THE DAILY LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN.

Jesus' ministry was a call to humanity to come back to God, our Creator. That’s not a minor thing, nor is it a call that can leave us unchanged.
In fact, while we may come to God “as we are,” we cannot remain unchanged after approaching our Heavenly Father, Who is our Creator.
God chose Jesus, anointed him, and sent him out to preach His Truth.
Jesus’ ministry calls us to make changes to our life, as well as to humbly approach God in repentance. Without action on our part, starting with repentance, we aren’t truly returning to God, but simply SAYING we are.
Jesus calls us to be better people. Mere belief is not enough, but is only the start of our Faith. If we say we love Jesus, we will keep his commands (John 14:15.)
Those who claim to know him, but don’t believe his commands are worth following, or are “irrelevant” or are superseded by another person’s teachings, are liars, and don’t really know Jesus at all (1 John 2:4.)
Here, then, are a few (not all) of the commands Jesus gives those who say they follow him:
1. Jesus calls us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30.) That’s complete and total love, not just lip service or emotionalism.
2. Jesus calls us to love each other, our neighbors, with the same zeal with which we love God – complete and total love (Mark 12:31.) And all people are our neighbors.
3. Jesus calls us to deny ourselves take up our cross and follow him. (Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23.) We are to be “other-centered,” not focused on Self.
4. Jesus calls on us to do the will of the Father – His God and our God, the Creator of all that is (Matt. 12:50; John 5:30.) Mere words and vain professions are NOT enough to ensure eternity with God (Matt. 7:21.)
5. Jesus calls on us to forgive others, and makes this duty a condition of being forgiven by God (Matt. 6:15-16.)
6. Jesus tells us we must repent of our sins. “Repent,” he says, “for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” (Matt. 4:17.) Repent means to feel sorry about our sins, and work to stop sinning.
7. Jesus calls on us to “go the second mile” (Matthew 5:38–42) which is not a challenge to be lukewarm or partially committed to serving others.
8. Jesus says we must lay up heavenly treasures, not earthly ones that don’t last (Matthew 5:44–46.) The race for wealth doesn’t last, but our rewards in Heaven do.
9. Jesus tells us to be a “light to the world” and that we must let our Good Works “shine” so that others may see God’s righteousness manifest in us (Matt. 5:14-16.)
10. Jesus calls on us to choose the “narrow gate” that leads to God and salvation, rather than the “wide gate” that leads to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14.) The popular way, the easy way of “faith alone” and the way that requires the least work isn’t the way Jesus calls us to approach God.
11. Jesus calls us to “do to others that which you would have done unto you” (Matt 7:12.) This “Golden Rule” has been ignored, demeaned and ridiculed by modern Christendom, but it’s at the core of Jesus’ preaching.
12. Jesus calls on us to follow him (Matt. 4:19.) Jesus sets for us a perfect example of how to live our lives (John 13:15.) We have the ability to serve God through Jesus’ moral commands (Matt. 5:48) strengthened always through God’s spirit and Jesus’ holy example.
Let us take up the challenge Jesus puts before us! By Stephen Abbott.

WHY PEOPLE REMAIN AT ONE PLACE MOVING IN CIRCLES

WHY PEOPLE REMAIN AT ONE PLACE MOVING IN CIRCLES.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.”Luke 5:4"
1. Past experience. - They know that's how it has always worked and are not willing to risk something new.
2.Limited knowledge. -That's all they know on how to do it and are too comfortable to learn more ways of doing it.
3.Lack of teachers,mentors and advisors.
4.Unteachable spirits. Thanks to Peter, although he at first resisted, he finally agreed to act as told.
5.Fear. - Change means that you will have to learn new and different methods, approaches, processes and behaviors. Many people lack the confidence to adjust or learn what they need in order to be successful. They are full of what ifs in a negative way.

- After many have mastered something, they are not flexible to change because secretly they are not so confident that they can master the “new” something. They advocate for things staying the same because they so mastered their small world that they made people believe they are semi-gods who can never fail or make a mistake. They are so harsh to their family members who are learning new things, to workers, friends etc and now they don’t want to be found out that they too learning new things would take them time or that they are even slower learners. In their head they are thinking, “What if I can’t do it? What if I become less relevant? What if I fail?”

SOCIETIES THAT LAST.

Everybody needs to feel loved and valued, to have physical cares and comforts met, to be able to trust, to have peace of mind, to be given respect and choice, to have honest communication, to have dignity, to have hopes and goals, to express his/her personality.