HOW TO BEHAVE 4

Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

We should rejoice in the hope that is in us.  We should be mindful each day that this world is not really our home and for those who know Jesus as their Savior there is a better day coming.  It helps us to face the minor or major trials that we confront each day.

We will have problems.  Life is not always going to be smooth sailing and we are going to have some turbulent days.  Be patient.  If you have read the Book you know how it comes out in the end so don't panic.  Sometimes you just have to hand things over to the Lord and wait for Him to take care of it.

Have a continual prayer life.  Each time I am requested to pray for someone I stop right then and have a prayer.  I am getting too old and forgetful to put it off and to keep from forgetting I usually just pause for a second and pray for them.  It keeps me in a much closer contact with God.

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HOW TO BEHAVE 3

Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

We are not to be lazy.  We shouldn't be lazy in any of the things we have been entrusted with. We should be fervent to work at our marriage, to work at being a good parent and yes we should strive to be a good and faithful employee on our jobs.

If we aren't careful we can attribute a lot of activity to being busy working.  We need to focus our efforts on getting the most out of the time that God has blessed us with.  This is true of the Lord's work as well.

I once worked on a construction job where everyone talked about how busy one of the carpenter's helpers was.  Every time you saw him he was carrying a board from one place to another.  I began to watch him and before long I figured out that he was always carrying the same board.  He looked busy and had found a way of making himself look busy without really having to do any hard work.

If we are not careful we can do the same thing in the Lord's service.  We can fill up our time with things that really won't make a difference in eternity and it looks like we are really busy.  God is watching what we are doing and He knows if we are really busy about His business.

Please feel free to contact me by email at

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If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know.  Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus.  I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.

HOW TO BEHAVE 2

Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

This is almost another way of saying that we should treat other people the way that we want to be treated.  We should treat all with affection and brotherly love.

No matter how contrary or difficult some people might be it doesn't give us the right to automatically be rude to them every time we see them.  Sometimes a little kindness and affection will go a long way in helping them to change their ways.

We are to put others before ourselves.  I always liked the acronym, JOY.  Jesus First, Others Second, and Yourself Last.  It is an easy way of remembering this scripture and what it teaches.

Life is short at best.  We should try to make the journey as pleasant as we can for everyone in our lives.

What are you doing to make everyone else have a better day?

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HOW TO BEHAVE 1

Romans 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Love is not a condition.  It is a commandment. We are commanded to love one another, to love our neighbor as our self, and even to love our enemies.

When we learn that love is not a condition or an emotion and realize that love is an action it makes it possible for us to love others.  Sometimes it takes a lot more effort.  Some people are just easier to love than others but we are not to pick and chose who we love.

I am glad that Jesus chose to love us all in spite of our sin.  We to must make a conscious choice to love others.  Loving them does not mean that we have to agree with them or their lifestyles and we do not have to approve of the things they do.  We do have to be concerned for them and for their soul and love them enough to pray for them and witness to them.

We are supposed to hate evil and cling to that which is good and when we do this we will realize that love, good strong Christian love is one of the best things there is.

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Basic Training 22

How To Behave    Introduction:

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Keeping the Ten Commandments is not all we are required to do.  We are encouraged here to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice unto the Lord.  That sacrifice is our reasonable service.

What is reasonable?  Are you serving the Lord in a reasonable way?  Only you can answer that question but in the next few devotionals I want to discuss some basic behavior that we should exhibit as Christians.

I hope you receive a blessing from them.  Please pray for me as I write these daily devotionals. It is my prayer that they are an encouragement to you to have a closer walk with Jesus.

Please feel free to contact me by email at

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If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know.  Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus.  I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.

Basic Training For Christians 21

Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

To covet something is to desire it so greatly that you would do almost anything to get it.  We all see things that we would like to have and I guess that is only normal.  It is when we become consumed with having them that it turns into covetousness.

Coveting things is the gateway to other sins. If you really look at many of the stories in the bible you will see that many great sins were committed because someone coveted something that did not belong to them.

Be thankful for the things that God has blessed you with.  If you are thankful for your blessings you are a lot less likely to covet the things that belong to someone else.

Please feel free to contact me by email at

shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.

If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know.  Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus.  I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.

Basic Training For Christians 20

Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

We all know that telling lies is wrong.  It is not just bad manners and socially unacceptable, it is a sin against God.

This commandment is explicit.  It deals with bearing false witness against a neighbor.  When I see this commandment one word comes to my mind, "Gossip."  Isn't that what we are doing when we gossip?  We are actually spreading something harmful about someone when we are not a true witness to the facts.

Hearsay witness is not even accepted in our legal courts.  When you hear something about someone it is best that we pray for them.  When we spread things that we do not know for a fact we are bearing false witness.  I guess that clears it up for those who are uncertain about it.  Gossip is a sin.

Please feel free to contact me by email at

shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.

If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know.  Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus.  I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.