"TEAM WORK (UNITY)" ---- "T"

"TEAM WORK --- UNITY"

!!written by Kathy Todd (++except scriptures)

October 16th, 2011

!! T = TRUTH and TRUST and TIME

!! TRUTH:

++ For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the tricks of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,
according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
building up of itself in love. Ephesians 4:12-16

!! As Christians, we are to come together as one. There should be no lies among believers. There should
only be truth. Where there is truth among believers, then the whole truth of the Gospel can be taught with
full affect that shows results by people (non-believers) turning their lives to Jesus Christ for salvation which
is the most important mission Jesus gave us to do. To seek out the lost and tell them the truth of the Gospel.

!! An example of what happens when we lie and don't speak the truth:

!!We get into trouble!! That's the same way with God. If we lie, then that will separate us from God. If we lie, we must ask God for forgiveness and not do it again and again and again. We must not lie!

!! Telling the TRUTH shows TRUE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER which will draw non-believers to the Cross!! :o)
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!! TRUST:

++ And be renewed in the spirit of your mind:
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Neither give place to the devil.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that
he may have to give to him that needeth.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of building up,
that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you.     Ephesians 4:23-32

!! When we tell the truth, we earn the trust of others. If we lie, our word becomes void. It means nothing! We should always tell the truth so people will trust us. God's word is truth! We are to trust his Holy Word because his word is complete and honest truth. Jesus trusted God to raise him back to life after his death on the Cross. God's word never fails. It NEVER comes back void or empty.

!!TRUST God's word, it is pure and 100 % truth!!
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!! TIME:

++ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and excess of sinfulness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and lives in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and controls not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is useless.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.        James 1:19-27

!! When we are working together as one, not telling lies and watching what we say, we can become doers of the word spending our TIME spreading and sharing the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Time spent telling lies,argueing, complaining etc.... hinders the task put before us as Christians, as believers, and that is to put our trust in God and his Holy Word, be truthful among ourselves so we can tell and spread the truth of the Gospel.

!! In God's eyes and heart, that is TIME WELL SPENT!! It will bring results of LIVES BEING SAVED!! :o)