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1March 20, 2011

Romans 12 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

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Love mustmust be sincere, if we would be usefulbe useful in the Kingdom of GodKingdom of God.

Nothing we do is of any valueany value, unless we are motivatedmotivated by sincere love --

For GodGod and our brothersbrothers and sisterssisters.

9b Abhor (hate) that which is evil; cleave (hold) to that which is good.

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Mindset If we think that evilevil is kind of coolcool, we will play with it and

become a foolfool or a tooltool - of Satan.

Are you wholewhole--heartedlyheartedly living for our Lord?

What is your mindsetmindset today?

Do you passionatelypassionately hate sin?

10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

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Kindly affectioned is the family kind of love."to cherish one's kindred" -- Strong's Greek

"With brotherly love"

We are taught to view the younger women as sisterssisters, the older women as mothersmothers,

the younger men as brothersbrothers, the older as fathersfathers.

We can love with pure heartspure hearts, fervently.

Proverbs 18 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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is essential to maintain friendships.

But if we would gaingain friends, we must bebe friendly.

Reach outReach out to that one you see sitting alone.

Talk to the boringboring folks.

In honor preferring one another.

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"There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit."

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This is part of genuine love -- a willingnesswillingness to work in the backgroundbackground, helping another

to accomplishaccomplish a goal even though he may receive all the creditall the credit.

We won't be afraid to

11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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There's no place for a Christian to get lazyget lazy, especiallyespecially about the Lord's workLord's work.

We are to maintain our enthusiasm for serviceenthusiasm for service, as well as worshipworship of our Lord.

All our workAll our work should be done as serviceas service to the Lord.

Proverbs 12 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

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To kill a deer, but failfail to clean it and preserve it is wastefulwasteful.

To be lazy is to wastewaste opportunity.

Proverbs 18 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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To gardenTo garden, we have to prepare the soil, fertilize,

plant, hoe, and gather.

A lazy man will miss that opportunitymiss that opportunity, because he won't be in the mood at the right time.

Proverbs 24 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

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Proverbs 20 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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Proverbs 15 19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Proverbs 22 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

He works harderworks harder trying to get out of work, than he would to do the workdo the work.

A lazy man makes it hard on himselfhard on himself.

11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lordserving the Lord;

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Joshua 22 5 But take diligent heeddiligent heed to do the Com-mandment and the Law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to lovelove the Lord your God, and to walkwalk in allall His Ways, and to keepkeep His Commandments, and to cleavecleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heartall your heart and with all your all your soulsoul.

Proverbs 13 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligentdiligent shall be made fat {fully satisfied}.

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EverybodyEverybody wants to be happy, to be at peace in our souls, to have friends, to do well.

These are the These are the blessingsblessings of the Lord. of the Lord.

Love, joy, and peace comecome through fellowship with the Lord in the Holy Spirit.

They are producedproduced in us as we diligentlydiligently live life God's Way.

1 Timothy 4 13 Till I come, give attendance to readingreading, to exhortationexhortation, to doctrinedoctrine. 14 Neglect Neglect notnot the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 MeditateMeditate upon these things; give give thyself whollythyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heedTake heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continuecontinue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both savesave {deliver, heal, do well} thyself, and them that hear thee.

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To fervently servefervently serve the Lord brings blessing.

12a Rejoicing in hopehope (to anticipate with pleasure and confidence);

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When we are expectingexpecting God's blessing on our effortsefforts, we can remain enthusiasticremain enthusiastic.

To rejoice means to be and remainbe and remain

cheerfulcheerful, gladglad, and wellwell.

Let's be always fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.

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On your job

Isaiah 6 8 Also I heard the Voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

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