Selfishness to Selflessness
(ISH to LESS for MORE)
The woman behind the cash register at one of the ABC Stores lined along Wakiki looked like she was in pain. I placed the items to purchase on the counter which included a box of Claritin. It caught her attention. She smiled through her anguish and said, "Oh, I need to buy some Claritin, my sinus headache is bad today." I am her first customer - it's 6:30 in the morning.
My wife Sandee has been in pain for 24 hours with a severe migraine. She throws up during the entire migraine attack. The lady behind the counter looks like she may do the same and my heart, the one Christ Jesus transformed, speaks out with compassion, "My dear lady, I'll open this Claritin I've bought and you take what you need!"
"Oh, no Sir, I'll be okay. Thank you." I purchased the items and went on my way. The walk along Waikiki shore back to my hotel sent streams of love into my inner man, My God had changed my heart. In my life before I asked Jesus into my heart, I would have purchased the Claritin, oblivious to the woman's pain, rushed back to the hotel to give my wife her pills, and scrambled out to fill my needs for my self-ISH-ness.
God who rescued me from self-ISH-ness has magnified my joy with self-LESS-ness! The less has given me MORE!
Paul said it so well in Philippians 1:6, "being confident of this that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." The less I am in the world - the MORE I AM IN CHRIST.
Love,
Chappy,
Copyright 2008 MOTE, Inc.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Lifestyle
John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, the life. No one comes to the Father without going through me."
Are you suppressing the truth about Jesus of Nazareth in order to protect your own lifestyle? My fellow human being, the Maker of it all . . . that's right, the one who created you and me . . . dirt/dust, 17 minerals that these bodies we live in . . . are the Creator's. He made us out of the dust and breathed His Spirit into us . . .
God of Heaven, the Jesus, the man God sent to remove our sin at the cross 2,000 years ago . . . for those who believe . . . He restored the sinner, you and me sinners . . . we all miss the mark of perfection . . . but if God is perfect morally, God cannot tolerate sin . . . God does not tolerate self-centered lifestyles. The secular world does . . . but the anger your Maker has is real. It erupts against those who persist in sinning. You ought to know that the love of God is absent completely from those who choose the secular lifestyle - zero love - zero blessing - 100 percent satanic pure evil.
Wake up and know the truth. Today is a good day to step out of your fantasy. Your Maker invites you to reason with Him . . . come let's reason together . . . Yes to Jesus is a lifestyle that is white as snow. Welcome home a life styled by Christ.
Love,
Chappy Dave
Copyright 2008 MOTE Inc.
Are you suppressing the truth about Jesus of Nazareth in order to protect your own lifestyle? My fellow human being, the Maker of it all . . . that's right, the one who created you and me . . . dirt/dust, 17 minerals that these bodies we live in . . . are the Creator's. He made us out of the dust and breathed His Spirit into us . . .
God of Heaven, the Jesus, the man God sent to remove our sin at the cross 2,000 years ago . . . for those who believe . . . He restored the sinner, you and me sinners . . . we all miss the mark of perfection . . . but if God is perfect morally, God cannot tolerate sin . . . God does not tolerate self-centered lifestyles. The secular world does . . . but the anger your Maker has is real. It erupts against those who persist in sinning. You ought to know that the love of God is absent completely from those who choose the secular lifestyle - zero love - zero blessing - 100 percent satanic pure evil.
Wake up and know the truth. Today is a good day to step out of your fantasy. Your Maker invites you to reason with Him . . . come let's reason together . . . Yes to Jesus is a lifestyle that is white as snow. Welcome home a life styled by Christ.
Love,
Chappy Dave
Copyright 2008 MOTE Inc.
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