Garden Ministry’s purpose is to encourage the workers in the field of the Lord, and to keep them looking up to Jesus.
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Text for the day: Matthew 12:36-38 (King James Version)
But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Our Theme for the day: Saying from the Past (Part 1).
There is a saying from the past which is not a Bible text, but a heavenly truth and message we can learn from today. One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow you may have to eat them. Words, do they mean anything to you, than if not to you how about others? In a world were speaking truthfully, kindly, and encouragingly is looked as a backward thing to do. As servant leaders we are to show by our ever living witness of love, soft and tender speech that there is a God of Love who cares for all, and longs for their salvation.
As servant leaders, we are called to learn the lessons of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Christ came to preach the gospel to the poor. He reached the people where they were. He brought plain, simple truth to their comprehension. How simple His language! Even the poorest, the unlearned and ignorant, could understand Him. Not one needed go to a dictionary to obtain the meaning of the high-sounding titles or words that fell from the lips of the greatest Teacher the world ever knew. While the priests, the rulers, and the expounders of the law were considering themselves as the only teachers of the people, He told these learned rabbis that they were both ignorant of the Scriptures and of the power of God. And there are many today who think or consider themselves like the teachers, priests, and rulers of Jesus day. They don’t open their mouths unless they are able to use words of which you need a dictionary to follow them, Jesus calls them both ignorant and blind of the Scriptures and of need of the power of God.
God's servants in this age have been given most solemn truths to proclaim, and their actions and methods and plans must correspond to the importance of their message. If you are presenting the word in Christ's way, your audience will be deeply impressed with the truths you teach. The conviction will come to them that this is the word of the living God. (By E.G. White 9T 143) Finally, remember words spoken in season, how good are they! How much strength a word of hope, courage, and determination in a right course will give one who is inclined to slide into habits that are demoralizing! The firm purpose you may possess in carrying out good principles will have an influence to balance souls in the right direction.
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Our Prayer for today:
Please join us as we pray for the right use of our words to bring truth, but in love.
Remember, you’re the only Jesus some will ever see.
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These letters are written by Elder Kevin Santucci
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