Lord. He made a number of bad choices and ended up leaving the ministry. He refused to make godly choices and yet wants to still be in ministry. Lots of people have watched his life and now some of the people that have loved, respected and supported him have justified making the same mistakes because this was what was modeled for them.

I shared this before – as Charles Swindoll has said, “We should so live our lives that we wouldn’t be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.” J

Think about the INFLUENCE you can have – will it be godly? Or will it be done foolishly. You choose – I hope it will be for godly examples. Keep pressing on! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick

Team YOU: 2 Samuel 6-8; Proverbs 19; Luke 15:1-10

Motivations:  A 'real Christian' is an odd one anyway. They feel supreme love for ONE whom they have never seen, talk familiarly everyday to SOMEONE they cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of ANOTHER, empties themself in order to be full, admits they are wrong so they can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when they are weakest, richest when they are poorest, and happiest when they feel the worst. They die so they can live, forsake in order to have, give away so they can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge. A. W. Tozer

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Ephesians 5:17-18; Level 2: Ephesians 5:8-14

Powered Up:  Clearly we must not pray for any end towards which it is wrong to labor, but likewise we must not labor towards any end for which it is wrong to pray. John Baillie