Just Think ...

Written by Joyce C. Lock


If you are a salesperson (not only because it is your job but, you actually happen to be good at it), just think. How many sales did you make last year? Last month? Last week? A lot? Probably, you would have sold more in a better economy. Though still, you likely sold way more than you can readily remember. Was that 100 customers? 1,000? 100,000? More? Imagine if you were to use that same great charm to sell Jesus? Wow, what an impact!!! Now, multiply that by a few years and that is really a lot of changed lives!!! Ok, so maybe you are not a salesperson. How are you at advertising? Isn't it fun to continually have more ideas of ways to reach just one more customer and often thousands!? Just think howrepparttar world would view differently if you were to use all that creativity to say ... advertise God. Can't you just see it, now, a neon light in every public restroom? Oh, we could have so much fun! Soon,repparttar 122758 idea would catch on and God's name would be on every pair of tennis shoes, on every bath robe. There is no place people couldn't go without being reminded of God and, wherever He's included, that is that much less room for Satan. Is that too active for you? Ok, let us say you are a writer, an artist, a musician. You have wares to share, so do it. If you haven't been discovered already, odds are that you are not going to winrepparttar 122759 Mr. or Miss America pageant by keeping your gift hidden. Just think ofrepparttar 122760 thousands and hundred thousands your gift could already be ministering to. And, when you give to God, He gives you more! Why not go forrepparttar 122761 world title!? What is your gift? I am about certain that you have at least one. So, your health isn't cooperating. That is pretty common, these days. In fact, Satan gets his jollies atrepparttar 122762 ways he convinces us that we can not serve. Are you not about tired of it, too? You do have a telephone, don't you? How about a computer? And, there is, still,repparttar 122763 old fashioned snail mail. Ask God to show you something you can do. That will teachrepparttar 122764 old fart a lesson! If you userepparttar 122765 gift God gives you, He will give you another one, too! Then, when you use both gifts forrepparttar 122766 Lord, He will double it again, and again! There is no longer any reason to whine about how others are more gifted than you. Get going! One gift is a good place to start; at just your speed. How do you think I ended up with so many different gifts!? It really works!

The Reward of Obedience

Written by Joyce C. Lock


In thy seed shall allrepparttar nations ofrepparttar 122757 earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for allrepparttar 122758 earth is mine: Ye shall walk afterrepparttar 122759 Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. That thou mayest loverepparttar 122760 Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, andrepparttar 122761 length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell inrepparttar 122762 land whichrepparttar 122763 Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Forrepparttar 122764 children of Israel walked forty years inrepparttar 122765 wilderness, till allrepparttar 122766 people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed notrepparttar 122767 voice ofrepparttar 122768 Lord: unto whomrepparttar 122769 Lord sware that he would not shew themrepparttar 122770 land, whichrepparttar 122771 Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. If ye will fearrepparttar 122772 Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel againstrepparttar 122773 commandment ofrepparttar 122774 Lord, then shall both ye and alsorepparttar 122775 king that reigneth over you continue followingrepparttar 122776 Lord your God: But if ye will not obeyrepparttar 122777 voice ofrepparttar 122778 Lord, but rebel againstrepparttar 122779 commandment ofrepparttar 122780 Lord, then shallrepparttar 122781 hand ofrepparttar 122782 Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eatrepparttar 122783 good ofrepparttar 122784 land: But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in allrepparttar 122785 ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obeyrepparttar 122786 voice ofrepparttar 122787 Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obeyrepparttar 122788 voice ofrepparttar 122789 Lord our God. Andrepparttar 122790 kingdom and dominion, andrepparttar 122791 greatness ofrepparttar 122792 kingdom underrepparttar 122793 whole heaven, shall be given torepparttar 122794 people ofrepparttar 122795 saints ofrepparttar 122796 most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. And they that are far off shall come and build inrepparttar 122797 temple ofrepparttar 122798 Lord, and ye shall know thatrepparttar 122799 Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obeyrepparttar 122800 voice ofrepparttar 122801 Lord your God. Butrepparttar 122802 men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that evenrepparttar 122803 winds andrepparttar 122804 sea obey him! And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he evenrepparttar 122805 unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

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