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Do you want to know why the
Body of Christ has been in such a mess over the past few years? Do you
want to know why the devil has been able to make a public display of our
weaknesses? Do you want to know why, instead of being unified and
strong, we've often been torn apart by division and criticisms that come
not from without but within?
It is because, as the Lord said in
Hebrews, the people of God have need of milk and not of strong meat.
They're babies! The people of God for the most part don't know His ways.
That's
why He's commissioned you and me to train believers who are unskilled
in the Word of righteousness and help bring them to maturity.
"Sure,"
you say, "you're a preacher, but what about me? What can I do?" Well,
I'll tell you. I believe God has called us both to do something. You'll
find it in Hebrews 3:13. "Exhort one another daily, while it is called
today."
That's no longer just a Bible verse to me. It's a direct
command from the Lord. Gloria and I received that command a few years
ago when we were preaching in Australia. It prompted us to step out in
faith on daily television. But it's not a command that was just meant
for us. It's one we all must obey in our own way.
"Exhort one
another daily." Pray over that scripture today, won't you? Fellowship
with your Father over it. Ask Him how He wants you to fulfill that
command. He may tell you to help support ministries like Gloria's and
mine that teach the uncompromised Word of God daily. He may tell you to
fill yourself so full of His Word that it spills out on everyone you
meet and encourages them to go on—and grow on—in Jesus.
Whatever
He says, do it! There's a Church full of spiritual babies out there and
more are being born all the time. You can help bring them from milk to
meat. Begin to exhort them. Today.
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