---LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE FOR JESUS~~

--"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
---[Matthew 5:16] --
-[Please Read / Matthew 5:1-6]

--One day Jason learned that a check he had written to his brother was returned for insufficient funds. So Jason made a transfer and then told his brother that he could redeposit the check. However, his brother's bank had a policy stating that the other bank needed to approve the repeated transaction, and Jason's bank had a policy of a similar nature. With each bank refusing to contact the other, Jason and his brother were stuck! The only option was to void the original check and write a new one.

Now let's go into our personal lives and take a peek at the files labeled "Policies." If my wife and I have a disagreement or a falling out, do I sulk until she apologizes first, or do I put forth the first effort to make amends? Maybe I have a policy that if so-and-so appears to hold ill feelings toward me and wants to avoid me, I don't need to make any effort to talk to him either. I may be controlled by a policy stating that my neighbor must never outdo me in material possessions. Or perhaps I feel that I must always appear good before all men, even though my heart is full of wickedness.

Please, dear friend, open the files of your heart and throw out any ungodly policies that may control your life. Replace them with the policies that Jesus taught in today's Bible reading--humility, meekness, mercy, purity, and peacemaking. Be willing even to suffer "for righteousness' sake" if necessary. Let your life be full of self-denial, sacrifice and love!
--BSW/NS~

-"Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins." --[1 Peter 4:8] ~~
--"Jesus Lover Of My Soul" // (Charles Wesley song) By: Chris Eaton // <https://youtu.be/nYadCyVsXFo>
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