Even If i Walk Alone

Instructing and encouraging you to live your life as a disciple of Jesus

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Busy

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Commenting on Leonard Ravenhill’s statement that “The accent in the Church today is not on devotion, but on commotion”, A.W. Tozer said “What a man is must be shown to be more important than what he does… Externalism has taken over. God now speaks by the wind and the earthquake only; the still small voice can be heard no more. The whole religious machine has become a noisemaker.”

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As you survey the well-known churches of our day, this seems very true. As a general rule, there is a lot of activity surrounding them, but the world is not changing as a result. It’s not just the big churches either. For too many local congregations, the emphasis is on what they are doing with little concern being shown for the ultimate results of that busyness.
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Lord Come Quickly

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A common prayer of believers over the years has been, “Lord, come quickly!” We long for Jesus to return and put an end to the misery and evil surrounding us. While we know life will be infinitely better and simpler when Jesus returns, we must also recognize we have a mission to accomplish until that day arrives.

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If we are going to pray, “Lord, come quickly”, then we must be willing to go quickly ourselves. Jesus has sent us into the world as His ambassadors. He won’t come back until we have gone out and spread the good news of His love and the truth about His character.
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The Distractions of Satan

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“Since the devil can’t destroy you, the best he can do is distract you”, said Pastor Steven Furtick in a recent message. This has two powerful implications. First, Satan cannot destroy you. He doesn’t have that kind of power. No matter how vicious his attacks might be, ultimately he is powerless to defeat you. The second important concept to take away from Furtick’s statement is you can be assured Satan will pull out all the stops in order to distract you from living your life as a disciple of Jesus.

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No matter how clever or wise you consider yourself, Satan is much more cunning than you are.  Without being ever vigilant, we will fall for his tricks and deceptions.
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Sending People to Hell

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Someone went to Hell today while you played video games. Someone didn’t get the opportunity to learn about Jesus because you were busy watching television. We say we’re committed to Jesus but live mostly for ourselves.  For too many Christians, the only thing to which they are committed is their own safety, security, comfort, and living like everyone else in their culture.

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We fail to live for Jesus because we’re too busy keeping up with the Jones’s. Our apathy is literally sending people to Hell. It’s not their fault, it’s ours. We don’t tell them, we don’t reflect Jesus with our lives, and when it comes down to it we find too many things more important than living like a disciple of Jesus.
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The Point of it All

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The point of it all, everything we do in life, is to glorify God. The word glorify is a word we don’t use a lot in everyday speech, but essentially it means we reflect the love and character of God in our thoughts, words, and actions. Everything we think should reflect the love and character of God. Everything we say should be full of love and truth. Our every action should demonstrate the love and trustworthiness of God.

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Nothing else matters. All of the goals and dreams we had had for ourselves died when we committed our lives to Jesus. His dreams become our dreams. His goals become the things for which we work.
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