--NO MIDDLE GROUND ~~ [You May Have To Stand Alone ]~

-"Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God."
--(2 Corinthians 7:1 /NIV)--

----It was not that long ago that Jesus-followers lived with enough peace and affluence that it was possible to be content while living in the murky middle. Folks simply joined the church their family and friends were a part of without really knowing what they believed or why. Church participation was focused more on going along with the crowd and fulfilling cultural expectations than on awakening and facilitating a spiritual transformation. In this generation God is inviting us out of the middle ground to open our hearts fully to Him. He is purifying His Church and creating for Himself a holy people, a royal priesthood that reveres and worships Him in every aspect of our lives. What a privilege it is to be a part of that! Is it always easy? No. Is it always fun? No. Will there be opposition? I’m certain of it. But God is watching over us, and we should joyfully participate in His purposes in the earth.

**THINK ABOUT IT
--Fulfilling cultural expectations will gain you the praise of people. Walking in full obedience to God will gain you the praise of God. Determining whose approval you most desire will set your life’s course.

**PRAYER
--"Heavenly Father, I want to be someone who stands for Jesus, even if I have to stand alone. I want Your truth represented in my life without compromise. Deliver me from fearing opposition that my life might reflect Your holiness. In Jesus’ name, amen."
Blessings,
Pastor Allen Jackson
["Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven."
-"But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven."
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I came to set a man against his father and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-Law;
And a man's enemies will be the members of his household."
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
"He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it."
----(MATTHEW 10:32-39 / NASB) ]