Living JOY Faith Center
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Statement of Faith
    • Vision
    • Pastors
    • Ministry Team >
      • Department News
    • I'm Interested In....
  • LIVING JOY NEWS
    • UpComing Events
    • Prayer
    • Photo Gallery
  • JOYful Blog
  • Videos
  • Audio
  • Dramas/Skits
  • OUT REACH
    • R.E.A.C.H. Photos

DEALING WITH CRANKY

3/26/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Have you ever walked into a business only to discover everyone in there is cranky?  It's like they all decided to put on their grouchy pants and wear them at the same time. Perhaps you've gone into a restaurant expecting to have a quiet lovely meal, and the waiter was less than satisfactory. There are times when our spouse is a bit on the 'short tempered' side. And, I just imagine you've been in 'crabbyville' yourself a time or two.  Situations out of sorts, such as a surprise bill, unexpected family tragedy, unhappy family relationships, triggers worry, which causes moodiness.  Sickness, hunger or exhaustion all bring on irritability. Thus we have a world of crabby people. It's difficult facing sudden changes in life and adjusting our attitudes quickly.  We all have a tendency to bear it all to the world.  People say, "If I feel bad, I want you to know it and feel bad too"!

But as a Christian, aren't we suppose to be different? Shouldn't we be the ones that bring a little sunshine into the lives of others? I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, well, that's impossible, because we all have bad days.  But Jesus said,
(Mat.5:13-16)  "You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father."

He said you and I are the salt and the light of the world.  We are distinct, adding the seasoning of God's nature, delaying the decay and dispelling darkness.  If we become like the world, we can not affect the world. That's why it's important that we be different. A renowned pastor once said, "You are either being corrupted by the world or you are salting it".

Col. 4:6 says, "
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one." Not only our actions but our conversation is able to add flavor to the world. However, a lot of people have a tendency to add 'spice' by speaking their own opinion or criticism. The scripture says, 'let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt...' Taking the time to be watchful over our conversations and our actions will most definitely help to preserve from corruption.

I close with the story read from Matthew commentary:
A specific Pastor, tells an encouraging story about the "after taste" left by "salty" missionaries relating that "Pastor Paul Ndungu from Kenya, told us of a missionary couple that served for fifteen years among a particular people group in Kenya without seeing any outward response. He said they labored faithfully, serving the people, teaching the gospel, and doing all they could to set Christ before these people. But none responded until a couple of days after their departure. The missionary family’s maid, two gardeners, and milkman converged upon the empty house, related how they now missed these Christians. All wept about this sense of loss, and reflected upon what they saw in them and what they had taught them. One by one they called upon the Lord, coming to faith in Christ. The church among that people group was born without a missionary but not without the salt and light influence of that Christian family that lived among these people for fifteen years, faithfully living unto the Lord. What they did not accomplish with their missiological approach they accomplished by being Christians in a decaying world."

Look around, do you see a lot of 'cranky' in your work place, at your school, among your friends or family? We then have to ask our self, are we being the salt or the light? Let's be the difference in the world. Shed a little salt and light!

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Pastors Michael & Ginny Gulotta

    Pro. 11:25 "The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself."

    Archives

    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013

    Categories

    All
    2 Timothy 3:16
    Action
    Activate
    Advance
    Armor
    Assurance
    Authority
    Battle
    Beginning
    Believe
    Blessing
    Challenge
    Change
    Character
    Choice
    Choose
    Christmas
    Confidence
    Conflict
    Consequence
    Consistent
    Curse
    Danger
    Death
    Desire
    Determined
    Direction
    Discord
    Dream
    Escape
    Expect
    Faith
    Father
    Fear
    Fire
    Focus
    Follow
    Forgetting
    Forgive
    Forgiveness
    Freedom
    Gift
    Give Up
    Glorify
    Growth
    Guard
    Guide
    Heart
    High Risk
    Holiday
    Holy Spirit
    Honor
    Hope
    Humble
    Humility
    Hurt
    Image
    Influence
    Jesus
    Joy
    Kindness
    Last Days
    Leader
    Leading
    Life
    Living Joy
    Local Church
    Love
    Masterpiece
    Miracle
    Mother
    Mouth
    Needs
    Never
    Never Give Up
    New
    No Fear
    Offend
    Offense
    Overcome
    Past
    Peace
    Perilous
    Power
    Praise
    Pray
    Prepared
    Pressure
    Prideful
    Proverbs 3:5-6
    Ready
    Reflection
    Relentless
    Renew
    Responsible
    Righteousness
    Satisfy
    Say
    Scripture
    Servants
    Soul
    Spirit
    Spirit Of God
    Steadfast
    Storm
    Stress
    Strife
    Struggles
    Submit
    Supply
    Talking
    Thanksgiving
    Tireless
    Trials
    Trust
    Truth
    Unwavering
    Victory
    Warfare
    Watching
    Weary
    Wonderful
    Word Of God
    Words
    Yield

    RSS Feed

Picture
Pastor Michael & Virginia Gulotta  have been partners with 
Kenneth Copeland Ministries since 2008.
  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Statement of Faith
    • Vision
    • Pastors
    • Ministry Team >
      • Department News
    • I'm Interested In....
  • LIVING JOY NEWS
    • UpComing Events
    • Prayer
    • Photo Gallery
  • JOYful Blog
  • Videos
  • Audio
  • Dramas/Skits
  • OUT REACH
    • R.E.A.C.H. Photos