tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80745579046692793412024-03-13T14:38:14.815-04:00Russell HyltonPsalms 145:4 "One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts."Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comBlogger898125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-77775457755921097132023-09-06T17:03:00.001-04:002023-09-06T17:03:11.865-04:00Thank God for The Levites<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeL9I4aTGwErBy14s2Ek3PFPQGN4UXmDLidK1M97EFXwV-wDg6OfxNDzjsdfW2VC8etsPG5adN7pYnsLPYiuYBq5_vg62sQFM2CNgb4uGWL0nzhHn0hQFpHUZiKiJ1GuUsaekvIsZFnst4bWZRlnHBNDiBVVdV8LvXFF6-25fNr17fnSWaICmTBh3ppqs/s1220/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-06%20at%204.54.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1220" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeL9I4aTGwErBy14s2Ek3PFPQGN4UXmDLidK1M97EFXwV-wDg6OfxNDzjsdfW2VC8etsPG5adN7pYnsLPYiuYBq5_vg62sQFM2CNgb4uGWL0nzhHn0hQFpHUZiKiJ1GuUsaekvIsZFnst4bWZRlnHBNDiBVVdV8LvXFF6-25fNr17fnSWaICmTBh3ppqs/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-06%20at%204.54.20%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />TEAM, thank you for leading us every week! Serving in a Levitical role is <b>SACRIFICIAL & SACRED.</b></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the Old Testament, the Levites (descendants of Levi - the 3rd son of Jacob & Leah) were set apart to serve in the temple to assist the priests in their duties.<br /><br /><b>- Maintaining the temple<br />- Teaching God's laws & commands<br />- Administering justice<br />- Serving as musicians</b><br /><br />Today, we see this role filled in<br /><br /><b>WORSHIP LEADERS</b><br />They are responsible for leading the congregation in worship through music & song.<br /><br /><b>CHURCH MUSICIANS</b><br />They use their musical talents to create an atmosphere of worship & to help bring people closer to God. <br /><br /><b>PASTORS & TEACHERS</b><br />Although they are not necessarily called Levites today, they still have an important role to play in teaching God's Word. They help people understand & apply the teachings of the Bible.<br /><br /><b>CHURCH ADMINISTRATION</b><br />They are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the church, ensuring that everything runs smoothly and that the church is able to fulfill its mission.<br /><br /><b>LEVITES WHO WERE CONSECRATED WERE PROMOTED.</b><br /><br /><b>1. Their FAITHFULNESS to God</b><br />When everyone else was worshipping the golden calf...it was the Levites who remained faithful to God & did not participate in idolatry.<br /><br /><b>2. Their LINEAGE</b><br />As descendants of Levi, they were part of the priestly line of Israel.<br /><br /><b>3. Their willingness to SERVE</b><br />When Moses asked for volunteers to carry out God's commands, the Levites were the first to step forward. They were the first to carry the responsibility of serving in the tabernacle & carrying out the various religious duties that were required of them.<br /><br />Your service is that of the modern day Levite. Whether through worship leaders, church musicians, pastors & teachers or church administrators, the importance of serving God & contributing to the worship experience remains a vital part of the congregation.<br /><br />When you use your talents & gifts to serve God & others, you are honoring the legacy of the Levites & contributing to the growth of the church.<br /><br />Every Blessing,<br />Ps. Russell & Beverly </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">www.russellhylton.com </span></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-66015400374681329492023-09-04T14:03:00.001-04:002023-09-04T14:03:14.896-04:00Easy & Light<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj25Ee98ZGyW8KiGji7D0qhhmiaMUDw8sBzMeQM0FfGKfT22X9ruuXua01n8y4pCkvlSEYXVxu-XxL8OaEvkbL-4yRAZUdm62Rdxm4OdjZRddjZT3_1DTE908Z_KDytWq73x6EAOlRs82UVIw_06o4Hdz1VLtyljvUbUMogzSjU_DuK3XOSC2O9Js_Uxw/s1024/374646171_3637898783096891_372219904836108322_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj25Ee98ZGyW8KiGji7D0qhhmiaMUDw8sBzMeQM0FfGKfT22X9ruuXua01n8y4pCkvlSEYXVxu-XxL8OaEvkbL-4yRAZUdm62Rdxm4OdjZRddjZT3_1DTE908Z_KDytWq73x6EAOlRs82UVIw_06o4Hdz1VLtyljvUbUMogzSjU_DuK3XOSC2O9Js_Uxw/s320/374646171_3637898783096891_372219904836108322_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I received Jesus as my savior 45 years ago. (age 8 ) I grew up in the faith & my parents ensured that I was exposed to the teaching of God's Word. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">In those days, if you wanted more than rules, that were tight with not much of an explanation other than, "because I said so", you had to dig for more understanding to receive it. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, there's not a lack of teaching or even a demonstration of the Spirit as much as we now have a "Frankensteined" Christianity to FIT our various <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>tastes. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"GOD" has now become a "brand" or many "franchises". If you don't like calling Him "Father"...they are trying to tell us we can now call Him "Mother" or the God who has NO STANDARDS or BOUNDARIES.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The apostate (those who have abandoned the church that Jesus birthed), have turned the truth into an ugly lie...reducing the BIBLE (The Word of God) to a book of quotes, man made rules for Christian living & have given new names to old sins. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grace has been weaponized to commit any sin you want without consequences. It has become a CROSS-LESS faith where grace is nothing more than a buzzword & living any lifestyle you desire is not only accepted...it's celebrated. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The people who criticize the church are looking for every loop hole & non sacrificial path to make it to heaven. It's like they're saying, "Make it perfect & we'll come".</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jesus said His burden was "EASY & LIGHT". He didn't say there wouldn't be struggle, sacrifice & commitment.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shaking my head at this confused world we live in. We must hold to The Scriptures as our only truth. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">There isn't "Your truth" or "my truth"...there's only ONE TRUTH. Jesus said it was Him. If our lifestyle doesn't line up with His teachings...we err from any truth imagined. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">There will never be peace in our lives until we reconcile with the Prince of Peace...Jesus.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">The simple salvation plan still works. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/RussellBeverlyHylton?__cft__[0]=AZVIuw0Jcazr09XF7w2oPCfNs7dDhW9lB_issCt8ku5WusR2iMbyUw_UxkmZyfcmg6wHLXGIfNjfpyLm5tA8CRrMpEXcO0CUa0Ywin2Azk0_RrfJyDOVNcoERaA1ytjBDJpIxRQceadybPiXDeRGwpbc9lyWxZOohbbDhImGsFxHQYsTFwVXhcKWBnOuY65okqI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Russell Hylton</span></span></a></div></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-72855166564715113442023-07-24T19:44:00.000-04:002023-07-24T19:44:01.592-04:00God Wants To Heal Fatherless Sons <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gTZ5X1Ufdl6ZS1mUVu4stLzA72mIleY6kf1IVCHnWfGutsyu60OG6Tjjd-RsXZJRSdykzsJndQXjV4PdVv5FXGkLJI3tmEJDM7s89Qn17lROwXFCYYLZNNE9q9U2diadc-C2d2OL52qwTeg59_w3gvzyFCx3xQb198rYIHAPfmw6ChTlrb6QrJZZpr8/s1400/unnamed.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gTZ5X1Ufdl6ZS1mUVu4stLzA72mIleY6kf1IVCHnWfGutsyu60OG6Tjjd-RsXZJRSdykzsJndQXjV4PdVv5FXGkLJI3tmEJDM7s89Qn17lROwXFCYYLZNNE9q9U2diadc-C2d2OL52qwTeg59_w3gvzyFCx3xQb198rYIHAPfmw6ChTlrb6QrJZZpr8/s320/unnamed.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large;">This is indeed the season of sons & daughters returning to fathers. If you have been a son or daughter & have a broken relationship with your spiritual father, reconciling that relationship will bring healing.</span></span></h4><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Perhaps in the past, you may have had a spiritual father in words but not in heart/actions. Don't be dismayed. There are <b>REAL</b> fathers out there...maybe not in surplus...but ones with huge hearts who can heal your brokenness. But fathers can only invest into those whose</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a style="color: #385898; font-family: inherit;"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">pride is removed & allow that investment to come to them.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The spiritual fathering relationship is more than getting some counsel from time to time, or being another number in a network, or just another stop in a preaching circuit.<b> THAT IS NOT FATHERING</b>. A spiritual father invests into the life & purposes of their sons & daughters. They do this unreservedly & not based on the return from the son or daughter. They see their hidden potential & see it fully healthy & functioning. There are many claiming sons & daughters with no real relationship & the motive is not for the betterment of the person but to add numbers to their own tribe. The motive is wrong so the actions are also. This leaves a bad taste in my mouth as many are getting only a portion of fathering without full investment.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All spiritual fathering relationships are required to have the expectations in them understood by all involved. They have safeguards in place as well to make sure things do not get off base.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If Jesus could only father the 12, Paul had less, and Timothy was instructed to look to find them...then fathering is limited in the number you can truly be effective with.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the past decade, spiritual fathering has become another buzz word. I have seen many claiming sons who never spent any time investing in them but “absorbed” them already matured to claim they have sons. Or they absorbed them into their network without really helping to perfect them in the faith. To me, this is having the rewards & affirmation of peers, over the reward of seeing a son or daughter blossom.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Relationships change as seasons of fathering are completed. You can have 50-60-100 sons but you probably are only truly fathering a handful into the very depths of fathering at any one time, because if done right, like natural fathering, there comes a day when they stand on their own and have grown up. You will always be their father but it will change in function.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I've personally witnessed sons & daughters who have been sent (not went) & are doing great things for God. They recognize the investment that has been made in their life & they reconnect through reciprocity because of the motion of God in their ministry. I am also seeing many prodigals or those who got disconnected in the process return home.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">God leaves space for this to happen. As a father, who loves deeply, I can attest that when you keep your heart connected to your spiritual children, no matter how you were treated, God will bring a holy conviction for things to be done right.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe you're waiting on some specific ones today. Perhaps you're waiting with faith and expectation for their heart to turn. My prayer is that it won’t take calamity like I've witnessed.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See, once the spiritual fathering relationship is started, the father’s heart is always there for their sons & daughters. Once I start a relationship, I have already decided that I will give the investment needed, the time required & the privileges I will give.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From my experience, most of the time, sons & daughters are coming from an orphaned spirit. Perhaps their relationship with their natural dad is skewed. Perhaps they have been spiritually rejected, deemed of no value or pushed aside. These things are the second things I begin to press into to see them get healed & whole.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Without these things complete in them, then all other perspectives & perceptions are really out of focus. <b>THERE MUST BE HEALING.</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These areas are probably the reason for the relationship.<b> IDENTITY</b> is also a large part of this second step. Without a proper identity, you may never function correctly as function comes from identity not identity coming from function.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This reversal is a hard one for most sons & daughters as they have always performed to have a place in the ‘pecking order’. For them to see the value of who they are to God takes time.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the real heart of fathering. Patience. Long suffering. Right perceptions. This step is about helping the person to become whole in the midst of their confusion, perceptions, & self determined value.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The third step is the step of <b>RELEASING POTENTIAL.</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Giving opportunities for that potential to come forth & walking out life together. It is about helping with mistakes together & learning together. This is where ministry truly begins to happen & the person’s ability to rise above their past & into the future becomes present in their life.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What I'm sharing is really a broad stroke of the paint brush. There are many moving parts in the Father/Son relationship. Some of these steps occur at the same time. Some will need to be done in a set order. Each relationship is different & requires truly knowing the heart of God for the person & having vision for who they are to God.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Spiritual fathering is an art form more than a taught way of ministry. You cannot necessarily read about it in a book & do it but it comes from a heart that has been formed over <b>TIME.</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">God wants to <b>HEAL</b> fatherless sons.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Every Blessing,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/RussellBeverlyHylton?__cft__%5B0%5D%3DAZWS2_9p-g6AmfvnU-JeS0U-obR72eKxVclQkr23RgOO8OS71n-oQVTtbkSpkUIp764KcVS3HPzbdyuDtw4QLX2NwRLDb5HR2zRAo5xGvVg_i1t5H-b8oYE9n_DXtIlABDg%26__tn__%3D-%5DK-R&source=gmail&ust=1690328278545000&usg=AOvVaw3tF-4sXF_sfkW6siWJNKzk" href="https://www.facebook.com/RussellBeverlyHylton?__cft__[0]=AZWS2_9p-g6AmfvnU-JeS0U-obR72eKxVclQkr23RgOO8OS71n-oQVTtbkSpkUIp764KcVS3HPzbdyuDtw4QLX2NwRLDb5HR2zRAo5xGvVg_i1t5H-b8oYE9n_DXtIlABDg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; 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color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">When a slanderer sets his/her sights on discrediting you, trust God to expose his/her deception & reveal his/her motives. </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">• Do not jump into the mud with them. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">• Resist the urge to chase down every lie. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">• <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>Guard your heart from resentment. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">• Allow your circle to prove itself. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: large;">#DearLeader</span><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Treat people the way you’d want to be treated if you were to ever find yourself in the same situation. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The way you treat people should never be affected by the way they treat you. 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At this point in my life, loyalty is an all or nothing proposition. There is no in between. You either are or you aren’t. <br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. This week, examine the level of loyalty you give to your covenant relationships. Faithfulness is to an ideal, assignment or promise. Loyalty is to a person. Are you loyal?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Loyalty is a huge deal. It's not something you choose when it's convenient. 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If they ask you to preach, don’t sing.”</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">He was teaching me to do exactly what I was asked to do & to not try & freestyle. In my young understanding, I submitted to this. </span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I now know that my pastor was imparting much wisdom in my life. He was teaching to honor protocol & to be a submitted & seated son. He was teaching me ministerial etiquette. He was teaching me about order, function & authority. He was helping me hone my gift & walk worthy of my vocation. <br /><br />We need Spiritual Fathers who will <b>CHEER</b> for us, <b>CORRECT</b> us, & <b>CHALLENGE</b> us. This is a great need in ministry training today. <br /><br />Sadly, it seems, more & more, we are seeing the rise & fall of superstar speakers who think they're the next, ________ & want to rent a warehouse, preach into a camera & have someone follow them around with a camera as they display their newest wardrobe & walk from the Green room to the pulpit. <span class="x1xsqp64 xiy17q3 x1o6pynw x19co3pv xdj266r xcwd3tp xat24cr x39eecv x2b8uid" data-testid="emoji" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5f/2/16/1f926_1f3fb_200d_2642.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; cursor: default;"><span class="xexx8yu xn5pp95 x18d9i69 x2fxd7x x1yqt14a x1bhl96m">🤦🏻♂️</span></span><br /><br /><b>QUESTION:</b> How is Christ being exalted & sinners being saved...by us watching you be filmed walking to the make-up chair, dressing room, green room, the platform & then behind the scenes to be toweled down by 10 armorbearers? <br /><br />A revival of <b>HUMILITY </b>would do us well. <span class="x1xsqp64 xiy17q3 x1o6pynw x19co3pv xdj266r xcwd3tp xat24cr x39eecv x2b8uid" data-testid="emoji" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/2/16/1f525.png"); background-size: 16px 16px; cursor: default;"><span class="xexx8yu xn5pp95 x18d9i69 x2fxd7x x1yqt14a x1bhl96m">🔥</span></span><br /><br /><b>If they ask you to preach...PREACH.</b><br /><b>If they ask you to sing...SING. </b><br /><br />Do <b>WHAT</b> you're asked, <b>WHEN</b> you're asked, <b>WHERE</b> you're asked, <b>HOW</b> you're asked & don't forget <b>WHY</b> you were asked in the first place. <br /><br />Good teaching will keep you. <br /><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">Russell Hylton</span><br /><br /><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">@Leaguership</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">www.russellhylton.com </span></span></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-63507218516437130112023-05-02T10:02:00.001-04:002023-05-02T10:02:17.524-04:00In MY Opinion<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In my experience, as a minister/pastor/father, I've encountered 2 categories of "ministers".</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYSBcoVAhynAWv_p0qNtvxF4s-Qvgotp9Xpb1avujS6q46V9nN8S2gS-2Fz-9UdQNY1ml4BSGzrkGEpTXLTncqJxQuOXaaOgyG66Ap6cpaG1SM5FNLq3J6VFB1OPGA4P2bgtA7BPLeEUfVgIFKddc3EZhCFUr5ymtOKnP92j_Y5PJfPO0FYo458_0/s1714/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-02%20at%209.53.45%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1714" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYSBcoVAhynAWv_p0qNtvxF4s-Qvgotp9Xpb1avujS6q46V9nN8S2gS-2Fz-9UdQNY1ml4BSGzrkGEpTXLTncqJxQuOXaaOgyG66Ap6cpaG1SM5FNLq3J6VFB1OPGA4P2bgtA7BPLeEUfVgIFKddc3EZhCFUr5ymtOKnP92j_Y5PJfPO0FYo458_0/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-02%20at%209.53.45%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />1. Those who want to "preach" so bad they can taste it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Those who know they're "called" but are bashful/reluctant & maybe even running from their call. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">In <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>MY experience...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">• Those who fall into the 2nd category - those who are not reaching for a mic...ultimately have fruitful longevity in ministry that builds over time & have increased favor. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">• Those who want the mic so bad, they can taste it...jump from this to that, here to there, and pillar to post because they are only satisfied when they are self-satisfied. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ministry is not about holding a mic.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Ministry is about being held by a responsibility to serve. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Start in the field. 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</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">But a Christian knows the cure
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">No matter what the day may bring
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">We experience peace in Jesus, our King </span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My <a style="color: #385898;"></a>spirit is fresh but my body is sore</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Getting moving is a bit of a chore</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So as I stretch, I also pray</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I need His presence to face the day</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In Jesus, I have hope and peace</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Worries and fears have to cease</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So, I'm gonna lift my voice and sing</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As I embrace this Monday with everything!</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/RussellBeverlyHylton?__cft__%5B0%5D%3DAZUbdcLkJ0OmddTpN3ynGaTtI_3NpGwVnOD_SqoTnJ0WJx00rh-hI1GzFPtICUIdGFIkFIIa7Id4yOFCSjvjK8fuzvIN17_6Zcfh6dX4ml_FIxp5eR8_0UOAy94Q9YSaEUWBKXvm_gLru5jZNiINA0UYk9j2cRiK3BNhlBDI1s5BIQ%26__tn__%3D-%5DK-R&source=gmail&ust=1681824479844000&usg=AOvVaw26ThuBDEph0phVw8qmA5jG" href="https://www.facebook.com/RussellBeverlyHylton?__cft__[0]=AZUbdcLkJ0OmddTpN3ynGaTtI_3NpGwVnOD_SqoTnJ0WJx00rh-hI1GzFPtICUIdGFIkFIIa7Id4yOFCSjvjK8fuzvIN17_6Zcfh6dX4ml_FIxp5eR8_0UOAy94Q9YSaEUWBKXvm_gLru5jZNiINA0UYk9j2cRiK3BNhlBDI1s5BIQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Russell Hylton</span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Blessings!</span></div></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-36038906270935253812023-04-15T21:14:00.003-04:002023-04-15T21:14:59.865-04:00Believing and Belonging<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTRYrlm1aVpKHR3dZ0GRtKwJ6gnwRrPxw46RozLTQ-UxXkeR_3ipCHfSs8UpI65goqfq60U3ULfTD5VoPKGSGllVVd2Ed460axVKACzKdBOswYQhmrnKKjs2pgKDXZIJhIUA0SdJ2hUVM4pvlznTw7Mp2vTRQQfcvQrzbCjNkXjGo7EdTT9uWAFzZ/s2048/Believing%20and%20Belonging.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTRYrlm1aVpKHR3dZ0GRtKwJ6gnwRrPxw46RozLTQ-UxXkeR_3ipCHfSs8UpI65goqfq60U3ULfTD5VoPKGSGllVVd2Ed460axVKACzKdBOswYQhmrnKKjs2pgKDXZIJhIUA0SdJ2hUVM4pvlznTw7Mp2vTRQQfcvQrzbCjNkXjGo7EdTT9uWAFzZ/s320/Believing%20and%20Belonging.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Do you believe in what your local church is doing enough to belong to it?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Belonging to a local church through practical membership happens first when you believe in the work that the local church is doing to the degree that you want to belong to it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When this happens, you’ve moved from convenience to commitment and from bystander to bootstrapper!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To merely attend a church is to be a spectator from the stands. On the other hand, when you belong to a church, you are actively involved in the work of the church. Anyone can attend and consume what the church is giving out...but people who belong are the ones who are investing their time, talent, and treasure in the cause. Honestly, there will always be those who just want the benefits of the church but refuse to share the responsibility.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As a leader, one of my greatest challenges is moving people from the sidelines to the field. Helping people understand the need for commitment to the local church body is an ongoing challenge. I believe one of the reasons is due to the climate in our culture to remain autonomous...to fly below the radar and not attach yourself to anything in particular for fear of being asked to do something that will require a commitment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to this mindset, we are seeing an increase in spiritual orphans who jump from one church to the next without any identity, accountability, or commitment. Often, these are good people who have convinced themselves that they can be "good Christians" without actually belonging to a local church.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And yet, the Bible speaks to the need for believers to belong to an active local church.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Belonging to a local church establishes your identity as a believer.</b></span></h2><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>John 13:35</b> <b><i>"By this, all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."</i></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Identifying yourself as a disciple of Jesus means you’ve identified with a local group of disciples.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We cannot do life alone. When we choose to connect with a local body of disciples, regardless of background, race, or social status, we are testifying to the world that we belong to Him and to those He has connected us to for His Kingdom purpose. When we are connected to a body," we can truly be the "part of the body" He created us to be. The body is connected, not separated.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Belonging to a local church moves you from exclusive to inclusive.</b></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As I mentioned, we cannot do life alone. This is why God "places" us in the body as He sees fit. He joins us in a local body, which requires us to learn how to get along. Like any family, we have to learn how to serve one another, love one another, and do so with unselfish motives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The longer I am connected to a local church through practical membership, the more I find myself caring about others. The Apostle Paul said that we would experience empathy with our brothers and sisters in Christ: <b>1 Corinthians 12:26</b> <b><i>"If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part of our body is honored, all the other parts share its honor."</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If we are merely casual acquaintances, we do not experience the benefit of forging relational fellowship. It’s in this relational fellowship that we discover we are not independent of one another but rather dependent on each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> When I belong to a local church, I’m expressing to my brothers and sisters in Christ that I am just as committed to them as I am to Jesus Christ. In my commitment to the local church, I am modeling my commitment to Christ. Most of us are familiar with John 3:16. It’s a powerful verse that illustrates God’s great love for us. But, have you considered 1 John 3:16? "Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers". This expectation is placed on the shoulders of believers toward one another.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Belonging to a local church stretches my potential.</b></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The greatest "stretching" I have experienced came through my participation in the purposes of the church. Obviously, attending church services is vital to my spiritual growth and health, but my greatest growth comes from participating, not just attending. The Bible says, "As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy, growing, and full of love" (Ephesians 4:16).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since believers are called to belong to a local church body in order to function with purpose, we must also embrace the fact that this cohesion also identifies us as "family." The Bible mentions one another or each other over 50 times in the New Testament. We are commanded to...</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Love each other</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pray for each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Encourage each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Admonish each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Greet each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Serve each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Teach each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Accept each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Honor each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bear each other’s burdens.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Forgive each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Submit to each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Be devoted to each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>and many other mutual tasks.</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is <b>BIBLICAL MEMBERSHIP.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So, the question to each of us, especially to those who attend church services, is: with whom are you doing these with?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Belonging to a local church meets needs.</b></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When God "saved" me from my sin, He didn’t just save me to sit. He saved me to fulfill a purpose in His body. This is referred to as your "MINISTRY." Your ministry (assignment) in His body is meant to benefit everyone, not just you.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1 Corinthians 12:7 <i>"A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church".</i></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It is through the local church that believers discover, develop, and use their gifts. Even if your ministry or purpose has expanded to a national audience, you never lose your responsibility to your local church and the area you cover. Jesus has not promised to build anyone’s ministry; he has promised to build His church.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Belonging to a local church expands God’s reach.</b></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, God is using His spiritual body to reach the world. We are His hands and feet among the nations. Yes, we are to love the local church and have tremendous relational fellowship within it. However, we are also called to carry this same relationship to the rest of the world. We start in our Jerusalem and then expand to our Judea, Samaria, and the rest of the world.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ephesians 2:10</b> <b><i>"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."</i></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Belonging to a local church covers me.</b></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Every believer needs the protection of their local church and leadership. I’ve said for many years, "Left to myself, I’m a trainwreck." Friends, none of us is immune to temptation. Left to ourselves, without accountability, we are all capable of sin. God knows this. This is why we are instructed to help hold each other accountable.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hebrews 3:13: <i>"But exhort one another daily, while it is called "today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."</i></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;">"Mind your own business" is not a Christian phrase. We are called and commanded to be involved in each other’s lives. If you know someone who is wavering spiritually right now, it is your responsibility to go after them and bring them back into the fellowship.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>James 5:19-20</b> <b><i>"19 My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, 20 you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins."</i></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When you belong to a local church, you are also afforded the spiritual protection of godly leaders. God gives shepherd leaders the responsibility to guard, protect, defend, and care for the spiritual welfare of their flock.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hebrews 13:17 <i>"Their work is to watch over your souls, and they know they are accountable to God."</i></b></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The devil loves to disconnect believers from the local church. He picks us off one by one through offense, isolation, disconnection, etc., because he knows that if he can separate us from a local church and the covering of our leaders, we become an easy target.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Friend, being a "Christian" is more than just a commitment to Jesus; it is also a commitment to other "Christians". Let us be reminded that each of us must move from being "believers" to being "belongers."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">You become a Christian by committing yourself to Christ, but you become a church member by committing yourself to a specific group of believers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first decision brings salvation; the second brings fellowship.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-52531536908190998432023-04-05T13:10:00.003-04:002023-04-05T13:10:59.061-04:00Jezebel <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn954OnjMRsdfoK_HmRJtZkgfgcWNQ8hI2P2ClMBbW6ofTUF20RtCrQGJ75ExltuYz5JTJOyq1WvmE2J5XM-ouvIxY9KysV6qcAO64RWmLiED4JC0qoWp-KsT1RERMusrMd4y72B3yH58F-PSpHk2vnVScGe54EZXFo9CTQG4NbxtUu1Zl3GkIFr5W/s1200/68553-gettyimages-peshkova-queen.1200w.tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn954OnjMRsdfoK_HmRJtZkgfgcWNQ8hI2P2ClMBbW6ofTUF20RtCrQGJ75ExltuYz5JTJOyq1WvmE2J5XM-ouvIxY9KysV6qcAO64RWmLiED4JC0qoWp-KsT1RERMusrMd4y72B3yH58F-PSpHk2vnVScGe54EZXFo9CTQG4NbxtUu1Zl3GkIFr5W/s320/68553-gettyimages-peshkova-queen.1200w.tn.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JEZEBEL (male or female)(controlling spirit) ...</b></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />- Will befriend you until they become offended at you.<br />- If they can't control you, they'll condemn you. <br />- Will criticize you, it's part of their job description.<br />- Will talk nice/nasty (nice to you, nasty about you).<br />- Will talk about you; not with you.<br />- Will make threats & plot in open & in secret to destroy you. <br />- Will find weak minded people to do their bidding.<br />- Will speak the same language as the pastor, but their motive will be to gain position & control. Acts16:16<br /><br /><b>HOW DO YOU COUNTER THIS?</b><br /><br />- The Lord's directive to Elijah holds true for you: Rest. Rise. Eat. Repeat. <br />- Jezebel is a spirit that seeks to co-opt legitimate authority to accommodate its idolatrous ends. It cannot be coddled or allowed to operate unchecked. It must be confronted.<br />- The preaching of the CROSS will drive the spirit of Jezebel back to the hellish pit it crawled out of.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-13612709486830401462023-03-16T15:21:00.004-04:002023-03-16T15:21:42.748-04:00Leaguership Lesson - 1 Timothy 1:12 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HZQ6SNlhC71oihO9cE97dLEefnrvOWsWk0kI5p2viIsVAr2t0V4PjMq92Nz8bUieKXAmaxNtqmMr7hwUkUdEoxd9xZC1EwDpmFg8ac4HNf1AazpIRoB2t9dL7qenmcFiSl3APubBlrM1u_v-B-cpayTys-8L1bdOzW-mRmp6X7YFGSSA78amTV3m/s1954/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-16%20at%207.46.08%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1954" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HZQ6SNlhC71oihO9cE97dLEefnrvOWsWk0kI5p2viIsVAr2t0V4PjMq92Nz8bUieKXAmaxNtqmMr7hwUkUdEoxd9xZC1EwDpmFg8ac4HNf1AazpIRoB2t9dL7qenmcFiSl3APubBlrM1u_v-B-cpayTys-8L1bdOzW-mRmp6X7YFGSSA78amTV3m/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-16%20at%207.46.08%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">1 Timothy 1:12 </span><span style="color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">says,</span><span style="color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"> </span><em style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">"And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;"</em><p></p><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Leaguership?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWbeztkwCBhisdDgOsTioP9ecmBuqxqyOi4BFf-hs3FoKJM6NW7_5H1ydI8j7i-xGETGQxze877zPJ-jib-x6gxhsHfsdIilJVec8lLNh1XnLbNb589O5yFWZ4ZuFhXsvn7xvc8ji4ad5j36PSdbBH-i5Yt8Mc1Y4dU4u8XWOgANTBpDVPrhm0VKe0CEKtVDuw&__tn__=-%5DK-y-R" rel="noreferrer" style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: inherit; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Leaguership</a> Principle...<br style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" /><br style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" /></div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 600; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">1. GRATITUDE</span></div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">• Leaders should express gratitude for the opportunities & strengths given to them by Christ.</div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" /><span style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 600; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">2. TRUSTWORTHINESS</span></div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">• Jesus appoints us because He considers us trustworthy.</div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">• Leaders should strive to be trustworthy in all aspects of their life, including their leadership role.</div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" /><span style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 600; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">3. SERVICE</span></div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">• Jesus appoints leaders to His service.</div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">• Leaders should prioritize service to Christ and others in their leadership role, rather than seeking personal gain or recognition.</div><div style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(var(--color-gray-200)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #19283a; font-family: system-ui, "segoe ui", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); 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overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" />In this verse, the Apostle Paul highlights the importance of humility, gratitude, trustworthiness & service in leadership. A leader should prioritize these qualities in their approach to leadership & strive to reflect the example set by Jesus.<br style="--tw-blur: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-brightness: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-contrast: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-drop-shadow: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-filter: var(--tw-blur) var(--tw-brightness) var(--tw-contrast) var(--tw-grayscale) var(--tw-hue-rotate) var(--tw-invert) var(--tw-saturate) var(--tw-sepia) var(--tw-drop-shadow); --tw-grayscale: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-hue-rotate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-invert: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-saturate: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-sepia: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-transform: translateX(var(--tw-translate-x)) translateY(var(--tw-translate-y)) rotate(var(--tw-rotate)) skewX(var(--tw-skew-x)) skewY(var(--tw-skew-y)) scaleX(var(--tw-scale-x)) scaleY(var(--tw-scale-y)); 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text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!</span></span></div><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear friends,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My first book is now available on amazon. 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Whether you are a seasoned leader or just starting out in your ministry, church or career, my book offers practical strategies and insights that can help you lead with confidence, inspire your team and achieve your goals.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the power of communication and collaboration to the importance of resilience and adaptability, "LEAGUERSHIP" covers the leadership journey God began in me nearly twenty years ago that I believe are essential for successful leadership.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am confident that this book will be a valuable resource for anyone who wants to become a better leader and make a positive impact in their organization. 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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1162" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72Gm8UpSjsbWheMB7d9VAIFQ1GooIjAVqMD9ZxDQqsBasO1uPVXx8QV6niKCQdoMzPIfVTM_M3yLvmTjAHiPZisyjIvj1JZ1PoxEq-dwVx7QPA-SLO0IJknisWFvKdIZqnYaGUuPuw3Nq2UnBNfaTmEAvKzqFJbzoboYW7-an9DSRh8y4w0E9omlF/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-21%20at%207.38.35%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">You know & others know if what you have Is real. </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jesus chose Lazarus to be His EVIDENCE. When the haters came (and they always do), He didn't have to rely on Lazarus' preaching, singing or instagram reels. All he had to do was POINT to Lazarus & all Lazarus had to do was just sit there & BREATHE.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Lazarus was the EVIDENCE of Jesus' power. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">What <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>can people point to in your life that proves there is a reality to everything you claim to be real in your life?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Perhaps your faithfulness or fruitfulness? The evidence will be the things that are WORKING in your life. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I believe that I should be my own BEST CUSTOMER!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">• You must practice what you preach.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">• It must work in your life first. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">• You can't ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I PREACH SALVATION by grace through faith in Jesus because I know it to be true.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I TEACH LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES because they are working for me. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I TEACH TITHES/STEWARDSHIP because it is working for me.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I TEACH FATHER/SON APOSTOLIC COVERING because it is working for me. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If people can get a hold of it & work it and stay with it...IT WILL produce the kind of results that they want!<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is vital to have a spiritual covering! On this side of the resurrection, everything God will do THROUGH you will be EMPOWERED through ALIGNMENT.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Do you have something to point to? 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color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVXWwhITR8p3hDxJ-l7079ppKpfPhkGciHovrb8AsZHEARENlFg0YHNuL4iRYUs4Ask7Enj07KaDv_KWKEsCE4I2fVjz5GAuSPDUx6gVR0qHk9jMn2R8r7wbMmi3gxG3m5ecOsCgmA20IJX84tJSCI1It7T6KNDixzp2YYe81DLxwkne1QDIzIfzt/s751/acts-20-19%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="751" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVXWwhITR8p3hDxJ-l7079ppKpfPhkGciHovrb8AsZHEARENlFg0YHNuL4iRYUs4Ask7Enj07KaDv_KWKEsCE4I2fVjz5GAuSPDUx6gVR0qHk9jMn2R8r7wbMmi3gxG3m5ecOsCgmA20IJX84tJSCI1It7T6KNDixzp2YYe81DLxwkne1QDIzIfzt/s320/acts-20-19%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Acts 20:18-19</span></b></span><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="ag993-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ag993-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ag993-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility & with tears & with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.” </i></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="5iggc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5iggc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5iggc-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="7ot7n-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7ot7n-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7ot7n-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>HUMILITY, TEARS & TRIALS</b></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="ecdhn-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ecdhn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ecdhn-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="ep0ok-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ep0ok-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ep0ok-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Think for a moment about the most humiliating thing that has ever happened to you. Do you bring that up very often in conversations? Have you worked at forgetting or even denying that it ever happened? </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="cj4o1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cj4o1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cj4o1-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="948td-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="948td-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="948td-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Serving others is difficult enough as it is, given that our ego prefers to be served. Yet, in this passage of Scripture, Paul comments on his service to God by saying it was with all humility & tears & trials. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="549s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="549s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="549s-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="aggq8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aggq8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="aggq8-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some people are only willing to serve others if they get credit for it. But, even if we are uncomfortable with getting credit, neither do we want to be humiliated in our service. And serving with tears & trials isn’t especially welcome either. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="d1gk4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d1gk4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d1gk4-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="2slv8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2slv8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2slv8-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paul knowingly served under all of those circumstances, yet he’s not bragging. Rather, he says these things to encourage people who will find themselves serving under similar conditions. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="7sd8l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7sd8l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7sd8l-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="a5fu9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a5fu9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a5fu9-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Throughout the world, serving with humility, tears & trials are the norm for Christians. But, here in the USA we’ve had circumstances that are anything but the norm. People growing up in the United States, during the 20th century, were not all believers in Jesus as Savior. However, practically all US citizens received training to think from a Biblical worldview. They generally agreed on what was right & what was wrong. Christian beliefs were <b>RESPECTED</b> even if they were not adhered to. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="1htrj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1htrj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1htrj-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="7f6u7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7f6u7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7f6u7-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Though the term didn’t exist then, it was completely out of the question that anyone would even try to <b>CANCEL</b> someone for teaching the things that Jesus taught. For example, the Word of God makes it perfectly clear that human existence begins with <b>CONCEPTION</b>. Human<b> ACCOUNTABILITY</b> for sin begins at that same point. Regarding every human being, God created specific individuals, each one in a unique relationship with their heavenly Father. And He created them as male & as female.</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="3um9k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3um9k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3um9k-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="e0u9j-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e0u9j-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="e0u9j-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">For years now, scholars, politicians & all manner of leaders, have been trying to & succeeding in deconstructing society. They’ve been tearing it down, tearing it apart, & tearing it into a million unrecognizable pieces. And not all of their deconstructing was wrong. The racism exemplified by the KKK needed to be attacked & deconstructed. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The sexism of the 20th century USA was damaging & confining in ways that were not unlike slavery in some respects. Men & women, of all races, should have equal opportunities for education & service according to the vocations that our heavenly Creator gives to us individually. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="52ca3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="52ca3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="52ca3-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="9tndj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9tndj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9tndj-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In spite of its obvious & serious faults, the United States has provided equal opportunity in far greater ways than probably any civilization prior to it. The devil is now, in the 21st century, orchestrating it's destruction. The tragedy of it all, is that a huge percentage of our population is buying into it. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="af9hi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="af9hi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="af9hi-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="8qker-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8qker-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8qker-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Research has suggested today, only 6% of self-described Christians have a true Biblical worldview. So, it’s pretty safe to say that non-Christians do not in any way look at life through the teachings of Jesus. In that context, serving the Lord with all humility & with tears & with trials will become much more commonplace in the next few years.</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="2h3os-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2h3os-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2h3os-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="dq4pi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dq4pi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dq4pi-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paul, & Jesus too, did not want us to become discouraged. However, we need to see our calling in realistic terms. No more rose-colored glasses or holier-than-thou views of what it is to be a child of God. Satan is waging war against us & against the kingdom of God. The nation of Ukraine has no more illusions about the intentions of Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation.” He is waging war & killing thousands of Ukrainian citizens. The war that Satan is waging on all of humanity is even more serious than that. To top it off...our sinful nature, even that of Christians, gladly works with him. </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="94qfm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="94qfm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="94qfm-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="dto9h-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dto9h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dto9h-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As Paul so aptly put it, “For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.” (Romans 7:18-19) </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="5072g-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5072g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5072g-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="7ou7s" data-offset-key="3afoj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3afoj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3afoj-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Given that reality, it’s no wonder Paul’s service to the Lord was with all humility, tears & trials. He wasn’t only at war with Satan & the world’s unbelievers...Paul was at war with himself. You & I live with that same reality & passing on our faith in Christ to others will become marked more & more by all humility, tears & trials. </span></span></div></div><br /><p></p>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-39932524306572644742022-06-10T07:35:00.000-04:002022-06-10T07:35:00.338-04:00Boasting<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfoafeRStiCthm9-mAOz-S0bXXgArbNiG8I_AHZFEQiSf74rQm9u3atrg2_wiAiE6f58_9XS_EbLfu8d5yqinkSo-xHY2apgTlY8uPlPC4eHbxrrQ1xh7C_wP5tBdSMUzeR09NCLxyawdt3FsU95lLpashswM-vKFRiqmgR1uvOHN8MIZkOhWbeh0/s1024/appName.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfoafeRStiCthm9-mAOz-S0bXXgArbNiG8I_AHZFEQiSf74rQm9u3atrg2_wiAiE6f58_9XS_EbLfu8d5yqinkSo-xHY2apgTlY8uPlPC4eHbxrrQ1xh7C_wP5tBdSMUzeR09NCLxyawdt3FsU95lLpashswM-vKFRiqmgR1uvOHN8MIZkOhWbeh0/s320/appName.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />The desire to "start from zero" just to be able to boast that "I did my own thing" is a deception intended to steal your inheritance. </span><p></p><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Everything we have is because of JESUS! So, rather than boast about your STANDING...boast about His LIFTING. After all, it's Jesus who keeps picking us up!</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">God wants nothing that originates with us. "Not of works lest any man should boast." Everyone in heaven is there by GRACE.</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">God gives platforms. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Men build stages. </span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">God says, "Hide thyself then prove thyself!" </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Men say, "Promote thyself! Boast thyself!"</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">DON'T boast about your APPEARANCE. (e.g., beard, tats, hair, weight, cleavage, butt, muscles, etc.)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">DON'T boast about your POSSESSIONS. (e.g., house, cars, toys, money, job, etc.)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">DO boast about what The Lord has done & is doing! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">DO boast about His goodness!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">DO boast about souls being saved!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">DO thank Him publicly for health, long life, blessings, goodness & mercy!</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Always point to Him in everything. He deserves the praise! </span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Love is patient and kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud...it keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 13)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I will bless the LORD at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth my soul shall make her boast in the LORD! (Psalm 34) </span></div></div><div class="gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-q66pz984 gmail-b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/Leaguership/?__cft__[0]=AZU4572FfoEE28Nq177eUQBZqj-rQ8dOKrD_kBY4WApFr6uHU-sK5HrCN_JffQ3rEPxcsOaG-peibW2hSkP2Dc9lfmmT0j_RCgT4VSj_yBzGbb33bZTz27NRoRkwt5bPNARMiwO7lZZNnfrhnXL9QyeM&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-nc684nl6" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Leaguership</span></span></a></div></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-59944549378057346452022-06-07T19:42:00.004-04:002022-06-07T19:42:53.562-04:00UNCOMMON LEADERSHIP 101 - SACRIFICE<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ45ulv2zqFnPkf0o3thjMVbHbXSzehBtHahSG3lGB9G3xwt5Lu4_Ixxp7X9c8DNQbR15BFGSQl2dzG2rFLIc2AuUUgBFznG4SqG0ye5TqYlFIJgjuULqgncL19YDTQY57be2jPl9eXU1wdpnuj_ahKHEgZqOsJtIQXB4dFcBecRIgX2JX7tqxXhyN/s1188/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-07%20at%207.41.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1188" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ45ulv2zqFnPkf0o3thjMVbHbXSzehBtHahSG3lGB9G3xwt5Lu4_Ixxp7X9c8DNQbR15BFGSQl2dzG2rFLIc2AuUUgBFznG4SqG0ye5TqYlFIJgjuULqgncL19YDTQY57be2jPl9eXU1wdpnuj_ahKHEgZqOsJtIQXB4dFcBecRIgX2JX7tqxXhyN/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-07%20at%207.41.32%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />UNCOMMON LEADERSHIP 101 - SACRIFICE</span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #262626; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">1. Investing in you requires SACRIFICE. God will send people to support you, encourage you & invest in your dream...but you ultimately have to be willing to make the necessary sacrifices.<br /></span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #262626; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">2. Always keep people in your circle who aren’t there just for the success but for the SACRIFICE.<br /></span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #262626; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">3. People see the highlights, but don't see the SACRIFICE you had to make along the way.<br /></span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #262626; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">4. I promise you, everything I’m enjoying today is because I LISTENED to my Leader’s instructions & made SACRIFICES that paid off! You don’t get the crown without the cross.<br /></span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #262626; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">5. You can get locked out of the harvest because you don't participate in the SACRIFICE!<br /></span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #262626; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">6. God wants ALL of you, not merely the parts you deem presentable; give everything to Him. If you dedicate yourself to God, even when it’s uncomfortable, He will honor your SACRIFICE.</span></span>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-55961757400187652572022-05-25T18:42:00.001-04:002022-05-25T18:45:53.584-04:00Ambition<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many years ago, Beverly & I were going through a season of uncertainty. (Well, actually, God was maturing me & I found myself looking at the grass in someone else's yard while I was struggling with my purpose, place & plan.) </span></span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="amu9m-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amu9m-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="amu9m-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">I remember talking myself into doing something that seemed exciting. Doing so required us to move. I also remember justifying it to everyone & looking for people to agree with me. Because I wanted this so bad...for the very first time in my life...I didn't seek counsel. I told my leaders what I was going to do...rather than asking them to bathe this major decision In prayer. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="bt5lm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bt5lm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bt5lm-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="d4gi2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d4gi2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d4gi2-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">I made the decision on my own. It was good at first. But then things got really rough. (Much rougher than the "season of uncertainty", I previously mentioned.) Bottom line...I missed God & our family paid a price for it. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="e167v-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e167v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e167v-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="atbgi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="atbgi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="atbgi-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">In hindsight, I asked myself, "Why didn't someone ask me the hard questions? Why didn't someone force me to see all the things I couldn't see?" I made a vow to God many years later that if I was ever in a position to speak into someone's life, I would do so without fear of offending the person who needed to hear It. I knew that if someone would have been the "bad guy" & told me what I didn't want to hear, at the time, it probably would have spared my family some of the grief I put us in. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="2h79m-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2h79m-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2h79m-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="4chr3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4chr3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4chr3-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since then, I've been able to bring counsel to many people. Some we've helped & some we wish could have helped. I also adopted the philosophy, "Inquire" or "Inform." Which means = when someone comes to me & says, "God told me..." then I already know they aren't talking with me to inquire prayer & fasting...but rather informing me of what they are going to do. I recognize the approach...because, like I said, many years ago I did the same thing.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="a2emm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a2emm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a2emm-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="7ccoj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7ccoj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7ccoj-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">It took me years to understand that "some things are taught" & "some things are caught." You can learn from other people what TO DO & what NOT TO DO, if you pay close attention.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="c78hj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c78hj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c78hj-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="7ket0-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7ket0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7ket0-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">Best advice I could give someone, "Always seek counsel." The Bible said that wisdom is in a multitude of counselors. And for those who say, "I can make my own decisions...God speaks to me."...yes, you are correct...He does. However, God will use men to confirm what He has spoken. We need a covering that cares more about the well being of our family than they do about our ambition.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="efihk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="efihk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="efihk-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="aq604-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aq604-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="aq604-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end of the day, you'll get to your destiny...at an even greater acceleration...if you walk in alignment in every step. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="ompt-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ompt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ompt-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="cer6c" data-offset-key="e1od0-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e1od0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e1od0-0-0"><span style="font-family: arial;">Every Blessing!</span></span></div></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-85066039870777161032022-04-26T14:28:00.004-04:002022-04-26T14:28:51.507-04:00#DearPreacher <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmBV2D1HqKxjjQBGUMz7sYBTqo6uIiH-GDnuqCiOqo4y6hGdIdxQcYxPHEa223SF9ZdKEVciPfThlMWxBtECX2oyXnQEoG4JJNmZ4O8F3Nd_L9taZvQa0Eb5U6QjEycqf60YXcbaN2fT6V6UAxYr6tMaHDSU9sfXYAp8td80mEKb-VveMvsrM1W-B/s1440/278911903_3261993654020741_4365083020859542941_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmBV2D1HqKxjjQBGUMz7sYBTqo6uIiH-GDnuqCiOqo4y6hGdIdxQcYxPHEa223SF9ZdKEVciPfThlMWxBtECX2oyXnQEoG4JJNmZ4O8F3Nd_L9taZvQa0Eb5U6QjEycqf60YXcbaN2fT6V6UAxYr6tMaHDSU9sfXYAp8td80mEKb-VveMvsrM1W-B/s320/278911903_3261993654020741_4365083020859542941_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">As a Pastor, I believe:</span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">•Jesus died for sinners.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">•Morality can’t be legislated.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">•I must preach the Word & live my convictions.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">•I owe love to all.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">•We must stand up for the voiceless.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">•The Church must spend more time reaching the world & less time judging it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">So…</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Don't preach your convictions. Preach the Word & live your convictions!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Truth is multicultural. If you just preach the Word, it will fit everyone.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Preach the word, in & out of season.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Preach the word when they like you & when they don't.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Preach the word with love & grace.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Preach! If your commitment is to "relevance", you'll need to keep up with every trend. So just preach the Word. Set the trend!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Every Blessing!</span></span>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-28675219522618585582022-04-26T14:25:00.004-04:002022-04-26T14:26:18.540-04:00It Didn't Just Happen<p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0My6-Xtt7iXLeMtKg-zfcca8qUIY-UuEtUqjS-RxWKgchUPLfegN4a9bqx_CbGSCXqhFQIJWO8U4KRpAeBsQ0DiOgAS50xjkRGAdx0YN36QXVZBGH9nY-7qtypUyZ0cpbnVZHQvHi6OnWoh93QSPLX2vnBgkhunEHvcxV1gzTQS2qiVJQbXwalRb4/s1440/279217375_3261482747405165_8318096991557944656_n.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0My6-Xtt7iXLeMtKg-zfcca8qUIY-UuEtUqjS-RxWKgchUPLfegN4a9bqx_CbGSCXqhFQIJWO8U4KRpAeBsQ0DiOgAS50xjkRGAdx0YN36QXVZBGH9nY-7qtypUyZ0cpbnVZHQvHi6OnWoh93QSPLX2vnBgkhunEHvcxV1gzTQS2qiVJQbXwalRb4/s320/279217375_3261482747405165_8318096991557944656_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Frederick Douglass said, “Without a Struggle, there can be no Progress." So true!</span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Trees don’t become mature overnight. There are years of maturing, development, pruning & weathering required for said tree to stand rooted, bare fruit & extend its branches & blossoms to those who seek it’s shelter.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Don’t take advice from people who’ve never done what you do. They may only know in theory but lack the practicum to provide wise counsel.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Unless you want the aggravation, hardship, hurt & headache that someone went through to reach the point they’re at right now…don’t desire their anointing. It cost them a great cost to have what they have.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Allow God to mold you into the one-of-a-kind leader you are. He will keep the clay wet with your tears & bend you with his tender touch.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">• Learn to discern people who only want your gift & not you. Everyone has issues they need to work through. However, if you allow their daddy issues, family dysfunction or superstar ambition bleed into your life…you’ll spend months/years delayed & distracted from your life call. At some point, you have to let Jonah go.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">You are God’s masterpiece! He has a beautiful plan for your life. Don’t let a setback keep you from your set up!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">You didn’t just get here! Trust the process. </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙌🏽" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t19/2/16/1f64c_1f3fd.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Every Blessing!</span></span>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-48704592651283047332022-04-09T09:00:00.002-04:002022-04-09T09:00:08.054-04:00Gossip<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlI3sLdZKQ5cdt5l1iC3psOQyT2fo5aWDfs5D8k3EH_9JWScIw_icKo9_ceWFjMhPW1r6TTmeiizveRQOFr1CBgG-gRx3JIt3hO-KZO4eGOEiome0hd0oDykH5r5EUaKCkvij7eF7WgphNJabIUVxXxa_CkYpaegP5JD88XXByLHhO8-BJLtRFqS6/s320/278092068_3249533351933438_4601248688209043531_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="320" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlI3sLdZKQ5cdt5l1iC3psOQyT2fo5aWDfs5D8k3EH_9JWScIw_icKo9_ceWFjMhPW1r6TTmeiizveRQOFr1CBgG-gRx3JIt3hO-KZO4eGOEiome0hd0oDykH5r5EUaKCkvij7eF7WgphNJabIUVxXxa_CkYpaegP5JD88XXByLHhO8-BJLtRFqS6/s1600/278092068_3249533351933438_4601248688209043531_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>1. It takes COURAGE & COURTESY to walk in INTEGRITY. If you listen to garbage about someone...who is not present...you have no courage, courtesy or integrity. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. Every act of GOSSIP is a betrayal. If you are not an eyewitness, you are a false witness. When you repeat what someone else has said, you are a garbage peddler.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. Did you know that people who gossip are actually HIDING their own shame?</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4. It is everyone’s job to PROTECT your CIRCLE from becoming a haunt for demons. Demons can’t possess Believers; but they attach to & express themselves through pride, selfish ambition, condemnation, gossip, offense, malice & hypocrisy.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5. When gossips gossip they usually gossip to gossips who spread the gossip until it gets back to those they were gossiping about.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don't let gossip decide who your friends will be. Discern the voice of jealousy, the spirit of envy & the bile of bitterness.</span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep your lips pure on this sensational Saturday!</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-85546519365807221422022-04-02T08:42:00.005-04:002022-04-02T08:42:47.469-04:00Win A Soul Today!<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG9sRuhmK2mY-j62G5v14hv2LY4HaXkaNsDPDcr2cs-00PnJfXM7-Tm0S4ObwRprzygtJcu_MJffkjRpKaxBYe_2DedfVGkP7usWCae4m1yfe9rwK_Eho_0JCKIIvm3GxLfHIcoqTNwqtWi9u6ulr-HGDW6pn4YeImoRBkTGGMju0WtvHru-AfIfP/s430/c453ee37-a00f-43cf-aecb-082a91594015.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="430" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG9sRuhmK2mY-j62G5v14hv2LY4HaXkaNsDPDcr2cs-00PnJfXM7-Tm0S4ObwRprzygtJcu_MJffkjRpKaxBYe_2DedfVGkP7usWCae4m1yfe9rwK_Eho_0JCKIIvm3GxLfHIcoqTNwqtWi9u6ulr-HGDW6pn4YeImoRBkTGGMju0WtvHru-AfIfP/s320/c453ee37-a00f-43cf-aecb-082a91594015.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm thankful for the decisions, to follow Jesus, that take place in our services & at the altar. However, I think the greater opportunities take place in our everyday living...at school, work, neighborhoods & in the marketplace. That's why it's imperative to continue to train Christians to share their faith publicly & have experiences of leading people to Jesus. </span><p></p><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No offense towards any church affiliation or even "denomination"....but personally having a strong background in the Baptist church, it is my observation that there is a great emphasis on soul-winning that I don't always see emphasized as strongly in other churches. In Pentecostal churches, "sometimes" our emphasis is dominantly being filled with the Holy Ghost & what formula was said over you when you were water baptized. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Having the upbringing of both great churches, I believe it's imperative that we teach every disciple to be a "disciple maker" from Conversion-to-Empowerment-to-Life Call! The cycle of becoming a disciple & then being a disciple maker should repeatedly be on loop in our life....all the way to the grave.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Questions: </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Who are you presently discipling? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What is the name of the last person you led to Jesus & then discipled? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Isn't that what Matthew 28:19-20 is all about (The Great Commission)?</span></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In my experience, people who are constantly leading others to Christ (conversions in the marketplace, school, work, etc.) don't have time to be offended, get sideways with the Pastor/church or remain self-serving. Their FOCUS is on souls. They are consumed with what consumed our Savior..."not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance."</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" /></span><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's Saturday...it's an excellent opportunity to count the number of people in your life who need a relationship with Jesus! Send them a text & ask them to join you in church on Sunday. It might be just the second time they read a bible...you being their first. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Every Blessing,</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pastor Hylton</span></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-64945763358403917882022-03-29T08:00:00.002-04:002022-03-29T08:00:39.465-04:00Can You Be Trusted?<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you place your <b>TRUST</b> in someone, you're confirming your confidence in their integrity, ability & character. That is not a light thing. In fact, when you give someone your trust, you are giving them a very close space near your heart...an area that is tender & willingly open. For trust to continue, there must be a sacred covenant of loyalty & an internal decision not to misuse that trust.</span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">One example: As a pastor/minister, when I stand in someone else's pulpit...I realize that I am there by invitation & given latitude to operate in my gifts & abilities for the glory of God & the good of those who have placed their trust in me. I am careful to operate in proper alignment with the leadership of the house & not to assume that I can just "take my liberty", because of the anointing (empowerment to serve) I sense. I always bare in mind that I am invited to function in my calling & gift in divine alignment with the angel of the house. I don't "freestyle" or "pull rabbits out of hats" when I have the mic. Trust has been placed in me either through relational equity or experience, to carry the continuity of the house...being mindful of the climate & culture of the house while fulfilling my assignment. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have seen trust trampled on because of showmanship & personal desire. Sadly, when you can no longer trust a person to operate in proper protocol, you can no longer <b>ENTRUST</b> them with responsibility. To entrust means to give over (something) to another for care, protection or performance. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Basically, there are two kinds of people who seek to be in a relationship with you: 1) Those who want what's in your heart. 2) Those who want what's in your hand. You have to discern the difference. It's one thing for you to enter into people's lives...but another to entrust your life to them.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">One way that I've learned to gauge trust is in the way someone talks to me about someone else. If they reveal entrusted secrets to you & you still entrust them with your secrets...you're just asking for heartbreak. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Years ago, someone I trusted spoke negatively to me about a mutual friend. I was rather shocked, not at the things they were trying to allude to in a negative connotation, but because I knew this person they were talking bad about had been very good to them & I too held that person in high regard. I didn't immediately pull back my trust in this person, but I watched the way they operated from that point forward & eventually knew that I couldn't carry the same level of relationship with them as I had before. I realized that if they talked about someone else to me...they would talk about me to someone else, too.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, don't get me wrong. I believe in repentance, restoration & plenty of "second chances”. I've extended many olive branches in my life & I've also had olive branches extended to me, as well. I believe in graceful relationships. I believe that we should see the best in one another...be honest & forthright with one another...not seek to plot someone's downfall with hearsay, secret meetings, plots & schemes. Thankfully, those things backfire on people who live like that. It is <b>ALWAYS</b> best to talk with a person face-to-face, rather than to believe what's being said about them. True covenant relationship is, "I will talk with you...not about you."</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once trust is broken, it's difficult to recover it. However, it can be recovered through the help of The Lord. It might be a marriage relationship, ministry relationship, employee/employer relationship, etc. God is able to restore all things. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">To be trusted is a big deal. To be loved & trusted is a great responsibility. Manage both well.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Every Blessing, </span></div><div dir="auto"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/RussellBeverlyHylton?__cft__[0]=AZXulZZ9MdwBBDXV1tgz0CYNL6MtCPGEA-JSkP5jvZpDUcGY3wncCNF8wgqVOHNagPvN5XU-S9EvMcmVh7Bw5_-u_YL3aZpjJiBL2lPuOrKVOvwEygBs4oikglOf8Zo02rNRyzc5kmBu5yNS9mPE0zSD&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Russell Hylton</span></span></a></div><div dir="auto"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/Leaguership/?__cft__[0]=AZXulZZ9MdwBBDXV1tgz0CYNL6MtCPGEA-JSkP5jvZpDUcGY3wncCNF8wgqVOHNagPvN5XU-S9EvMcmVh7Bw5_-u_YL3aZpjJiBL2lPuOrKVOvwEygBs4oikglOf8Zo02rNRyzc5kmBu5yNS9mPE0zSD&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leaguership</span></span></a></div></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-88487135696101685542021-10-26T11:02:00.003-04:002021-10-26T11:02:22.902-04:00Shacked Up<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtdz-Qrq3WA/YXgYMcpqG1I/AAAAAAAAHd8/yW3jMjwV1pQFxjjOdA6M86JvKMhU2Pe-QCNcBGAsYHQ/s600/248943376_3129548020598639_1178047736186886589_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtdz-Qrq3WA/YXgYMcpqG1I/AAAAAAAAHd8/yW3jMjwV1pQFxjjOdA6M86JvKMhU2Pe-QCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/248943376_3129548020598639_1178047736186886589_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Christians don't shack up with their boyfriends/girlfriends & then float along in life, serve in ministry, pretend to be one thing at church while living in sin. It's a terrible testimony. It's learned behavior. It's sin. It's wrong. It shouldn't be celebrated...it should be repented of.</span><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">When there is true REPENTANCE, there will be REVIVAL in our lives & homes...then that REVIVAL will sweep into the church. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you're sinning. Stop. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I rebuke this manipulating spirit in the name of Jesus. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">When we know better, we should do better. Knowing right from wrong doesn't mean you don't or won't sin. Knowing right from wrong is an awareness God put in us. We have ALL sinned & come short of the glory of God. So, I do not say these things as a sinless person...but as a person whose sins are cleansed. Everyday, I'm clinging to the cross of Jesus. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">And for anyone that says, "Pastor we aren't supposed to judge." Let me encourage you to believe the Scriptures. One of which teaches us that we are entitled to make a righteous judgement if we ourselves are willing to be judged by the same judgement. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">As God's children, although we must be cautious in our judgments concerning ourselves & others, we cannot ignore our Lord's commands that instruct us to make judgments. In John 7:24, Jesus said "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment"</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">But what does it mean to judge with righteous judgment? Jesus revealed this earlier in John 5:30: Jesus spoke, saying, "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">If we seek and follow the true will of God, which can only be found in His word, then when it comes time for us to help people discern between right & wrong, then we will not judge with our opinions or what we think is right, but just like the mind that Christ had, we will only seek to do the will of the Father. Following the limitations for judgment that are taught throughout the Scriptures, all we are to do in order to judge righteous judgment is to hear God's word, & judge using His standard.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">How can anyone honestly say that Jesus didn't judge? For that matter, when our Lord's true followers make righteous judgments, based on His word, in order to expose sin & help the lost to be saved, why would anyone ever think that Jesus would condemn them for that? Jesus has plainly revealed that those who abide in His ways will judge with righteous judgment. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Friends, if you love your family & friends enough to not want them to spend eternity in HELL...you'll love them enough to teach them the TRUTH of The Word of God. We don't celebrate or tolerate sin. We love anyone & everyone who sins (including ourselves) to the point that we would rather they find their way out of bondage into the marvelous grace of Jesus Christ. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ask yourself?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Am I sending a mixed message to my family?" </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Do I live one way at church & another at home?"</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Do my children have respect for me, based on my character?"</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Am I leading my children to a consecrated life in Christ?"</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lots to ponder today. Love you all.</span></div></div>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074557904669279341.post-41113533252926986402021-03-09T12:34:00.004-05:002021-03-09T12:34:53.942-05:00Blessed Are The Fraudulent or Faithful?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EkUyaHPH4HY/YEexHneVowI/AAAAAAAAHXU/kaED-20wzw0ZpLJ1VJ0Dn3NTvg17NMPUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1024/IMG_0048.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EkUyaHPH4HY/YEexHneVowI/AAAAAAAAHXU/kaED-20wzw0ZpLJ1VJ0Dn3NTvg17NMPUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_0048.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Luke 12:37 “Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.”</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Faithfulness is a quality that is very often lacking in the moral fabric of men. It is an interesting attribute in that it requires something that every individual can provide. Anyone can & should be faithful. However, the Scripture says, “a faithful man who can find?” (Proverbs 20:6). It is difficult to find someone who is faithful & who remains faithful. We all know those who seemed to want to be faithful & appeared to be faithful for a while, but in time, they did not keep the charge that was committed to them.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">True faithfulness is not something that is demonstrated initially, or even occasionally. A married person who is occasionally unfaithful to his or her spouse is not considered faithful. God intends for us to be faithful until death or until He comes. Our text tells us that there will be a special blessing for those “servants” who remain true to the Lord.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Scripture says, “Blessed are those servants.” We are God’s servants. We belong to Him & we have committed ourselves to serve Him. We are not to serve our own interests & agendas, but we are to serve our Master, Jesus Christ. How long are we to serve? Until we are no longer excited about serving? Until our bodies are old & aching? We are to serve Him until He comes. THE BLESSED MAN is the servant “whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.” The Lord Jesus Christ will come again to this earth. We are to serve our Savior until He comes. Have you ever known someone who seemed to be a loyal worker as long as someone was watching over him, or until the supervisor was out of sight? This is not a description of faithful service.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When Jesus comes, or when we go to be with the Lord, will we be found faithful? Those who are faithful will be rewarded. To those He finds watching, the Bible says, “he shall gird himself & make them to sit down to meat & will come forth & serve them.” This blessing is reserved for those who are found faithfully serving Jesus to the end. He will serve those who have been faithful servants. May He find us faithful.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Russell Hyltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01245024799425540893noreply@blogger.com