Inspirational Monday: Gems From Pastor Jim as of 6/11/2018

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by Jim Hughes

crossProv. 23:12 Commit yourself to instruction; attune your ears to hear words of knowledge.

It takes a commitment to learn new things. It takes humility to recognize that you need to learn more things. It takes humility to accept the fact that you are not as knowledgeable as you would like others to think you are and that you must depend on others to help you learn.

It takes a commitment to invest the time and energy needed to learn. We must study and commit to memory things that we discover. We retain best what we learn when we ask the Lord to imbed what we discover into our hearts and minds.

We learn best when we see the value of what we are learning. As children of God, we must hold in high regard God’s Word. We must see it as eternal truth applicable to life. We must understand that it is God speaking to us truths we must have for holy living. We must not let anything keep us away from the Word. We must shut out all other attractions and focus on hearing God speak. We must come before God expecting to learn new things and expecting God to rehash things we should have learned, but didn’t.

Good learning requires good listening. It doesn’t happen easily in a world that is so noisy and preoccupied with self. We have to be willing to make sacrifices in order to get quiet enough before the Lord to hear Him speak. We also may have to readjust our schedules so that we have the time to wait on the Lord. We also need to strive to avoid being so tired that we can’t focus on Him.

Learning is a lifetime process. We will never get to the point where we don’t need to learn more. We need to hear God speak every day. Keep your soul tuned into the Lord and you will hear Him speak. Sit quietly at the Master’s feet and He will teach you what you need to know in order to live a holy life, a life pleasing to Him.

The Lord wants to teach you something new today. Are you listening?

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About the Author:

Jim Hughes

Spending his formative years in Ft. Wayne, IN, Jim followed the love of his life to southeast Iowa where they married and have spent the majority of their lives. Jim has pastored several churches throughout his life and has worked many years in local factories to help support his family. The father of two married adult children and one son still at home, Jim is a first-time author.

C Through Marriage came into being through many years of pastoral and life experiences. The book first took on a life of its own over 20 years ago when I sought to address the much publicized moral failures of prominent leaders in the church. In the chapter on Chasity, I include the guideliness that I developed then to protect one’s self from such failures.

I am a firm believer in order to make sense out of life you have to use much common sense. We need to get back to the basics of what has worked for many, many generations. If is isn’t broke, why try to fix it? I strive to return to the basics of what really works in all my writings.

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