what I read:
"......if any of them do not believe the word, they may be WON OVER WITHOUT
WORDS by the BEHAVIOR..., when they SEE the PURITY and REVERENCE of your lives."
This is a verse addressing husbands and wives but I intentionally left out
the wives and husband words because I believe these words can be for everyone.
Noitce;
1. We are suppose to be winning people over, drawing people to God, making them
thirsty, attracting them to the One we were made for. We have a purpose, a
mission.
2. Although there may come a time to speak to whoever God is wanting to "win
over" through you, winning people over can be done WITHOUT WORDS. This is a
great reminder for me, a woman who loves to talk and often talks too much.
People are noticing our BEHAVIOR. They can SEE us. They are watching. What are
they seeing? What should they see?
3. People should see our PURITY and REVERENCE.
PURITY.... *freedom from sin; guilt; innocence; free from dirt
* containing NOTHING inappropriate
* FULL STRENGTH ( this is my favorite def.)
REVERENCE.... PROFOUND awe, respect, adoration, worship....deepest esteem
How's your purity? Are you checking your heart regularly for sinful attitudes or
actions? Check yourself using
2 Timothy 3:1-5:
"But mark this: There will be TERRIBLE times in the last days. People will be
lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to
their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous,without
self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God- having a form of godliness but
denying its POWER."
When we allow sin to creep in we are not FULL STRENGTH and lose our
effectiveness.
How's your reverence? Are you growing more and more deeply in love with God? If
not, I wonder how come? What do you think about most in a day? How about
meditating on Him and learning more about him that you might come to have
the "deepest esteem" and "profound awe" of the One who is the Creator of all
things???
I think it is time we W.O.W.W. ( "Win Over Without Words) Kalamazoo and beyond
with our P.R ( our Public Relations and our Purity and Reverence).
P.R.- Public Relations- *methods by an individual to promote a FAVORABLE
relationship witht the public.
* The ART and SCIENCE of establishing such a
relationship
Blessings from Bombadil. Kristy Joy LInk
"I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so
that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on
account of me." Phillipians 1:25 & 26
