We must remember to love and serve God. We must remember God's promise of eternal salvation. Each time we do God's work in his time, he will remember it. An eagerness in our actions, in our words is necessary at all times. We must remember to keep our souls nourished with goodness, holiness, kindness. Reading Holy Scripture and other good books can be helpful. Prayer and patience are essential. As Christians we can remember and be happy because of the promises of God. We should never slow down, but pattern our lives after those believers with believers with faith, obedience, and patience.
As Christians we are asked to grasp on to this hope of salvation and to hold it tightly, strongly.
The secular world likes to offer us temptations, sins, fears, doubts. There is always a new vulnerability waiting for us in the next room. The world is uncertain, unsafe, unclean. There is danger and deception. The secular world offers this with a smile and a catchy tune. We accept it quietly, calmly and continue with our lives. The secular world likes to challenge our belief, our faith. The structure and rhetoric of the questions are more important than any answer we can give them if we forget to answer from the heart with God's love, God's mercy, and God's wisdom.
We must always remember that as Christians we have a purpose. We are asked to love and serve God. We are asked to be obedient to God. We are asked to love our neighbors. These are very important. We must always be prepared to be questioned, mocked, ridiculed about our faith by those with presumed knowledge of our religion, its traditions, rituals, and customs. Let your faith and patience guide your responses.
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