New Year

Today's Motivation New Year edition

Luke 5:32 (KJV)

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Following God requires a repentant heart ❤️.  It requires us to turn away from 🙅sin and turn 🙋♂️towards God. Sin and God are polar opposites. 

When we follow God we are turned 🙅♂️away from sin. 

When we sin we turn our backs 🤦♀️ to God. 

Every time we turn our backs 🚶♀️to God we have to repent to follow Him again. We have to change our direction, change our mind, ask for forgiveness, and follow Christ. 

We often convince ourselves we can follow God and sin. When we sin we are not following God. God is in the opposite direction. When we sin we have taken a detour ⚠️ from God. When we sin we stop trusting God. When we sin we grieve the Holy Spirit. When we sin we open ourselves up to the consequences of sin. When we sin we are playing Russian roulette🔫 with our lives hoping God will clear the barrel while we pull the trigger. Practicing sin is equivalent to having suicidal tendencies. 

Romans 6:22-23 (MSG)

But now that you've found you don't have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening 👂 to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! 

Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death 💀 . But God's gift 🎁 is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.

Don't get caught on a detour⚠️. Repent and turn to God. Ask for forgiveness, follow Christ and experience the promised abundant life. 

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞 you!