The gospel message and our testimony in Christ are priceless treasures.  While we are to share the good news and make disciples of all the nations, we also must heed the bible's warning against laying our treasure before those who will only trample it.  Let us ask God for the discernment to know when we should stay quiet.

God loves us and calls us just as we are, broken and fallen, but his plan is not to keep us that way.  The soldier must be trained and transformed before being ready for battle.  Let us not frustrate the process but take proactive steps to be changed more into the image of Christ daily.

The blind man of John chapter 9 set the example for us.  The blessings of God may result in opposition from others or attacks from the enemy, but we should desire and chase those blessings all the same.  He blesses us to his glory even if the blessing comes with suffering.  To suffer for him is a blessing all its own.

We hope now for the promises which are to come, visions of his word which will become reality.  But we are not left merely to hope.  One day, we will have all we await.  Hope will be fulfilled, and we will hope no more.

Each has a life to live, a race to run.  Not every course, however, looks the same.  Let us put aside our own expectations and welcome the course God has for each of us, even if it looks very different than what we see in others.

Have we reached this point? Is the world this far gone? Is there anything we can do?

There is one more supper Christ will be attending. Will you be there? Will you be ready?

The truth is simple; we were made for one another. No one can go it alone. There is no such thing as a 1-on-1 relationship with God yet without his people. His word does not leave room for that. In God's kingdom, you must be part of the Church to be part of him.

Worldly encouragement is not the same as the encouragement we are to have for one another in the truth.  A kind word and a pat on the back is so much less than we should be able to offer the brethren.  We need a lot more from one another than that as we wage this war.

Forget about the superficial cures.  Forget about the counterfeit remedies.  Let us get to the heart of the matter by allowing the Lord to truly treat that which ails our spirits.  Let us lead those who are spiritually hurt, broken, and dying to the great physician, the only One who can save a soul.