Stay
Alert
“But
ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a
thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are
not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they
that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the
hope of salvation.” (1 Thessalonians 5:4-8)
Today’s Morsel: One of
the fundamental principles of Christianity is to stay alert. Throughout
Jesus' and the apostles' teachings, you will see them constantly calling us to
this principle of staying alert. Beware of false prophets. Beware
lest a root of bitterness spring up in you and defile you. Beware that
you do not fall because you think that you stand. Beware how you
give. Beware lest Satan gets an advantage over you. Beware that you
do not forget God. Beware of men. Beware of leaven. All of
these cautions are so we will stay alert and not lose our crown. Many
have already become hoodwinked and fallen prey to the enemy of their soul.
Remember, temptation is not a sin. It’s when we give in to it that it
becomes sin. Paul states that we are the children of the day, not of the
night. If we walk in the light and stay awake, we will not fulfill the
lust of our flesh. Beware, stay alert and stop sleeping in church.
Sing:
Keep your mind on Jesus, let’s have church. Keep your mind on Jesus, and
let’s have church. Somebody help me sing, somebody help me shout; somebody help
me sing, somebody help me shout!. Keep your mind on Jesus, let’s have
church.
Thought For Today: No
sleeping in church.
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