--Holiness John the Baptist would never get hired today. No church would touch him. He was a public relations disaster.Mark 1:6 says he “wore clothes of camel’s hair and ate locusts and wild honey.”
His message was as rough as his dress. A no-nonsense, bare-fisted challenge to repent because God was on His way. No, John’s style wasn’t smooth. He made few friends and lots of enemies, but what do you know? He made hundreds of converts. How do you explain it? It certainly wasn’t his charisma, nor his money or position—for he had neither. Then what did he have?
One word: Holiness.Holiness seeks to be like God. You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life. Be faithful to your spouse. Pay your bills. Be the employee who does the work and doesn’t complain. Don’t speak one message and live another! Just be God in your world.
“…as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” (I Peter 1:15-16) 
From: A Gentle Thunder/ML
[This is by no means easy to do in this lifetime. This world lies in the hands of the 'evil one'. To be HOLY, as our LORD is and always has been, is a daily choice. Stay close to Jesus. Never let go of His hand. We all need each other. Let's edify one another up in the faith. Let's tell the world about JESUS. Is the worldly news (secular), important? To those who live FOR the world it is. We must set the example,
"speak the word, be instant in and out of season." We, Christians are being watched. What does your lifestyle say about our Lord Jesus? We are called to be HOLY! Keep Pressing On, folks, we're almost home.
"Even so, Come Lord Jesus."]
