Daddy said what?

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3-15-19 Friday

Dumb advice:

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Who cares about first impressions…

Everybody knows it takes time getting to know someone to find out what they are really like… 

I got to be honest everyone thought I was really cool, until they got to know me then…. oh never mind. 

 

Daddy said what? 

Don’t tuck your shirt into your underwear… simple enough… I quite wearing underwear. 

He who prays long in public, USUALLY prays short in private

 

Luke 189 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

 

Matthew 6:5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

 

(leads into the Lords prayer) Daddy - Intimacy!

 

Tom Scarella “The longer you pray, the more you are probably trying to talk yourself into the answer then actually a prayer of faith”. 

 

I travel and speak… I have for many years now… every now and again I have someone introduce themselves to me and tell me they are the head of the prayer ministry… 

I get it… but typically thats the person who shouldn’t have to introduce themselves. it should be recognized by others.

 

I can’t tell you the last time I told someone I was a Christian, by that I mean, I am to busy telling people about Jesus. 

Anyone who is around me more than a few times will recognize that I am a Christ follower… 

 

how about you?

 

I will be talking to someone and they will find out I am a Christ follower and they will need to tell me they are Lutheran or baptized or confirmed or a Christian etc…. It’s a little fishy. 

 

Look here is what I am trying to say. 

When we are guilty of not completely giving our lives to Christ we tend to over sell our walk.

 

We talk a lot about our leaves, the sun we take in, the deep roots, the fertilizer we have to put up with, how big our branches are….

THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WILL KNOW US BY OUR FRUIT…

 

Let your walk do the talking. 

 

I Spoke at the National independent Healthcare Association… a few years back. After my time on stage I had a women come up to me and state it more than ask me “you’re a Christian aren’t you”?

FUNNY THING- SHE WASN’T. BUT SHE RECOGNIZED FROM OTHERS WHO WERE LIVING THEIR FAITH OUT LOUD, THAT I WAS. 

 

It’s Friday… you got 1 day to clear up Sunday and get you and your family in church… That’s your challenge!