FOLLOWING GOD'S EXAMPLE

NKJ Genesis 1:31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

FOLLOWING GOD'S EXAMPLE.

EVERYTHING GOD HAS MADE AND DONE IS GOOD AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE.


FOLLOWING CHRIST'S EXAMPLE.
NKJ John 13:13 "You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
NKJ John 13:14 "If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
NKJ John 13:15 "For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
NKJ John 13:16 "Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

ASSOCIATE WITH CHRISTIANS WHO ARE FOLLOWING CHRIST.
NKJ 2 Thessalonians 3:6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
NKJ 2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you;
NKJ 2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,
NKJ 2 Thessalonians 3:9 not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

PAUL INSTRUCTS TIMOTHY TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.
NKJ 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO GOOD.
NKJ Titus 2:6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded,
NKJ Titus 2:7 in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,
NKJ Titus 2:8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.


ENDURE SUFFERING LIKE THE SAINTS OF OLD.
NKJ James 5:10 My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.
NKJ James 5:11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord -- that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

In a world where everything is changing, more than ever we should hold on to good doctrine and Jesus Christ who is the author and finisher of our faith.

NKJ Titus 1:9 holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.


PRAYER

FATHER GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO HOLD ON TO YOU AS WE FOLLOW YOU.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

GOD AND HIS ANIMALS PART 3

NKJ Genesis 1:30 "Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so.

GOD AND HIS ANIMALS PART 3

BEHEMOTH

NKJ Job 40:15 " Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.

The Bible speculates that BEHEMOTH was either a hippopotamus or an elephant.

ELEPHANT

NKJ 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

NKJ Job 40:15 " Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.


God has made every animal with a purpose. God has made you with a purpose also. Ask God what He wants you to do with your life and you will be amazed where God leads you.

NKJ Ephesians 1:9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
NKJ Ephesians 1:10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth -- in Him.
NKJ Ephesians 1:11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
NKJ Ephesians 1:12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.


NKJ Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

PRAYER

FATHER GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO KNOW OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE AND TO GLORIFY YOU.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

WE ARE LIKE PLANTS BEFORE THE LORD, SO LET'S GET GROUNDED IN CHRIST.

NKJ Genesis 1:29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

WE ARE LIKE PLANTS BEFORE THE LORD, SO LET'S GET GROUNDED IN CHRIST.

FAMILY ARE LIKE PLANTS

NKJ Psalm 128:3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table.

NKJ Psalm 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style;


MEN OF JUDAH LIKE PLANTS

NKJ Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.


JESUS GROWING UP LIKE A PLANT

NKJ Isaiah 53:2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

FALSE TEACHERS SHALL BE UPROOTED AND THROWN OUT.

NKJ Matthew 15:13 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

LET'S GET GROUNDED IN FAITH

NKJ Ephesians 3:13 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
NKJ Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
NKJ Ephesians 3:15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
NKJ Ephesians 3:16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
NKJ Ephesians 3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
NKJ Ephesians 3:18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height --
NKJ Ephesians 3:19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

NKJ Colossians 2:6 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
NKJ Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

PRAYER

FATHER GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US KNOW YOU BETTER THROUGH YOUR WORD SO WE CAN GROW MORE IN YOU.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.