Good Clean Christian Living

I DON’T THINK SHIRLEY WILL MIND ME SHARING THIS. I WENT TO VISIT MY MOTHER THE OTHER DAY. JOYCE ASKED PRAYER FOR HER BECAUSE SHE HAS ONE KIDNEY AND NOW THEY’D FOUND A MASS ON IT. I TOLD HER SHE SHOULD BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. SHE’S A WOMAN WHO WENT TO CHURCH HER WHOLE LIFE AND AS SOON AS DADDY DIED, SHE QUIT GOING. I TOLD HER I’D COME BY AND GET HER EVERY SUNDAY AND BRING HER TO CHURCH. I TOLD HER IF DADDY WAS STILL ALIVE, SHE’D BE IN CHURCH BECAUSE DADDY WOULDN’T MISS CHURCH. SHE SAID WELL YOU KNOW I HAVE A ROUGH TIME SON. I ONLY HAVE ONE KIDNEY AND IT’S IN BAD SHAPE. SO I TOLD HER ABOUT SISTER SHIRLEY WHO IS A MEMBER AT THIS CHURCH AND HOW SHE DOESN’T HAVE ANY KIDNEYS BUT SHE COMES TO THE HOUSE OF GOD AND DOESN’T EVER MISS A SERVICE. PEOPLE NEED TO QUIT USING THEIR MEDICAL LIFE AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO WORK FOR GOD. WE CAN BE MISERABLE AND STILL WORK FOR GOD. THEN MAMA SAID, HOW ON EARTH IS SHIRLEY LIVING? I TOLD HER BY THE GRACE OF GOD. SEE I NOTICE THINGS LIKE THAT. I PRAISE GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE SHIRLEY WHO WILL PUT FORTH AN EFFORT AND WORK FOR GOD.

I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING. I’M GOING ON MY THIRD YEAR HERE AT WESTSIDE AND I CAN NEVER REMEMBER ONE TIME THAT ME OR MY WIFE HAVE EVER HAD TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL AND SAY WE WERE TOO SICK TO COME TO CHURCH. THAT’S WHAT WALKING CLOSE TO GOD WILL DO FOR YOU. I HAVE BACK PROBLEMS, SINUS PROBLEMS, NECK PROBLEMS, MY VOCAL CHORDS GET STRETCHED AND I GET HOARSE AFTER PREACHING, MY WIFE HAS HAD HER WHOLE SPINE FUSED, SHE GETS SICK, THE KIDS GET SICK BUT THANKS BE TO GOD WE’VE NEVER GOTTEN SO SICK THAT WE HAD TO MISS CHURCH. THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE GET OUR SPIRITUAL FOOD. MY WIFE AND I ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY FOR MORE FOOD! IF YOU STAY WITH GOD, HE’LL STAY WITH YOU. BUT IF YOU FORSAKE HIM, HE WILL FORSAKE YOU.

NUMBER SIX: TO LIVE A CLEAN CHRISTIAN LIFE WE NEED TO HAVE THE APPEARANCE.

OUR APPEARANCE OUGHT TO BE THAT OF A CHILD OF GOD NO MATTER WHO WE’RE AROUND. OUR LIGHTS OUGHT TO SHINE TO A LOST AND DYING WORLD. WHEN MOSES COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN FROM SEEING JESUS, HIS FACE SHONE SO BRIGHT THEY HAD TO PUT A VEIL OVER IT. IF YOU GET CLOSE TO GOD, YOU’LL SHINE.

NUMBER SEVEN: WE CAN LIVE A CLEAN CHRISTIAN LIFE BY LOOKING AT OUR AUTHORITY.

YA’LL KNOW BEFORE I BEGIN WHO OUR AUTHORITY IS. WHAT AUTHORITY DO WE NEED TO GET OUT AND WORK FOR GOD? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT HERE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12 “NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD, BUT THE SPIRIT WHICH IS OF GOD; THAT WE MIGHT KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE FREELY GIVEN TO US OF GOD.”

BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO IS LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD FOR THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD. JESUS SAID IF I GO AWAY I’LL SEND YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER. HE’LL LEAD YOU, GUIDE YOU, DIRECT YOU AND COMFORT YOU. HE’LL BE WITH YOU EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS ALL THE AUTHORITY WE NEED TO LIVE A GOOD CLEAN CHRISTIAN LIFE. IF THAT ISN’T ENOUGH, YOU’LL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH. WE NEED TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT. I WROTE A SONG ONE TIME ABOUT THE HOLY GHOST. HE’S JUST A SHADOW. HE’S GOES WHERE WE GO. WHAT KIND OF LIFE ARE YOU LIVING AROUND THE HOLY SPIRIT?