Let's work on ourselves so we can serve

Hello everyone,

I hope all is well and again you have a blessed New Year.  You know, life is so precious and we as God's people have the ability to be that vessel for Him over and over again.  There are so many of God's children (Including us) out here suffering because of what we're not doing or what we’re doing to ourselves.

We have to understand one important thing and that is - this life is not about us.  It's about helping each other on our journey to come to Jesus and make it to heaven for eternal life so in other words, we’re here to be humble and serve God’s people even if we’re uncomfortable.

We all are sinners, and we all need improvement so let's start by moving in a direction to fix ourselves so that we can achieve that goal mentioned above.  In 2024, let’s not continue to bring each other down, but lift each other up so that we all can win and have peace on our journey. 
 
This world is about Good and Evil and God is already going to win but we have to allow Him to guide us in the process to show us His way. WE ARE IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE.  Whose side are we on?  We have to think about it, and we can start by praying and asking God for forgiveness and guidance to do His will.  Then, we can do an evaluation of ourselves by asking the following:
 

• Are we kind and do we treat people with kindness?
• Do we treat people the way we would want to be treated?
• Are we forgiving others when they do us wrong?
• Do we have unconditional love in our hearts for others
  
• If the answer is no to any of those questions, we need help.  The main goal in this life is to love our neighbor, put God first and to take care of ourselves so we can serve and show compassion to others. 

 
Let’s speak truth and work towards living a holy life.  We need to be what God wants us to be because when we’re not doing that, we’re hurting others and we’re not progressing or growing within. 

We need to get to the point by allowing our actions to count and mean something.  People need people and they need others to trust with their problems.  They don’t trust because we’re not doing what we’re supposed to be doing and we’re hurting ourselves because we’re not putting God first on our journey.  I don’t mean to be so direct, but this year God is allowing us to grow and have a second chance to do the right thing. Let’s do some reflection and start with trying to be better people.  Once we do that, God will guide us, we will strengthen our relationship with Him and be on our way to fulfilling His mission.

Remember it’s not about us and once we know that our actions will change towards others, we will see ourselves with peace and happiness in all situations. (good or bad) Let’s walk with faith and give God all the praise because at the end of the day, He blesses us with life each day we awaken to do His will. Again, let’s work on ourselves so that our light will shine, and others can see Jesus through us.

Amen and Thank You Lord.