Morning Christian Words of Encouragement – “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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The Third Eye Perspective:
By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “Relationships”
Good Morning Peeps. How are you doing this morning, good I hope? Are you having a good work week so far, I sure hope so? By a show of virtual hands, how many of you in my audience believe you are an “expert” when it comes to managing all the different types of relationships you experience on a daily basis? Now when I say relationships, I’m talking about all different kinds, family, friend, romantic, plutonic, work, Spiritual, and even casual ones. Here lately, I have been listening to Pastor Ron Carpenter’s series on managing relationships, and he has given me a whole new perspective or point of view about managing true relationships. I read something on someone’s facebook post recently in regards to relationships that really stuck with me. “Pay real close attention to those people in our lives, who challenge the boundaries we set for ourselves, because that’s where their respect for you ends.” That hit me like a ton of bricks when I first read it. So much so, that I read it over and over a few times to make sure it sunk in DEEP inside my mind. It is with this train of thought, or line of thinking, that it was placed on my heart this morning to talk about, “RELATIONSHIPS.” Let the Christian folks say “and AMEN goes right here!” Father God in Heaven, I Pray that you will place my heart and my mind under Spiritual arrest and conviction, as I try to relay this message exactly as You would have me to relay it, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Your sweet darling Son. AMEN! When it comes to relationships, each and everyone of us, are going to have multiple types in our lives. Family relationships, in which we cannot choose, because we are born into our families. We are not always going to see eye to eye in our “Family” relationships. There are going to be times when you can’t stand each other, and may even go long periods of time without speaking due to an argument, or disagreement. But when one or the other “Family” member are in need or is experiencing something hurtful, loss, or coming under attack from something or someone else, “true” family members will drop everything and rush to the aid of their family member. You share a special bond (Blood) that can never be broken. Ironically, even the Bible at times refers to Christian people as God’s children, or His brothers and sisters.
Another type of relationship that we will experience in our lifetime, are romantic relationships. This type of relationship on the otherhand, we are in control of. We choose who we become romantically involved with, plain and simple. Some people will be very successful in their relationships, while other’s will jump from relationship to relationship, and person to person, because they have a void that they are searching for someone to fill, that they are missing inside their hearts, that only God can fill. The sad part about this characteristic type in relationships, is that the person with the void, will leave a huge path or trail of destruction behind them, of people and hearts they have destroyed in their never ending search. And it is never their fault, it’s always the other person’s fault. Despite knowing all along that the problem is them, they will still find ways to put all the blame on the other person(s). Not realizing, they will never fill the void of what’s missing, until they first come to realize that they in fact don’t know what it is they are searching for. The next type of relationship we will experience in life, is friendships. Most people will have a very small circle of friends that they trust totally and completely. These people know everything about you, and they still think the world of you. Proverbs 17:17 says, “A friend loves at ALL times, and a Brother is born for adversity.” What that verse means to me, is that a true “friend” will love you nomatter what you’ve done in your past, or nomatter how broken you are, they will never judge you. They will always be there to pick you up when you’re down. And they will try to encourage you to do better, and be better when you’re in the wrong. A true “friend” will also call you out when you are wrong, and they won’t sugarcoat it to keep from hurting your feelings. You will accept this calling out from a true “friend,” because you know they love and care about you, and only have your very best interest at heart at ALL times. The brother is born for adversity is used as a figure of speech to imply or mean that someone close to you like a brother will be there standing right beside you when you experience adversity. To help you fight, defend, advise, or to encourage you during that adversity.
The next type of relationship that you will experience in your lifetime, are work relationships. This type is when you just happen to work with people that you are “likeminded” like you. In other words, they think like you do. You have things in common, Sports, Religion, Political Affiliation, or you might have known them prior to coming to work where you now work. Some people cannot function in a workplace where they don’t like their co-workers, and will quit that job and try to find a new one just for that very reason. Here’s a bit of advice for you, are you listening? You are not required to like everyone you work with! Nor are you supposed to go looking for romance at your workplace. If you find it and it works for you, then good for you, but it is not a prerequisite for getting the job. Nowhere in your interview, did they ask “will you agree to like ALL your co-workers, or are you single and looking to mingle at the workplace? Anyways, let me get back on track here. The last type of relationship I would like to talk about, is “Spiritual” relationships. You know, the one you have with your Church/Religion of choice. It would be very wise of you, to use as much discretion as possible in selecting your Spiritual relationships. Afterall, this decision will determine where you spend eternity, in Heaven or in Hell. At the end of our lives, yes yours and mine and EVERYONE else, God is not going to ask you about how many relationships you had. God is going to ask you, “how hard did you labor in your relationship with Me? Were you Faithful to me from start to finish? When you made a mistake, did you ask Me for Forgiveness? Those times when you didn’t put forth as much effort as I did, what was that all about?” It is at this time, that some people will hear the words “Depart from ME, for I never knew you.” Which will be the determination, that you were faking your relationship with God. You might get away with faking your relationship with people. There are some very good fakers out there in the world today, whom fool people all the time in thinking they are sincere. However, when it comes to God, He sees straight thru to your heart. And He knows when you are “faking the front.” God is looking for Christian folks who are willing to share with Him an “Agape” (Unconditional) type of Love. As for Carlos Brown, that’s the kind of love I strive everyday to have with not only God, but in my other relationships as well. Can I leave you with a thought or question to ponder if I may?
“Are You Willing, To Give and Receive An AGAPE Type of Love In All Your Relationships?”
Can I Get An AMEN?
“Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus Christ! Afterall, isn’t that what He did for us?”
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