Anyway

ANYWAY People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.LOVE THEM ANYWAY! If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.DO GOOD ANYWAY! If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies.SUCCEED ANYWAY! The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.DO GOOD ANYWAY! Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY! People favor underdogs but follow only the top dogs.FIGHT FOR SOME UNDERDOGS ANYWAY! What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.BUILD ANYWAY! People may need help but may attack you if you help them.HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY! Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY!
A Christian should look at this quote and think why they do they things they do in this world. When we look at every situation that we come across as an opportunity to please God we will do it no matter what others think. That should be our objective in all that we do, whether it be family, job, or helping our fellow man. When you do something for the Lord it doesn't matter what others think. What God see's is the only thing that will matter in the end.

The Day of the Lord
2 Peter 3:10-1310 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.[c] 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

God Bless,
Dustin

I would unmask the devil!(Talmage, "The Abominations of Modern Society", 1872)"Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light!" 2 Corinthians 11:14 Sin, crawling out of the ditch of poverty and shame, has but few temptations. Poets and painters have portrayed Satan as a hideouscreature--with horns and hoofs. If I were a poet, I would describe him with . . . manners polished to the last perfection, hair flowing in graceful ringlets, eye glistening with splendor; hands soft and diamonded; step light and graceful; voice mellow as a flute; conversation articulate and eloquent; breath perfumed until it would seem that nothing had ever touched his lips, but balm and myrrh. But his heart I would encase with the scales of a monster, then filled . . . with pride, with beastliness of lust, with recklessness, with hypocrisy, with death, with damnation! In my next portrait--I would unmask the devil--until his two eyes would become the cold orbs of the adder; and on his lip would come the foam of raging intoxication; and to his feet, the spring of the panther; and his soft hand would become the clammy hand of a wasted skeleton; and in the smooth lisp of his tongue, would come the hiss of the worm which never dies; while suddenly from his heart would burst in all-devouring fury--the unquenchable flames of hell!But, until unmasked, I would describe him as nothing but myrrh, and balm, and ringlet, and diamond, and flute-like voice, with pleasant and mirthful conversation."So that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are very familiar with his evil schemes." 2 Corinthians 2:11

This is so true. If we saw the devil as he really was we would never fall into his trap. When Adam and Eve were in the garden he did not scare them into eating the apple, he made it look wonderful and attractive. The devil uses all the pleasures of the world to pull you away from Christ. Keep your eyes and ears open and be ready at all times because the angel of light is near.
God Bless,
Dustin

Do it for the Lord

If we have the true love of God in our hearts, we will show it in our lives. We will not have to go up and down the earth proclaiming it. We will show it in everything we say or do. D.L. Moody

We should live our lives to reflect Christ in all that we do. As a Christian you are a witness for Christ 24/7. Don't do things right just because someone is looking, do what is right because your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ loved you enough to die for your sins. We should be living everyday to please Him and reach for Holiness every day. There is nothing we can do to ever repay Christ for the sacrifice that He made, but we can live our lives for Him in everything we do.

Ephesians 5:8-10 (New King James Version)
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit[a]is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord

Hebrews 12:1 (New King James Version)
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Have a Blessed day,

Forgive

Ephesians 4:31-32 (New King James Version)
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Forgiveness is seldom easy, but is always right. When we forgive those that have done us wrong we honor God by obeying His commandments. When we keep hard feelings for others in our hearts we are no different than the world. If there is someone you have hard feelings for, forgive them today. Bitterness, anger, and regret are not part of Gods plan for your life. Forgiveness is. One way to forgive someone is to pray for them daily. It is hard to stay mad at someone if you pray for them. With God's help you can forgive anyone that has done you wrong.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 (New King James Version)
15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. God Bless,Dustin

Why we do things

"God hates the great things in which love is not the motive power; but He delights in the little things that are prompted by feeling love." D.L. Moody

We can do all the things in the world for others but if love is not in it, we are wasting our time. Did you know you can even witness for the wrong reasons. Sometimes we will share our faith to prove someone wrong. We are to show people their mistakes in not believing in the one true God; but we are to tell them because we love them and we don't want them to go to hell, not to show them up. Check your motives in everything you do and ask yourselves why you do them.
Remember, it's not what you do it's why you do it that matters to God.

God Bless,
Dustin