“A time to build up…”
I could find no better text for what I want to share in this article: “Building Your New Life.” We are always in the process of building, and rebuilding, our lives. Following are some tools for building and rebuilding your life. You need to build your life on faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Christ does not just save us, but it sustains us in our daily lives. How do we build our lives on faith? Well, we need to read and study the Bible. We do this by meditating on our favorite passages. For example, turn in your Bible to Philippians 4:6-7 and read it, reflect on it and internalize it. (Go ahead. Do it!) Of course you include prayer with this and you shouls also fellowship with your fellow Christians. These are just three simple tools that you can use to build your life. You need to build your life with your eyes on the future. Paul gave some advice in Philippians 3:14 that can help in this endeavor: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended (arrived): but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.” Your future is a blank page on which you will write each day. The decisions that you make will make a difference in the quality of your life. It is important to forget the failures and lapses of the past, and seek the help of the Spirit to walk in God’s will for your life. It’s called “getting up and going again.” Simon Peter had to do this after he denied the Lord, and he emerged victoriously. The Bible tells us that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:6) It is important for us to learn to live in the reality of God’s forgiveness. “Honest confession is good for the soul.” Confess, repent and accept the forgiveness that God offers. (Turn in your Bible and read 1 John 1:9.) Finally, accept the fact that the Lord will never leave nor forsake you. Yes, that promise is for you too—accept it! (continued tomorrow) Bro. Joe
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