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ARE YOU LED BY YOUR FEELINGS OR ARE YOU A THINKER? Do you think of the consequences of your actions before you speak or act? Do you consider how your actions will affect others? Do you reason things out before making a decision? Do you gather as much information as you can about a product before you buy? Before comitting to something do you weight the cost? Then you are a thinker!! To think is to reason. In Isiah 1:18 God says "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." God wants us to think about our lives, attitudes, righteousness, eternity, heaven, hell, Jesus Christ, having our sins forgiven and finding life by following his teachings.
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ARE YOU WISE OR FOOLISH? The wise think things through, love instruction, are patient and God fearing. The foolish say there is no God, think they know it all, are thoughtless and impulsive. Jesus said in Matthew 7:24-27 "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell: and great was the fall of it." So, what is the guiding principle in your life? Eat, drink and be merry? If it feels good, do it? Like whatever, man? I'll do it my way? Or is it faith in Jesus Christ and biblical truth, which is a solid proven foundation on which to build your life.
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THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD AND HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES. King David wrote in Psalms 119:105 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." The apostle Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for righteousness:" After Jesus rose from the dead he appeared to two men on the road and taught them the scriptures that pertained to the Messiah. They said of that encounter in Luke 24:32 "...Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked to us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" Why don't you ask Jesus to open up the sciptures to you as you read the Bible. I believe he will!
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READING THE BIBLE. It is recommended, by Pastor Randy, that you read the New Testament first before reading the Old Testament. The New Testament is a collection of 27 books. It explains the New Covenant of Faith in which we now live in Christ. The birth, life and teachings of Jesus are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The book of Acts tells of the happenings after the ascension of Jesus and the formation of the early Christian Church. The Epistles are letters from the Apostles to the early church and believers. The book of Revelations is the Apostle John's vision on the isle of Patmos.
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