Special

Leviticus 20:26 (KJV)

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and (have severed you) from other people, that ye should be mine.

Special: Different from usual

God Separates “Special”

For Himself!

If We Are in Fact “His”

Then He Has Separated You from the Common…

⁃ Do Not Chaff at Being Separate from the World!

⁃ Do Not Fear of Not Being Like Everyone Else

⁃ Do Not Be Embarrassed Looking (different) from the Crowds

He Said-

“I have severed you”

from Other People…

That You Should be Mine!

Special…for the Master!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

What a House!

John 14:2 (KJV)

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

7 Days of Creation-

What Wonders to Behold!

Over 2 Thousand Years Ago He Left to Prepare “You” a Place-

What a Place!!!

Just His House Contains (many mansions)- Wow!

What a Place!

Don’t Let the (devil) Lie to You…

Nothing Down Here Compares!

Don’t Accept Mere Trinkets Here-

In Exchange for a “Place”

He’s Prepared for You!

Where Many Mansions Exists

Just Inside His “House”

It Will Be Worth It All…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Sorrow Not

1 Thessalonians 4:13 (KJV)

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Sorrow is Reserved for the Hopeless…

Hope is Believing When Reality Says Different-

Hope is Believing That Help is on the Way!

And Hope Does Not Die or Cease in Death!

When Jesus Has Promised a Resurrection-

Not Even Death Can Stop Hope!

Sorrow is for the Hopeless

Not the Hopeful!

We Sorrow Not Because We Know….

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

A Wasted Life

1 Corinthians 15:19 (KJV)

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

If This Life is All We Have

Then What a Waste…

⁃ This Life is Unpredictable

⁃ This Life is Full of Pain

⁃ This Life is So Very Short

⁃ This Life Has No Guarantees, Other Than It Will End

Our Real “Hope” in Christ is Not in This World…

Our Reward is Not Here

And Not Now-

This Life Like Death is a Mere Doorway to a Better Hope…

Our Hope in Christ

Rockets Beyond This World to a Place Called “Heaven”

Where We Will Forever Be With Christ!

Death for the Unsaved is a Misery and Tragedy-

(The end of all they loved)

But for the Christian

It is Arriving at a Better Hope (for eternity)

Forever With Christ!!!

Shed Tears for the Lost!

Yet “Rejoice” for a Saint…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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The Resident-Sin

Mark 7:15-16 (KJV)

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

*16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Later He Said the “Belly not Heart” that’s where things from the outside go!

The Heart Doesn’t Need Fed It Has a Resident-Whether Good or Evil…

That’s What Comes Out for All to Hear!

In Other-words, Unless There is Change of the Resident-Only Evil Will Come…

Your Worried About Outside Influences-

And Jesus is More Worried About What Already Resides Inside You!

Wisdom of God:

Replace the “Resident” and Then the Company He Keeps Will Change…

When the Inside Changes the Outside Will Change Automatically…

Not “Vice Versa”

Change Starts on the Inside First-

The Other Way Around Breeds “Hypocrisy”

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Requests- Self-serving or Enriching?

Exodus 33:18 (KJV)

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

Often Our Prayer Requests Are More About Our Wants Than Our Needs…

Have You Ever Considered That There May Be Another Entire Dimension in God We’re Missing?

Requesting God to Show Us “His Glory”

When He Did This for Moses Upon His Request

It Changed His Life in Ways That (Immediate Needs and Wants)-(which are temporary fixes)

Could Never!

By this One Request

Moses Was Given The History of Genesis to Write- from the Beginning…

Wow!

He was able to not need food or water for 40 days-

(Humanly Impossible)

What are we missing that God would reveal and bless by being imprisoned by our selfish short lasting requests?

Lord- Show Me (Thy) Glory…

I really believe that our immediate short lists would dissipate-

During a Viewing of

“His Glory”

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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Life is About Choices

Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, *(choose you this day) whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Contrary to modern dogma we are not Victims!

We are not Helpless pawns in a game…

Life is not so much directed by what happens but rather by-

“Our Choices”

No one can help what happens in life but you do have the power to choose how you deal with it!

Israel couldn’t decide between their enemies faith and their present distress-

Neither their Father’s decisions-

But they did have a Choice in whom they would serve!

What Your Family Did in the Past is not Relevant!

What You Choose Is!

What Will You Choose Today?

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

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