Good Advice 1 Corinthians 15:58.

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Good Advice 1 Corinthians 15:58

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Good Advice This advice is not mine, but from the Bible Here are four short statements which contain some good advice for our lives

1 – Stand Strong Be steadfast 1 Peter 5:8-9 9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

1 – Stand Strong Be firm Stand Stand up Steadfast

Methods change – but not teaching of Bible 2 – Don't Change Unmovable Worship Plan of salvation Doctrine Faith Methods change – but not teaching of Bible

3 – Give yourself to the work Always abounding in the work of the Lord There is much to do. Everybody is needed to help. Work together. 2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

4 – Work will NOT be wasted knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

4 – Work will NOT be wasted knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord 1 Thessalonians 1:3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

4 – Work will NOT be wasted knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord 1 Thessalonians 1:3 2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

4 – Work will NOT be wasted knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord 1 Thessalonians 1:3 2 Corinthians 5:9 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

Give yourself to the work Conclusion Here is good advice for each of us. We must: Stand strong Don't change Give yourself to the work Work will not be wasted