You Need To Do One Thing

Philippians 3:13-14 (KJV)

[13] Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before

Paul was saying I haven't quite got there yet...

In other words, until I do-

There Is One Thing I Do...

Forgetting The Past and Reaching for The Future!

Don't Let The Past Make a Prisoner Out of You!

You Need To Let Go of The Past-Today!

Until You Let Go You Can Never Move Forward...

. The Past Is A Ball and Chain

. The Future Is A Jet-stream!

Paul Said "Forgetting"

That Means To No Longer Think About It!

But He Didn't Say "Erase"

There is a Difference!

Don't Get Caught In The Web of Not Understanding The Difference!

You Can't Erase A Bad Incidente

But You Can Leave It In The Past...

So Like Paul, Until You Get There-

You Need To Do One Thing...

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Let God Be God

Isaiah 1:18 (KJV)

[18] Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

. Self Help Books Don't Fix

. Self Medicating Doesn't Heal

. Self Discovery Doesn't Find Peace

. Self Love Doesn't Satisfy

There Are Some Things You Cannot Fix...

Let God Do The Impossible...

You Do The Possible...

*God - Can Take A Heart That Is Black Wash It With Red Blood and Make It Whiter Than Snow!

Just-Let God Be God...

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Corrected Too Often

Proverbs 29:1 (KJV)

[1] He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Corrections Often Produce A Condition Called-

(Hardness of Neck)...

*When Corrected You Worry More About Enduring The Pain Than Changing Your Behavior...

This Condition Produces a Far Worse Consequence: God Destroys You Without Remedy...

Once This Happens There Is No Cure!

Ask Yourself This Question:

Are You (Bracing for The Pain)-(hardening your neck)When God Corrects You?

Or

Because of The Pain In Correction You Change Your Ways?

Thus We Become The Architect of Our Own Future...

Too Much Too Often...

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Not All Fear Is Bad

Psalms 2:11 (KJV)

[11] Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Fear without joy is torment; and joy without holy "fear" would be presumption...Spurgeon

People Often Fear What They Cannot See-

And Disregard What They Can See And Should Fear...

Godly Fear Is Knowing The Consequences and Acting Accordingly!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Associations Can Be Damming

2 Chronicles 19:2 (KJV)

[2] And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

There Is A Distinction Between Being A Witness and A Friend!

Pursuing To Be A Godly Witness To Sinners

Should Never Become Confusing As A Friendship...

Pursuing Acceptance Among People With Money, Business Associates and Family May Be In Vogue...

But Could End Up Separating You From God!

. Helping The UnGodly

. Loving God Haters

Will Cause The Wrath of God Upon You...

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Proper Etiquette

Psalms 100:4 (KJV)

[4] Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

David Understood, Without The Exception of An Emergency-*Normal Day to Day Entrance To The King of Kings Required Certain Etiquette!

• It Starts With (Thanksgiving)

• It Ends With (Thanksgiving)

What You Begin With is What You End With- THANKSGIVING

Try Starting Your Day-

Thanking Him…

Try Ending Your Day-

Thanking Him…

If You Start Thanking Him For The Small Things…

You Might Be Surprised-

At What Else He Has In Store for You!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Thanksgiving

Luke 6:32-33 (KJV)

[32] For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

[33] And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

*Thanks-giving

            Not

*Thanks-receiving

The Giving of Thanks…

Is The True Act of Thanksgiving

(Expectation and Entitlement)

Are The Complete Opposite!

So Today, I Challenge You…

How Can I Thank Those I Love?

• God

• Family

• Friends

(GIVE)-THANKS TODAY….

The Happy In-Thanksgiving-

Is In Giving not In Receiving…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11