Saturday, November 23, 2013

How can we say I love you?!

Yesturday, during the chapel service at GCA, the teens did a puppet show. The show was just a short lil script where this one lil girl puppet was at the store and she wanted to buy something to show her mom that she loved her.
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So she is talking to the sales clerk and she says, but I only have $4 what can I get with $4 that will REALLY show my mom that, I LOVE HER???
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Sooooo the sales clerk tells her, well you know, in the Bible, it says that IF you LOVE GOD, you will OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS! 
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The sales clerk then says, don't you realize that if that is how you can show God that you love him then that is the same way you can show your mom that you love her too... By OBEYING HER!!!
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This got me to thinking, last month was pastor appreciation month. At our church we all did something to show our pastor that we appreciate him and took on days if prayer and fasting as well. To show my pastor I appreciate him I made my pastor brownies because I know he loves my brownies!
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Buuuuuuuut I was thinking after that little skit yesturday, yes, I'm sure my pastor enjoyed those brownies I made him and all the other gifts that he was given. I'm sure he appreciates all the prayer and fasting, buuuuuuut above all else, what can we REALLY Do to show him our love and appreciation????
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Yes, that's right... OBEDIENCE to his instruction!!! If he tells you to do something, you do it! If he tells you NOT to do something, you don't! You stay away from the things that he tells you to stay away from! You don't get on things he tells you not to get on. Furthermore, you don't support disobedience in others. THATS how we can show we apreciate him! 
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I'm sure that my pastor enjoyed my brownies, buuuuuut I'm also sure that if you were to ask him, he would prefer MY OBEDIANCE over those brownies or anything else I could give or do. What do some silly brownies mean if I can't even comply to what he says???? In fact, any real pastor, with a TRUE shepherd's heart, would prefer your OBEDIANCE over a $$$million-kajillion dollars!!!!
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Pastor appreciation month is over, buuuuuut it's not to late to show your pastor that you love him. You may be poor like that lil puppet shopping for her mom, that's OK!!! OBEDIANCE is FREE!!!
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"If ye love me, keep my commandments."   (John 14:15)