MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESPOND TO GOD’S PROMISES

” MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESPOND TO GOD’S PROMISES. SUPPLEMENT YOUR FAITH WITH A GENEROUS PROVISION OF MORAL EXCELLENCE, AND MORAL EXCELLENCE WITH KNOWLEDGE, AND KNOWLEDGE WITH SELF- CONTROL, AND SELF-CONTROL WITH PATIENT ENDURANCE, AND PATIENT ENDURANCE WITH GODLINESS, AND GODLINESS WITH BROTHERLY AFFECTION, AND BROTHERLY AFFECTION WITH LOVE FOR EVERYONE.” 2 PETER 1:5-7

As Christians you and I must make a commitment to follow Jesus and his ways. We must know of and understand his promises for our lives. As newborn followers we are babies in Christ. We learn from the bottom up. Our faith is at the beginning stages, and we must continue to learn God’s word, read his word and experience his love and dedication to us as we continue to grow our faith in him. As we grow in Jesus we must live our lives as a testimony to our Lord, we must pray to him and ask for the knowledge we need to continue to grow in our faith. We must be able to have self-control in the way we live and not succumb to the ways of the world. We must develop a patient endurance as we endure persecution and ridicule from others. We must put our love of Jesus and his love for us on display by learning his promises, living his promises and enduring the ways of the world around us. This is not an easy task but when we commit our ways unto him, he becomes our helper, refuge and Savior. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!