God Will Reward The Good You Do

Hebrews 6:10 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Things to consider from this scripture

- God keeps track of ALL the good you do and will reward it, particularly what you do in His name.

- The good you do will produce positive fruit in the lives of others.

- Your fruit will outlast you. Others will benefit for years to come from the good you do. They may not remember what you did but God will!

- God designed it so that you wouldn't get all your accolades on this side of Heaven - God is not going to let man celebrate you better than He will.

- When you're dealing with God, uncommon faithfulness will always get you uncommon blessings.

- If you take care of what touches the heart of God he’ll take care of what touches your heart.

All, be encouraged and continue doing good.

Prayer for the Unreached Nations

Good people,

I mentioned late last year that this year I would be praying all year long for the unreached nations and lands around the world. The Gospel of Jesus Christ still has yet to reach thousands of people. Please join me in this prayer effort.

Right below you'll find two organization's websites that I've subscribed to in order to receive detailed information about a different unreached nation every day. Please subscribe at your earliest convenience. Additionally, if your church or ministry has a missionary group please support it.

Joshua Project
http://www.joshuaproject.net/

Operation World
http://www.operationworld.org/

Additionally, here's a quick sample prayer for you to use. You can print it out and to have it with you.

Father God,

Thank you for the awesome privilege to pray, hear, and receive from you. You are a great God and Father and I appreciate you. Right now, I pray for the unreached nations and lands across the world. I pray that you would send spiritual laborers along their path to begin sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them. I also pray that you would sensitize the people's hearts and cause them to become receptive to the truth of Jesus Christ. Provide whatever tools and resources (e.g. Bibles, audio, video, etc.) necessary for them to hear, receive, and continue following Jesus Christ. Additionally, I pray that you would meet any physical or national needs they have. Abundantly help and protect them. Also, bless and keep those laborers, missionaries, and their families who are doing this great work of evangelism. Cause them to never be without.

In the name of Jesus Christ I pray,

Amen.

If God Was Like You...

"You cannot love God and hate people at the same time. If you truly desire a heavenly experience with God here on earth, provide others with a heavenly experience."

Folks, may we never become weary of working with God to become better representatives of Him. He is counting on us to continually reveal what He is like to others.

Think with me for a moment...

If God Was Like You...would you love Him?

Consider the following:

• If God only gave to you as you give to others, would you love Him?
• If God's job/career was to take care of you and He did it the same way you take care of your job/career, would you love Him?
• If God was a parent to you like you are to your children, would you love Him?
• If God withheld forgiveness from you as you do others, would you love Him?
• If God retaliated against you in the ways (subtle or direct) that you do others, would you love Him?
• If God stopped talking to you or acted funny every time He wasn't pleased with your actions, would you love Him?
• If God failed to respond to your needs in the same way you fail to respond to the needs of others, would you love Him?
• If God avoided you like you avoid others, would you love Him?
• If God was hard to deal with as you are sometimes, would you love Him?
• If God gossiped about you behind your back like you do others, would you love Him?
• If God was as unreliable as you are at times, would you love Him?
• If God didn't support you as you don't others, would you love Him?
• If God forgot you as you do the things done for you by others, would you love Him?
• If God didn't protect you or your character as you don't others, would you love Him?
• If God knew He could help you but purposely chose not to as you do others, would you love Him?
• If God was as critical of you as you are of others, would you love Him?
• If God was as impatient with you as you are with others, would you love Him?
• If God was dishonest with you like you are with others, would you love Him?
• If God disrespected you as you do with others, would you love Him?
• If God was quickly angered with you as you are with others, would you love Him?
• If God was as ______ as you, would you love? You fill in the blank

Now I know reading some of those bullets may have been challenging if you really stopped and considered them (and you should have). Nevertheless, don't despair. Yes, Biblical self-examination must go deep in order to be effective but God really wants to help you be all that you should.

Remember Philippians 4:13 - is a promise from God to help us achieve our very best.

So people of God, the message is simple: If you wouldn't love God if He acted like you, why not start changing to act like Him?

Today, challenge yourself to grow up in a way that you wouldn't yesterday. You, God, and ultimately others will be glad you did!

Peace