COURAGEOUS EXPECTANCY

God’s command to us is so well brought out in the New Testament when we are told “To love our neighbour’s as ourselves.” That is one directive among many other passages on love – especially sited by Jesus Himself, who informed us personally that the Greatest Commandment of all was love. Primarily what God is saying to us is that without love for others, we cannot fulfil our commission amongst mankind – especially the Great Commission, to go into all the world and make disciples of men. Therefore, until we learn to love others in a similar way to how God loves others, we will never truly experience God’s presence the way He intended us to. It should also be remembered that we are constantly reminded of God’s love, and even told that “God is love.” Our Lord Jesus also told us that He only did what He saw the Father do – and the earthly ministry of Jesus was also one of Love. Our role here is to follow that example.

So many of us pray that God protects us and diffuses the ongoing attacks against us. In fact, many times God does this so well we are able to keep on top of things (with God’s help) and minimise the affects of the attacks – even if they don’t entirely stop. So no matter what the turmoil in our life we are able to cope and reign victorious. In time we grow in boldness, so much so that our overall expressions can be considered lofty and both proper and significant because of our faith in Him and His protecting hand sustaining us. Because of this and as our personal devotion to holiness and faithfulness grows, it then surpasses the manner in which we handle things. Then as we mature in Him, we grow in our ability to express the depth of our faith through His holiness, His love, His joy and then as we praise Him, we grow in hope and reliance.

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:6-9

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This Article is by Peter Collins – In a sales career spanning more than 53 years, Peter Collins has focused on helping and bringing out the best in others – whether it involves training or mentoring salespeople, managers, business consulting to SME’s. Since the 1970’s Peter has built a reputation as a Nationally and Internationally Published author, and has 68 business books to his credit, but he is mainly known for one book based on the Audio Tape series of the same name, Over 50 Ways of Closing the Sale. Peter had his first book published in 1969 and now has over 133 books in all, including Business, Marketing, Sales, Free Publicity, Body Language, Music and over 30 Christian books to date. Peters books have sold over 2.5 Million copies of his books over 49 years. In his personal life, Peter has been sought after as an encourager and motivator that has given of his time and talents freely despite his busy schedule. Subsequently, he has assisted churches, pastors, community and charity groups, as well as individuals through his teaching, training, development and on-going mentoring.

Courageous Expectancy

COURAGEOUS EXPECTANCY

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