02/19/2006
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips." Oliver Goldsmith
Steve Best spoke this morning and one thing he said really caught my attention. He said something along these lines, that we can't be a people that are saying one thing to God and then be living something totally different. I think thats such a good point and something to be remembered, and this is where the saying from Oliver Goldsmith comes in, "You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips". God hasn't called us to be a people that just "talks the talk", it says " For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power." 1 corinthians 3:20. We (which includes me) need to constently be checking if how we are SAYING we are living our lives is really how we are living them! That way we won't fall into the trap of "talking it, but not walking it". God has called us and the way we live to be an example to the world, not just our words. Anyone can talk it, but the challenge is to not only talk it, but to walk it as well!! Its not easy, but our God will "never leave us nor forsake us". So i challenge you and my self, if there are any areas of our lives that we our saying something and not doing it, STOP saying what you're not doing and do what you're saying!
-Matt-
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Amen.
Posted by: Johnny Brooks | 02/22/2006
Amen! Great point. The Message, a modern American paraphrase of the Bible, says something like this in Romans 12:22 'You're fortunate if your behavior and your belief are coherent.'
Posted by: Paul Sunde | 02/26/2006
hey dude, i know you be preaching a sermon of love with your lips to silje, if you know what i mean! you still got that coat in that picture? how i miss the tender texture of that matt clark relic! see you soonn!
Posted by: nate | 02/28/2006
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