HOW CHURCH MEMBERS CAN ALWAYS EXPRESS THEIR
LOVE TO THEIR LOCAL CHURCH?
*( John 14:15 ) If ye love
me, keep my commandments.
1. BY
ALWAYS BEING FAITHTFUL TO WORSHIP GOD IN HIS CHURCH
( Acts 2:46-47 ) [46]And
they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from
house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
[47]Praising God, and having favour
with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be
saved.
2. BY
ALWAYS OBEYING GOD ACCORDING TO HIS WORD IN THEIR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
( John 14:15 ) Jn 14:15 If
ye love me, keep my commandments.
* King David is
our good model for this.
( Psalms 128:1-6 ) [1] Blessed
is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
[2]For thou shalt eat the labour of
thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
[3]Thy wife shall be as a fruitful
vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about
thy table.
[4]Behold, that thus shall the man
be blessed that feareth the LORD.
[5]The LORD shall bless thee out of
Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
[6]Yea, thou shalt see thy
children's children, and peace upon Israel.
3. BY
ALWAYS READING AND MEDITATING ON THE WORD OF GOD.
( Joshua 1:8 ) This book of
the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day
and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written
therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have
good success.
4. BY
ALWAYS PRAYING TO GOD, EVEN WHEN WE DON'T NEED “BIG THINGS” IN OUR CHRISTIAN
LIFE.
1 Chronicles 4:10 Jabez called
on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and
enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest
keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he
requested.
( Hebrews 4:16 ) Let us
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and
find grace to help in time of need.
5. BY
ALWAYS FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF THE LORD JESUS TO FULFILL GOD'S WILL IN OUR LIVES
( I Peter 2:21 ) For even
hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow his steps:
6. BY
ALWAYS WINNING THE LOST AT ANY COST, USING EVERY TIME AND OPPORTUNITY GOD GIVES
YOU.
( I Corinthians 9:19-26 ) [19]For
though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more.
[20]And unto the Jews I became as a
Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
[21]To them that are without law, as
without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that
I might gain them that are without law.
[22]To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
7. BY
ALWAYS SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE LORD THROUGH TITHES AND OFFERING.
( II Corinthians 8:1-5 ) [1]Moreover,
brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia;
[2]How that in a great trial of
affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the
riches of their liberality.
[3]For to their power, I bear
record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
[4]Praying us with much intreaty
that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.
[5]And this they did, not as we
hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of
God.
* Paul gave a
good commendation to the faithfulness of Philippians in giving and supporting
the Missionaries of the Lord.
Philippians 4:15-16 [15]Now ye
Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed
from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and
receiving, but ye only.
[16]For even in Thessalonica ye sent
once and again unto my necessity.
* To God be the
glory *
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