Live Well for God

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I was reading a book written by Commissioner Raymond Finder entitled "Going Further for God". Poor Commissioner was bombarded by people wanting him to sign their books, and I was one of them. Something very nice and uplifting he wrote in there as a comment was, "You are a good man. Live well for God".

I continually say it, and I keep my word, but isn't it amazing how God can speak to us? I was reading a passage of scripture and it said, ‎"Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned." Matthew 7:16.

I own an online small community, and today I was impacted by one of the 'volunteers' words. Whilst broadcasting on my radio, he said: "Everyone in the room, thank Andrew for all his hard work, as if it was not for him, you would not be tuned in to this great station". This is something I feel strongly about. Community impact, not community statistics. You can have a community or church with 9-10 people, but until you impact those people's lives who are attending, and show them a different life, one that they will love and want to be a part of (i.e. the Christian faith), then you will lose them.

These days, I personally feel people (Youth in particular) put their trust in a lot of things, and unless they get what they are after, they won't return. With my site, I aim to impact youth and show them the good life they should live, and I do it by putting real life before the job. My volunteer staff who work on my website are reassured that real life comes before the job they do on my site. I also support people by offering amazing, impactful words to those going through tough times.

To finish this blog post (my first in around 3-4 months), I want to end by saying: Whatever you do, whatever it be, do it for the love of God, and show the world the gospel of the good life!

God Bless,
Andrew

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 27:13 (New International Version)

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