Compromise, People, Respect.

Recently, as I spent time alone, God began to speak to me about compromise.

Last week He spoke to me on procrastination.

When things are going well, they praise God.
When things are going wrong, they focus on themselves, "Oh how can I solve this problem?" Etc. What does compromise mean?

It simply means to lower your own standards and downgrade yourself for the sake of something or someone. Most of the time, just to save your own face, or..you just wanna stay in your comfort zone and not step out.

They're so obsessed with themselves, self-centered and never God-centered. The only thing that exist in their vocabulary is "Me", "I" and "Myself", the "unholy trinity".

Ive seen how people can be nice one moment and then cold the next, all because of something that happened in their life. They compromise. Once loving but now wasnt, once on fire for God but now no longer.

They tend to live a double life, double-minded, never making up their minds on what they wanna accomplish in their life.

Your word is your bond.

You know whats right but fail to do it.
I dont wanna go into the topic of the sin of omission.

Im sure everyone has gone through Getting Started AT LEAST, well maybe except for friends who dont attend church, then its a different story, we still love them least to say. =)

Can you be the same, in church and out of church?
Can you be the same, in good times in bad times?
Can you be the same, in sickness and in health?
Can you continue to live a life of truth?

There's a saying,

"What we cant control, we surrender to God.
But what we CAN control, God expects us to do our best."

God gave us a freedom of choice. To do something with our lives, not to waste it away. Its sad to see people coming and going. Like I said, its not because of circumstances, its not because family, family is just an excuse, school is just an excuse, work, sickness and stress is just an excuse.

Family, school, work, sickness and stress does NOT take away your freedom of choice!

As long as you are given a choice to make, God expects you to make the right decision.

God moves only when you move. God stops when you stop.

Friends who dont cherish each other, friends who talk behind each other's backs.

Just think about it. Jesus came all the way down to earth, went through the scourging and all the pain, for THEM and you treat them like dirt?

I dont care whether theyre nice to you or not, I dont care whether theyre saved or not, I dont care whether theyre gay or straight, as long as its a human being, you treat God's posession with RESPECT!

Dont cheapen the gospel!
Dont cheapen the cross!
Dont cheapen your Saviour, your healer, your helper, your Lord!

Some people just gotta take God seriously. He's not some "Blessing Vending Machine" for you to use when you have tokens! No wonder you end up using people!

Love what He loves,
IF you truly love Him.

People can say "I love God" all they want, and yet not love people. What an irony. You believe in the power of a cross or the power of a pole!?! A cross has 2 beams. Are you a christian or a 'stick-ian'?

Seriously, I dont believe in denominations. Ps kong once said,
"Theres no such thing as a denominational church, only a blibical church."

A double-minded person is unstable in all his/her ways.
2 vision is di-vision. People go with the flow, and then they end up falling apart, because they fail to take a stand.

People complain and grumble about how life bad life is for them. You can have 2 people, going through the same thing, yet both with different reactions.

How you treat people is how you treat God.
How you talk to people is how you talk to God.
How you think about people, is how you think about God.

Are you a person of convenience or are you a person of conviction?

More importantly, are you a consistent person? Or are you ambivalent? Are you a disciple or just a believer/follower?

Every human being is created in the likeness of God. And I believe that people who come into your life are sent for a reason, for a purpose, by God. So you better treat people with respect. Not for my sake, but do it for God, IF you love Him.

To gossip or to 'chuck' people aside is to say, "God, thank you for sending people into my life, but I know what to do, thanks".

Well..how rude can you get with God? Stewardship is not just about finances or material posessions, are you a good steward of people?

Well, Im not saying that I got chucked aside, Im not upset or offended or anything. Its just my observation of people around me lately. If there's one group of people that provokes me, its unteachable people. O_O

Id rather tell you what I saw, than to tell you what I believe or think.

People can disagree on your beliefs and ideas, but what you see with your own eyes, no one can deny it.

Successful people are not those who attempt great things,
But those who finish it.