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What on Earth Are You Doing For Heaven’s Sake?

Are you building on solid foundation? Christ Jesus is all that you need
to prepare a heavenly mansion where happiness is guaranteed.
God can use your mistakes, bumps and bruises to prepare the soil of your soul
for implanting the seed that produces a bounty of God-control.
Self dies and is buried in water, re-born in the likeness of Christ,
freely given his grace and redemption for which his love paid the price.
Made free from sin, guilt and punishment, what are you doing now
to show your humble gratitude? Go search for new fields to plow!
Get busy burning bridges that connect you to old ways,
old haunts where sin abounded in those undisciplined days.
Scrap everything that might cause you to fondly remember the past,
the friends who would drag you back in the mire and leave you there, down-cast.
The word of grace will build you up, restore your Christian joy,
a reminder of your inheritance, hear the Father’s “attaboy!”
God is consistent; man is not, changing like shifting sands.
Your only safety is God’s love, the hollow of his hands.
Hunger and thirst for his righteousness, be a doer of his word,
communicate your faith in Christ, that the good news will be heard.
Keep songs of joy and praise in your heart, show simple gratitude,
and confidence in victory will change your attitude.
This freedom cannot be taken from you, but you can give it away.
So what on earth are you doing for heaven’s sake today?

From a sermon by Roger Holm

Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net