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Genesis 39:1-12 talks about how Joseph was placed in charge of his masters possessions. During this time the masters wife then attempted to seduce him, but Joseph resisted this temptation on several occasions. When I read this passage I kept asking myself, how was he able to do this? Here he is in his masters care and he is taking care of all these possessions, this women is trying to seduce him into her bedroom yet he fleas. I kept thinking of the verse in Proverbs that says: “Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 and how it talks about guarding one’s heart. I also kept thinking about how Joseph was thinking of his Father in Heaven, his Lord and being obedient. Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as we.

My next concern was about how to guard one’s heart, with all the media and what it portrayals as far as what is acceptable and what is “politically correct” and what has desensitized us. All the violence and sex that is around every corner just gnaws at our souls keeping us separated from the Lord.

When I was in school working on my engineering degree one of the biggest catch phrases I heard was “Junk in, Junk Out” in other words if you were writing a computer program or inputting some commands to an IC chip or whatever and you put in a command or code that was incorrect it would fail or not act as it was intended, hence “Junk in, Junk out.”

Our minds and body’s are no different, from the food we eat to the programs on TV and the radio that we watch and listen to. Whatever goes into the body is going to come out.

Start thinking about the benefits of what you get out of your daily intake and start asking yourself would this further my relationship with Chris and move the kingdom forward. Think about what your kids or spouse are watching.

How can you put the Lord 1st in all you do? How can you start getting the things of Heaven here on earth. I urge each and everyone of you to pray and meditate on the Word of God Daily. Find a way to further the kingdom of Heaven and benefit those around you and lead by example.Be all you can be for the creator of this universe and learn to love one another as he has loved you.

I pray that you all find peace and that you grow in your relationship each day with the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you have been in church for any length of time or if you have been devoted to reading passages I am sure you have heard about the The Prodigal Son, however, I will try and give a brief summary to help those who are not familiar with this parable and then share a real life testimony about how a friend/co-worker is like the The Prodigal Son.

The Prodigal Son is based around 2 brothers who live at home with their father and one of the son’s decides to stay and work at his fathers house while the other so decides to take his fathers inheritance and squabble it away on women and boos. While the son who is spending all of his money loses everything and cannot even get a meal from the pigs trough decides to return to his father and just ask to be a servant, however, his father embraces his son who has come home and puts his best robe around him, places a ring upon his finger, and kills a fattened calf in his honer to celebrate his homecoming. The brother who had been by his Fathers side the entire time becomes bitter which is a whole other lesson within itself and we will talk about this another time.

I have a friend of mine who is also a co-worker and a few years ago we had discussions and even several times throughout the year continued on various occasions these discussion about Christ and his love and kindness that he taught about.

This friend of mine had walked away from the church and even though his mother and father were ministers themselves he just did not want to be a part of that anymore. He did not see any reason why he needed the Lord, the church, nor did he want to have anything to do with it. He was done. However, I just had a recent conversation with him and not only is he committed to church, his adopted daughter and bringing her up in the church, he is also going to get baptized again to rededicate his life to the Lord.

This just goes to show the power of prayer and planting seeds that come from the Holy Spirit. Jesus was a teacher in this. His only commandment was to Jesus said, “Feed my lambs, Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep, Jesus said, “Feed my sheep (John 21:1-17). There is also a Proverb in the book of Proverbs (Chapter 22:6) Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

So take head my brothers and sisters plant those seeds, be diligent and faithful in your prayers, and be an example to those around you and the Lord will bless you and your family as well as those around you.