I came across this on the internet and wanted to share it with you. It’s called “My Church” by an unknown author.

My church is composed of people like me. We make it what it is. It will be friendly, if I am. Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them. It will do great work, if I work. It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver. It will bring other people into its worship and fellowship, if I bring them. It will be a church of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, a church with a noble spirit, if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these traits. Therefore, with the help of God, I shall dedicate myself to the task of being all the things I want my church to be.

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).

And the devil will flee from you…

As a repeat sinner who struggles with sin on a daily basis, the thought of the devil fleeing sounds so, so, sooooooo good. Yes, I want that. I long for a day when all my thoughts and yearnings are pure and good. I long for a day when I can love God with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind 24/7.

So, then, how can we live in such a way that the devil flees from us? There are two steps.

First, submit yourselves to God. Notice God did not say submit to your inner voice, or give into your heart, or follow your gut. If you want to see the devil fleeing, the first step is an ongoing, never-ending, until the day we draw our last breath surrendering and submitting to God.

The second step is to resist the devil. It’s not enough to submit to God. We need to keep resisting the devil. And just as it was with surrendering, the resisting of the devil is an ongoing, never-ending, until the day we draw our last breath resisting the devil thing.

Gee. I know. It sounds exhausting. But what are the alternatives? Should we give into the devil? NO!!! Should we give into sin? NO!!! Should we keep battling sin? No!!!

You see, the mere fact that we are battling sin and fighting the devil is the proof that God is at work in our lives. The proof of living under the influence of the Holy Spirit is NOT that we are sinless, but that we are submitting to God and resisting the devil. The fight against sin and the devil is the proof that God is at work in us.

So, keep fighting the good fight. Submit to God. Resist the devil.

“Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you – they are your life” (Deuteronomy 32:46-47).

Could you imagine if you were lucky enough to buy Apple Stocks before Apple became the Apple of today? Could you imagine if you got in at the very beginning when Apple first started trading in the stock market?

Gee. You would be set for life!!!

Now, imagine if you knew a new startup that will blow what Apple’s stock did out of the water. This wasn’t guesswork but you knew it without a shadow of doubt because…I don’t know…let’s say you were a time traveller from the future.

If these parameters were true, would you do it? Would you put your life savings on the new stock? Of course you would. You would be set for life.

Read the verses of the day again. “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day…They are not just idle words for you – they are your life.”

Do you see what God is saying? Do you see what God is offering?

The million dollar question – “Will you do it? Will you do what God’s word says?”