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Stench or Perfume?

Here we are the second month into this new wonderful year. I say wonderful because whether we are Christians or not, it is God who gives us breath and is continuing to allow us to breathe. I think as long as we have breath in us, we need to think about our life and see if we are living up to our full potential. 

Before I gave my life over to the Lord, my full potential was met and that was living for Judy and what made me happy. Now I live for the Lord and what makes Him happy. Huge difference. Living for Judy was sending me to hell and living for the Lord is sending me to heaven. It’s my choice where I go when the breath in me stops. I tell people to be ready for that to happen. It is happening all the time, not only to the older but also the young.  

The USA is unraveling because of moral decay, and the moral decay is because God has and is being pushed out of our nation! What happened to the words IN GOD WE TRUST which is on our currency? Because of pushing the Lord out of our nation, now children and adults can choose if they want to be male or female or both! That is pushing God totally out and self totally takes over.  

What happened to the biblical principles that guided and were even taught in our schools not so many years back? What happened to prayer in school? People think… what if I might offend someone?! Because we have complied to a small majority in this country, the Christians are losing their voice.

It is time for Christians to come out of the closet! We need to quit compromising our values and use our voice with authority and boldness! Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing (2 Corinthians 2:14-15).

Christians need to know what fragrance their lives are giving out. Is it a stench or a sweet perfume?

It is our job to bring the sweet perfume of the Lord Jesus Christ to the world. Our perfume will not be so sweet to those who do not believe yet. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life (2 Corinthians 2:16). To those who are smelling death, why don’t we be bold and tell them about the fragrance of life through asking the Lord to forgive their sin and believe in Him. Live for Christ, speak about Christ, and live for Him as a sweet perfume!

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