Ecclesiastes 12:1 niv
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”
Afew guiding prescriptions given unto the body of Christ are watch and pray, give yourself to word study, walk away from evil communications.
Being social beings is not to encourage oneself to have corrupted fellowships(communications), some will lay claim to the scriptures that say…perhaps my faith will save them…in mixing and mingling with a corrupted fellowships.
Galatians 6:1-2
¹Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. ²Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
I have seen said believers feign faithlessness in pursuit of a helping hand, my eyes have seen said believers rage from Within themselves and blame others for their struggles.
Redness of eyes in anger is only to be managed by yielding to God and His word, such will pretend but it will always remain in plain sight until the darkness of the heart is laid bare.
I always said, let’s all pretend until one cracks, it is said, ‘You cannot wake a man that is pretending to be asleep’
1 Timothy 4:12 niv
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
Young believer, lay aside the pursuits of raging men and commit to personal growth, there’s nothing anyone has that they did not recieve, there’s no day God will abandon You because men self elevated patronizing over You, many times, this is simply a manifestation of hidden weakness and insecurity.
Work with your hands, grow in grace, preach and teach the word, be a good steward of Your God given talents, compete only with yourself, for your reward is yours alone.
Also be careful when a man smites your face in desiring to partake of your reward.
Matthew 11:4-6
⁴Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: ⁵The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. ⁶Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
Every one has their assignment, even Judas the son of Pardition, when people are wicked, ignore them, they will fail alone.
Prophetic Utterance:
Psalms 121:1-8 niv
¹I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
²My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
³He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
⁴indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
⁵The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
⁶the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
⁷The LORD will keep you from all harm —
he will watch over your life;
⁸the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Guiding Text:
1 Timothy 4:13-16 niv
¹³Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. ¹⁴Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
¹⁵Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. ¹⁶Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.