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What Does Your Life Say? · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Wow Ministries,
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  bringing you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  What does your life say? Today, as we journey through the scriptures,
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  we are going to ask ourselves this question.
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  What does your life say?
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  Every person leaves a footprint with their actions, their words,
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  their beliefs, and their convictions.
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  What do your footprints say to others? Proverbs 22.1 says, a good name is rather
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  to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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  What does this verse mean? It is telling you that a good name earned by honorable
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  behavior, godly wisdom, moral courage, and personal integrity is to be strived for, longed for.
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  And the focus of your development. You are not only to develop these holy characteristics,
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  but you are to esteem them above all else, including riches.
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  God's favor upon your life is better than silver and gold, and to walk in his
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  ways must be your first and foremost desire.
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  When people walk away from meeting you, what is it that they say about you?
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  God forbid that they would say you were arrogant, self-absorbed,
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  out only for your gain, or unloving and cruel.
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  No, as children of God who have been called to be holy, people who meet you
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  must leave your presence having seen God in you and felt his presence around you.
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  I understand this may seem foreign to you and perhaps even difficult to do,
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  but God has instructed us to live so that others see him in us and that our
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  actions bring honor and glory to him. Matthew 5.16.
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  So what do others say about you when asked to describe you?
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  Do they know you are a prayer warrior? Someone they can trust to take the request
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  seriously and to pray earnestly for them?
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  Do they know you seek God first? Matthew 6.33. And trust him to make things right?
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  When they come to you, can they expect to receive godly counsel?
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  Do they seek you out for understanding and love?
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  Do people know that when they come to you, they will receive compassion?
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  Are you actively about doing all the will of God?
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  Are you his hands and feet extended, going about doing good as he did good? Acts 10.38.
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  If the above questions seem convicting to you, then it is time that you make a change in your life.
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  Every born-again believer is a witness of Jesus Christ.
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  When you call yourself a Christian, you are proclaiming to the world not only
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  that this is who Christ is by your actions, words, and intents,
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  but you are also saying this is what the power of Jesus Christ looks like.
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  See, to be a Christian means you are to be Christ-like. So if you call yourself
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  a Christian, then those who do not know him,
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  those who do not read his word, have only you to view and determine what God
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  is like and how Jesus interacts with others.
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  They see you as a walking testimony of who God is.
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  Therefore, how you live your life, your attitude, your focus,
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  your desires, they are all saying something to a lost and dying world.
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  They are telling them your version of who God is. Never forget that you may
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  be the only Bible that some people ever read.
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  Make sure your life is giving all around you an accurate picture of the love,
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  mercy, grace, and holiness that Christ is and demonstrates.
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  Be sure your life exhibits the transforming power that Christ bestows upon every born-again believer.
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  Romans 12, 1-2 When you place your faith in Jesus and allow Him to be Lord of
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  your life, the ways of your old sinful life are transformed into His ways.
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  2 Corinthians 5.17 You must set your affections on things above and not on things of the earth.
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  Colossians 3.2 Today, make sure you are known for the things of God and that
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  every encounter with you is an encounter with Jesus.
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  Remember, you are loved. Jesus loves you. Please visit Woman at the Well Ministries
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  at WATWM.org for more resources, podcasts, and to connect with us.