Fit For Faith

CHRISTIANITY IS THE DELICATE BALANCE ACT BETWEEN STRIVING FOR SPIRITUAL PERFECTION FOR OURSELVES... AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVING THE OUTMOST HUMILITY FOR IMPER- FECTIONS OF OTHERS. AND IT BECOMES EVEN MORE DELICATED WHEN IT COMES TO RESPECTFULLY LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVING THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THE VISIBLE SINS OF ONE ANOTHER IN RESPECTFUL LOVE. CHRISTIANITY IS HIGH ART, BUT OUR MENTOR IS JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF WE REMAIN IN THE SPIRIT AND THERE- FOR IN CHRIST, WE FAITH- FULLY JUGGLE CHRISTIAN LIFE. tl

SOMETIMES CHRISTIANS MISINTERPRET JESUS´ PROMISE OF THE ABUNDANT LIFE TO MEAN ... PERFECT HEALTH, A COMFORTABLE LIFESTYLE, CONSTANT HAPPINESS, FULL REALIZATION OF DREAMS, INSTANT RELIEF FROM PROBLEMS THROUGH FAITH AND PRAYER. IN A WORD, THEY EXPECT CHRISTIAN LIFE TO BE EASY - HEAVEN ON EARTH. GOD DOES NOT EXIST FOR OUR PERSONAL FULFILLMENT. GOD IS NOT OUR SERVANT. WE EXIST FOR GOD'S PURPOSES, NOT VICE VERSA. WHY WOULD GOD PROVIDE HEAVEN ON EARTH WHEN HE PLANNED THE REAL THING FOR US IN ETERNITY?

The Great Commandment. Full study: www.fitforfaith.ca/studies/#laws

GOD CONTINUALLY TESTS PEOPLE'S CHARACTER, FAITH, OBEDIENCE, LOVE, INTEGRITY AND LOYALTY.... WORDS LIKE TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS, REFINING AND TESTING OCCUR MORE THAN 200 TIMES IN THE BIBLE. GOD CONSTANTLY WATCHES YOUR RESPONSE TO PEOPLE, PROBLEMS, SUCCESS, CONFLICT, ILLNESS, DISAPPOINTMENT AND EVEN THE WEATHER. YOU WILL BE TESTED BY MAJOR CHANGES, DELAYED PROMISES, IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEMS, UNANSWERED PRAYERS, UNDESERVED CRITICISM, AND EVEN SENSELESS TRAGEDIES. BUT HE NEVER ALLOWS THE TESTS TO BE GREATER THAN THE GRACE HE GIVES YOU TO HANDLE THEM.

THE INFLUENCE YOU HAVE ON THAT PERSON YOU LEAD WILL ECHO FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. ... AS YOU MODEL FOR THEM WHAT BIBLICAL, TRUST- WORTHY LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, THEY WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE PERSON THEY LEAD, AND SO ON. GENERATIONS FROM NOW, PEOPLE WILL BE INFLUENCED BY YOU. THEY WILL BE SITTING UNDER A TREE THAT YOU PLANTED. Todd Henry, Global Leadership Summit 2019

IN GOD'S EYES, THE GREATEST HEROES OF FAITH ARE NOT THOSE WHO ACHIEVE ... PROSPERITY, SUCCESS, AND POWER IN THIS LIFE, BUT THOSE WHO TREAT THIS LIFE AS A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT AND SERVE FAITHFULLY, EXPECTING THEIR PROMISED REWARD IN ETERNITY.