The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Isaiah 29:13

Does my BEHAVIOR match my BELIEF?

Godly talk does not always imply Godly walk.

The world is not nearly so shocked at “hearing” Christianity preached as it is at “seeing” Christianity practiced. --Chuck Colson

Does my BEHAVIOR match my BELIEF? Do I BURDEN people or HELP people?

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?

You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. Ezekiel 34:2-4 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. Ezekiel 34:2-4

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45

So often, we live as if the primary calling of the world and everyone around us is to make us happy, healthy, comfortable, and affluent. If anyone dares to get in the way of this ultimate aim, we erupt into anger, resentment, and bitterness.

I must surrender my fascination with myself to a more worthy preoccupation with the character and purposes of God. I am not the point. He is. I exist for Him. He does not exist for me. --Dr. Larry Crabb

Does my BEHAVIOR match my TEACHING? Do I BURDEN people or HELP people? Am I more concerned with MY image or GOD’S image?

You don’t have an image to maintain, you have a God to Glorify!

Do I desire people to become like CHRIST or like ME? Am I TRUTHFUL or DECEPTIVE?

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. Ephesians 4:25

Do I desire people to become like CHRIST or like ME? Am I TRUTHFUL or DECEPTIVE? Do I MAJOR on MINOR things and JUDGE others who don’t?

The essence of legalism is trusting in religious activity rather than trusting in God. It is putting our confidence in a practice rather than in a person, and, without fail, this will lead us to loving the practice more than the person. --Thomas Kempis

Am I CLEAN on the OUTSIDE but DEAD on the INSIDE?

Do I consider myself spiritually SUPERIOR to others? Do I have COMPASSION or ANGER towards those that REJECT the truth?

Dinner with Hank Hough Saturday, November 21 st TBC

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