keep your word
today's msg at youth service was good. topic was "keep your word" from matthew 5:33-37. just a short summary:
deut 23:21-23
1. when we make an oath, we have to keep it for it'd be a sin not to do so.
2. it is not wrong to make oath, but we can choose not to do so if we aren't gonna keep it.
matt 12:36
jesus says tt we're accountable to God for every word we say, on Judgment day.
how should we speak? how should we carry ourselves in our daily lives? how do we relate to others? have we stopped to ask if God accepts it when we decieve others, even if it's meant to be a joke? what's the focus of our lives? to 'joke' by decieving others to have fun or to be 'serious' and please God?
some ppl like to make 'romantic lies' (as bro nelson calls it! haa) /statements. for example, this guy tells his girlfriend "i can't eat or sleep when i don't see you". and immediately when he reaches home, the first thing he reaches for is the fridge. or go to sleep...hmm...sounds silly, but these are things ppl say yet dun mean huh?
when we say "i'll pray for you", do we keep our word? this was an issue i faced honestly. tt's why now when i say i'll pray for someone, i'll do it right away. if not, i'd better not promise tt person to do so! : ) well, tt's just a solution i came up with. but if you're just as forgetful as i am, u can always jot it down somewhere u'll see it!
how many of us are faithful to ourselves? God's commandments are not grievous becos He never gives us anything too heavy to bear. it is by His strength tt we obey : )
ppl do lie. okay, so lying is 'acceptable' in society. but does tt fact change truths? also, our we stumbling others with our words?
many a times, we as human tend to base our words on the authority of others. we tend to always claim tt "becos so & so says so". but on whose authority do we speak? as Christians, it should definitely be only on Jesus' authority. in 1 peter 1:13-16, peter gives us the basis on which we should speak. so before we say anything tt we don't mean, think. think abt God. what's our relationship with God? and as He has said "Be ye holy, as I am holy". Holiness comes with a price, even if it means losing a best friend. (honestly, wat kinda fren is a 'fren' who leaves u cos u dun crack jokes..?) are we willing to pay that price?
conclusion: "let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers" ephesians 4:29
i pray that i'll learn to watch what i say now. yeah, it is tough. but am sure that when God commands us to do something, He will never leave us alone. but instead, He has sent the Helper to guide us. may our 'yes' be 'yes' and 'no' be 'no'! yup...so let us draw strength frm the Lord as we seek to obey His word!
deut 23:21-23
1. when we make an oath, we have to keep it for it'd be a sin not to do so.
2. it is not wrong to make oath, but we can choose not to do so if we aren't gonna keep it.
matt 12:36
jesus says tt we're accountable to God for every word we say, on Judgment day.
how should we speak? how should we carry ourselves in our daily lives? how do we relate to others? have we stopped to ask if God accepts it when we decieve others, even if it's meant to be a joke? what's the focus of our lives? to 'joke' by decieving others to have fun or to be 'serious' and please God?
some ppl like to make 'romantic lies' (as bro nelson calls it! haa) /statements. for example, this guy tells his girlfriend "i can't eat or sleep when i don't see you". and immediately when he reaches home, the first thing he reaches for is the fridge. or go to sleep...hmm...sounds silly, but these are things ppl say yet dun mean huh?
when we say "i'll pray for you", do we keep our word? this was an issue i faced honestly. tt's why now when i say i'll pray for someone, i'll do it right away. if not, i'd better not promise tt person to do so! : ) well, tt's just a solution i came up with. but if you're just as forgetful as i am, u can always jot it down somewhere u'll see it!
how many of us are faithful to ourselves? God's commandments are not grievous becos He never gives us anything too heavy to bear. it is by His strength tt we obey : )
ppl do lie. okay, so lying is 'acceptable' in society. but does tt fact change truths? also, our we stumbling others with our words?
many a times, we as human tend to base our words on the authority of others. we tend to always claim tt "becos so & so says so". but on whose authority do we speak? as Christians, it should definitely be only on Jesus' authority. in 1 peter 1:13-16, peter gives us the basis on which we should speak. so before we say anything tt we don't mean, think. think abt God. what's our relationship with God? and as He has said "Be ye holy, as I am holy". Holiness comes with a price, even if it means losing a best friend. (honestly, wat kinda fren is a 'fren' who leaves u cos u dun crack jokes..?) are we willing to pay that price?
conclusion: "let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers" ephesians 4:29
i pray that i'll learn to watch what i say now. yeah, it is tough. but am sure that when God commands us to do something, He will never leave us alone. but instead, He has sent the Helper to guide us. may our 'yes' be 'yes' and 'no' be 'no'! yup...so let us draw strength frm the Lord as we seek to obey His word!
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