L.I.F.E weekend of worship - Mar

L for Love
I for Invest

Invest your time for God.

Invest in your life for eternal. To invest is to put in.

Invest in human capital. You got to increase in your human capital.
Invest in skills, knowledge, social, personality attributes that's give us ability to produce value.
Jesus took care of his body and each of us are given a body to do his will. God wants us to maximise our life.
Satan will attack when we are tired, burn out and we are physically exhausted. So we must have a strong body to resist temptation. Luke 4. When we are tired and weak, we are unable to hear God. We must rest and take care of our health. Its important as without our body, we are unable to fulfill our eternal will. When I'm tired , I cannot concentrate and can't think properly. Invest in your health and eat healthily and have ample of rest. Being confident will also improve your health. Growing in spirit, not just spiritual but also mental spirit will make you strong. Building spirit by hanging out the right group people.
As a child, Jesus quietly read the bible, dwell in the God's word and Hebrews 10, it mentioned Jesus read about scriptures. He's a man of faith
Jesus was born a human and he lives like a human. Jesus didn't know everything. Only Father knows. He didn't perform any miracles until he was 30 years when he's filled with faith.  Luke 2: 40

a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e] 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Knowledge is power. Jesus increased in wisdom. Reading enhances your concentration. Reading gains knowledge. Wisdom is application of your knowledge. Do the right time at the right time for the good of the people.  Proverbs 9
God is the starting point for your decisions. Place God first and you will have the wisdom for eternal life. Read, memorize the word of God. Confess the word.

Even as a child, people can see the grace (friendly, kind, pleasant) in Jesus. Jesus developed relationships. Eq is more important than IQ. Be kind to people and Build relationships with people not for politics or personal gains. Build relationship will induce happiness and promotion.

Invest in your body - be healthy
Invest in your spirit mind
Invest in your wisdom
Invest in people skills and in relationship

Let us be more like Jesus. Amen

L.I.F.E weekend of worship - Feb

Love Invest Faith Enjoy

Love forgives. Love keeps no record of wrongdoing
Love assures
Love honors

Love for Enemies
Luke 6:27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.Emotions are a tool given by God and there are healthy and important ways to express them, but don’t be ruled by them. If you don’t learn to master your anger and your emotions, then your anger and emotions will master you.
“Fools are quick to express their anger, but wise people are patient and control themselves.” Proverbs 29:11

Circumstance to deal with Difficult People

No one likes being around difficult people. I think there are a lot of people in the world like that today, largely because of the stressful lives most of them have. People are trying to do too much in too little time and have more responsibility than they can realistically handle.

When someone is rude to me, I can feel my emotions rise up and then move out, wanting me to follow them. That's when I know I need to take action. I have to remember that the person being rude probably has a lot of problems. She may not even realize how she sounds.

Working with the Holy Spirit
I certainly remember lots of times in my life when people asked me why I was being so harsh. I didn't realize that I was. I just had a lot going on and felt pressured, so the pressure came through in harsh voice tones. That didn't excuse my bad behavior, but it was the root of the problem.

I am very thankful I know the Word of God and have Him in my life to help and comfort me. But a lot of difficult people don't have that. I have had to work very hard with the Holy Spirit for the ability to act on God's Word when people are rude…instead of merely reacting with a behavior that matches or tops theirs.

Jesus teaches us how to respond to those who treat us well and those who do not (see Luke 6:32–35).

If you are in a situation that requires you to be with one of these hard-to-get-along-with people every day, I urge you to pray for them instead of reacting emotionally to them. Our prayers open a door for God to work through.

Ask Yourself
How do I react to people who are rude?
Do I respond in love as the Word says we should, or do I join them in their ungodly behavior?
Will I act on the Word of God and love them for His sake? Or will I react emotionally, perhaps acting worse than they act?
Have I ever let a rude person ruin my day?
Live Beyond Your Feelings

Feelings will come and go. We can't escape them, but we can choose to live by God's Word and not our feelings. Even when it doesn't feel right, we can live with an incredible peace and joy. I encourage you to go through the questions again and search God's Word in every circumstance you face. He will help you live beyond your feelings!