Consistency - Your "Birth"-day - Life in Christ

CONSISTENCY
The other day I was in the gazebo staring at my hummingbird feeder. I was mesmerized by "Hog" (the Hummer Phoebe named because he was "hogging" the feeder, the bicycle in the garden, and the mailbox in the garden - pretty much, he thinks he owns the garden!!) Anyway, though my eyes were riveted on Hog, my mind drifted to an article I read about hummingbirds. The main thing for feeding them, I read, is CONSISTENCY. You need to feed them regularly, and keep the feeder clean - consistently.

That made me think of the CONSISTENCY of:
Christ and His Church
Christ and His Body
Christ and His Bride
Christ and His Child/ren
How WE are to be individually to / for / with Christ
How WE are to be collectively to / for / with Christ

Maintenance through feeding on the Word of God and cleansing our hearts from sin and its effects, leads to consistency in relationships with Christ and each other.

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YOUR "BIRTH"-day
Write your "birth"-day down! Write it someplace visible. Write a date. Write it SOMEWHERE! No, not your "natural" "birth"-day --- your SPIRITUAL one!! Maybe you're like me, and you don't remember the exact day you accepted God's wonderful gift of salvation - the day you were saved. And maybe you're also like me, that sometimes Satan likes to whisper, "Yea, well since you don't remember the day, the time, nor the place and you didn't have 'an earth-shattering experience' then you probably aren't really saved, after all."

You see, when you've settled in your heart before God that Christ died for YOUR sins, THAT is THE day you may present to Satan that Christ became your Lord. And if ever he threatens you again, just turn to your piece of paper and present it to him. Through remembering the date, it will confirm that occasion when your heart was settled before God, even though the actual acceptance of Jesus Christ may have been at a very early age.

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Life in Christ
The more clearly we apprehend the death of Christ, the greater will be our appreciation for our life in Christ.

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Preaching
NOT preaching is the best way to reach.

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Our ACTIONS confirm or deny what we say
Say little. Actions have much to confirm! Say lots. Actions have much to deny!