Does not your hard heart melt to these visionaries and missionaries?
Where are we going?
Are we going after the passions of this world or towards our Saviour?
He does not pull you by force unless you are pulled by His wonderful and amazing love. He died for you and me and for all. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you… (James 4:4)
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ( 1 John 2:15)
Do Not Love the World
1 John 2: 15-17
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Gone far away
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? (Jeremiah 2:5)
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
We deceive ourselves
1 John 1: 8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus says,
“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.”
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
He Cares for You
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. ... Give all your
worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. ...
Let the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
