Dear FBC Net Pray Family:
I have to believe this
lesson, which is not rocket science,
is one that Satan really doesn't
want us to grasp. The lesson is that
we need to place our priorities in
order and quit nit picking at
everything around us.
I am fighting the urge right
now to share some of these examples
but as I would do this I would
be participating in the very thing I
as writing about. But to teach the
lesson I will give very brief
example of a couple.
The word today is can I
'vent' a minute? And I understand
this question and I understand the
need at times. For many this is a
great outlet. Modern day venting as
it applies to a relief of pressure
can be good if it is given properly,
received properly and disposed of
properly.
To vent is usually sharing a
gripe about something.
To ask someone if you can
vent...is best and properly done
when asked of someone who is not
involved in the issue you are
venting about and has no contact
with anyone concerned with the
venting need and will not be
effected by the venting in the
least. (By the way that person will
be hard to find.)
The recipient of this
venting...your griping about
something...whether perceived or
real...then must let this go in one
ear and out the other and they must
not let this effect their feelings
about anything.
The proper disposal of this
venting is this...flush it, forget
it, and never bring it up again.
I share with my friends who
are repeat ventors...you need to
give this to God, you need to shake
the dust off your feet concerning
this...you need to get on with your
life which is to be all God wants
you to be and to serve Him
relentlessly.
Easy for me to say?
Actually that is not easy for me to
say because...well because I see
things, hear things, read things,
daily that disturb me and I want to
lash back, I want to reach out and
touch...no reach out and grab...well
anyway...I want to vent or do more.
But is that what I am supposed to
do...and I will not do that...please
help me Lord God!
There it is again...I want,
you want, we want to be Mr. and Mrs.
Fix It... and yet we are not to be
that...Remember we are 'Grace Its".
I yell!!! Well quit trying
to fix me then... excuse me... I
guess I just vented a bit...
See how easy it is...?
Read with me two wonderful
portions of scripture which are
literally wonderful words of life...
Romans 12:9-19 and Mark
12:28-31...let these words speak
directly to your heart...from The
Message
Love from the center of
who you are; don't fake it. Run for
dear life from evil; hold on for
dear life to good. Be good friends
who love deeply; practice playing
second fiddle.
Don't burn out; keep
yourselves fueled and aflame. Be
alert servants of the Master,
cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in
hard times; pray all the harder.
Help needy Christians; be inventive
in hospitality.
Bless your enemies; no
cursing under your breath. Laugh
with your happy friends when they're
happy; share tears when they're
down. Get along with each other;
don't be stuck-up. Make friends with
nobodies; don't be the great
somebody.
Don't hit back; discover
beauty in everyone. If you've got it
in you, get along with everybody.
Don't insist on getting even; that's
not for you to do. "I'll do the
judging," says God. "I'll take care
of it."
One of the religion
scholars came up. Hearing the lively
exchanges of question and answer and
seeing how sharp Jesus was in his
answers, he put in his question:
"Which is most important of all the
commandments?"
Jesus said, "The first
in importance is, 'Listen, Israel:
The Lord your God is one; so love
the Lord God with all your passion
and prayer and intelligence and
energy.' And here is the second:
'Love others as well as you love
yourself.' There is no other
commandment that ranks with these."
In Jesus' Care, Always,
Bro. Bob.
