Secrets

Psalms 19:12 (KJV)

[12] Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Secrets Are Hidden Things-

Hidden from Public View!

It's A (One Level) Dimension To Seek Cleansing from Known Faults...

But Then A Much Deeper Cleansing Is When We Seek God's Help in The Things (Nobody) Knows About...

Those Things Only Between You And God...

*Then There Are Faults That Not Even You Acknowledge or Are Aware Of...

Being (Completely Transparent)

and Submitted To God-

Is To Not Only Relinquish All Control But....

To Be (Completely) Open

To What Only His Eye Can Detect!

Cleanse Thou Me from

"SECRET FAULTS"

A Not So Popular Prayer...

Secrets Only God Knows!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Futile Hope

Matthew 12:35-37 (KJV)

[35] A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

An Old Man Once Said:

If it looks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, and it talks like a duck - it must be a duck!

Always Risking Ourselves and Families With Those That Are Always In Trouble and Are Always Finding Themselves In a Mess-

Are Betting On A Lame Horse!

"FUTILE HOPE"

Unless There Is Meeting Between Them and God-

You're Wasting Your Time on

"FUTILE HOPE"

Why Not Invest Yourselves In Something Good and Productive?

Do Something for The Lord Today-

And You Will Lay Up Treasures for Yourselves in Heaven!

And If You Are Finding Yourself AS-

"FUTILE HOPE"

Have A Meeting With God!

He Can Change What We're Not Able To Change!

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The Problem Is Not Love

Matthew 10:37 (KJV)

[37] He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

The Problem Is Not Love

But Rather-

"Loving More Than"

To Love Something More Than Is To Place It In Front, or Above...

God Has No Problem With Your Love, It's Just That That Love Must Be Secondary and or Beneath Your Supreme Love for Him!

He's Not Asking You To Do What He Hasn't Already Done!

Because-

He First Loved Us...

Even When We Were Still In Our Sins!

When The Question Arose of Should He?

He Chose Calvary for You!

He Loved Us More-

Why Shouldn't We?

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Misperception

Proverbs 3:11-12 (KJV)

[11] My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: [12] For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Misperception Can Cause You To Miss The Most Important Detail...

To See Something Incorrectly Causes Us To React (Inaccurately)...

Which Could Have Devastating Consequences!

Most Think Discipline Is Inhibiting Our Potential and

Correction Is Cruel...

But Quite The Contrary...

Water Poured Into a Glass takes on The Shape of Its Restrictions...

Whereas-

*Water Poured Out On A Table Becomes A Mess!

Don't Despise Chastisement and Be Weary of Correction-

They Are Shaping You Into What God Desires...

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Devaluing

Matthew 10:31 (KJV)

[31] Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Substitutes

As Good As

Replacements

Counterfeit

Have Become The Rage!

But In The Midst of All This Change in Value It Left Many

Feeling Cheap and Feeling That

They're Not Worth Much!

When You Feel That You're Not Worth Much...

Then You Do Accordingly-

Not Much...

But When You Realize That To The Lord-

You're of Great Value!

You Increase That Unsaid Drive Within You To "Do Much"

And You Act Accordingly-

Of Great Value!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Whose Sins?

1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)

[8] And above all things have *(fervent charity) among yourselves: for *(charity) shall cover the **multitude of sins.

Charity-means love...

It's all too easy to assume the covering of our own sins!

But the Real Challenge and application here is that The Love you possess, will cover a multitude of sins committed *Against You!

By Others...

It's always easier to overlook an offense from out in that evil world-

But so much harder and almost impossible when the offense and hurt comes from within the circle of loved ones and friends!

The Reason Some Have Become-

Mean and Unforgiving

Is That They "Don't Like Themselves"

And They're Always Equalizing The World Around Them!

Poor, Insecure and Afraid-

They're Retaliating by Lashing Out!

When You Truly Love God-

Then There's No Need to

Love Yourself!

Because His Love is Enough

for Both of You!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Living The Lie

1 John 4:20 (KJV)

[20] If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

The Greatest of All Deceptions

Is When You Have Deceived Yourself...

No need to deceive anyone else!

If You Love God (The Creator)

Then You Will Love His Creations-

You Needn't Love All They Do

But If You Love God-

You Must Love Your Brother!

Then... Let God Judge and Handle His Business-

Without Your Help!

Gandhi once said:

"I'd be a Christian if it were not for the Christians.' "

Jesus said: You're a Liar!

If You Tell God "I Love You"

Then Hate Your Brother-

The word Hate can mean-

To love less... wow!

Less Than What?

Pray For That Person and Then Ask Yourself

Less than What?

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11