Beware, Thief!
Reading: John 10:7-15
“The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly” (Jn 10:10)
How true! This thief may come in the form of a friend or a pastime and plunder your youth of its valuable treasures.
One of the treasures he “steals” is your time. Every second that he robs us of, is precious. How carelessly we squander this price- less jewel! How thoughtlessly do we let it slip through our fingers! We must commit our time in God’s hands and wait upon Him to teach us how to use it fruitfully. So spend your time usefully.
He “kills” our witness. The devil has won a great victory if he can undo the witness of a saved girl. One who has lost her testimony becomes fruitless and has no part in spreading the Kingdom of God. This is the most gruesome of satan’s murders.
That’s why we must commit our witness into His hands and pray daily that we maintain its fragrance. He will cause its aroma to spread far and wide. “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 Cor 2:14-16).
What is a flower without its perfume! It is its fragrance that draws butterflies, bees and innumerable other creatures to feast on its nector, pollinate it and make it bear fruit. By our fragrant witness we must attract people and bring them to the Lord and feed them on the honey of God’s Word. They too will go forth and bear fruit inspired by our example. Then the Kingdom of God will grow.
He “destroys”chastity. Sad but true — many are the stories of young girls who have lost their chastity in the hot flush of youth and have spent the rest of their lives drowning in guilt and regret. This certainly is not a matter to be flippant about. A girl should never allow petting. Petting leads to peril.
A young girl is a flower in bloom. “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” (Eccl 12:1).
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, 8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
Beware, Thief!
Reading: John 10:7-15
“The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly” (Jn 10:10)
How true! This thief may come in the form of a friend or a pastime and plunder your youth of its valuable treasures.
One of the treasures he “steals” is your time. Every second that he robs us of, is precious. How carelessly we squander this price- less jewel! How thoughtlessly do we let it slip through our fingers! We must commit our time in God’s hands and wait upon Him to teach us how to use it fruitfully. So spend your time usefully.
He “kills” our witness. The devil has won a great victory if he can undo the witness of a saved girl. One who has lost her testimony becomes fruitless and has no part in spreading the Kingdom of God. This is the most gruesome of satan’s murders.
That’s why we must commit our witness into His hands and pray daily that we maintain its fragrance. He will cause its aroma to spread far and wide. “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 Cor 2:14-16).
What is a flower without its perfume! It is its fragrance that draws butterflies, bees and innumerable other creatures to feast on its nector, pollinate it and make it bear fruit. By our fragrant witness we must attract people and bring them to the Lord and feed them on the honey of God’s Word. They too will go forth and bear fruit inspired by our example. Then the Kingdom of God will grow.
He “destroys”chastity. Sad but true — many are the stories of young girls who have lost their chastity in the hot flush of youth and have spent the rest of their lives drowning in guilt and regret. This certainly is not a matter to be flippant about. A girl should never allow petting. Petting leads to peril.
A young girl is a flower in bloom. “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth” (Eccl 12:1).
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, Mob:8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
