God has a wondrous plan for every Christian's life. Allow God the time to reveal to you His purpose and plan. The most essential calling in any Christian's life is to fully learn How to love as Jesus Loved us, and then demonstrate that same Love to others each and every day of your life.

While there are specific callings on a person's life by God, still to truly Love God and others are the greatest callings of all.

EPHESIANS 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might.

2 PETER 1;5-11 Now for this reason supplement your faith with moral excellence, and your moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and your knowledge with self control, and self control with perseverance and perseverance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly kindness, and brotherly kindness with love.

8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, then you will neither be rendered useless or unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten his purification from his former sins.

10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

EPHESIANS 4:1,2 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love.

JOHN 13:34,35 " A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

JOHN 15:9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in My love.

15:10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in His love.

15:11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command.

15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

One of them most important areas of our daily life for any Christian is to have an ongoing Love for the members of our own family; and to maintain God's divine love, and righteous moral behavior in all of our friendships and relationships. This is probably the most difficult area of the Christian walk, yet the most rewarding as well.

EPHESIANS 5:22-28 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her; ....

...So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself."

EPHESIANS 6:1-4 Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your Father and Mother ( Which is the first commandment with a promise ) that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

COL 3:12 And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

3:14 And beyond all these things put on Love, which is the bond of unity.

COL 3:18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

3:19 Husbands, Love your wives, and do not be embittered against them.

3:20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

HEB 13:4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

All Christians are to become ministers of God's word, by continuing daily to minister to the needs of others.

Pastors and teacher are to equip other Christians by teaching the truth of God's word, and further encourage the body of Christ to serve others in the name of the Lord. This is How others will know that we are Christians by the Love that we have for one another.

As we truly minister to the needs of others we are bearing much fruit as Jesus commanded. Applying and doing what we learn in the Bible is God's will, remember faith without works is dead. God does not just want us to sit in church but rather to go out into our communities and other parts of the world to reach the physical and spiritual needs of others.

We don't need to become a full time missionary in order to touch many lives with the Love of God. There are almost endless opportunities to fulfill your calling in some kind of specific ministry or to minister to the needs of your family, friends, relatives, fellow workers, strangers, enemies and so forth.

God also doesn't want us just to have ' faith ' and then do no good works, mainly because to have " Faith without works is dead. ".

Neither should we just go through all the motions of trying to do good for others, for selfish reasons or without having a sincere motive of true love; However if we lack love and earnestly desire to grow in God's love then we should come unto Jesus in prayer then God will establish His love within us.

MATTHEW 25:31-41 But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

25:32 And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another , as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

25:33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right, ' Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.'

25:35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave ME drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

25:36 Naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

25:37 Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ' Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed you, or thirsty, and give you drink ?

25:38 And when did we see You a stranger and invite You in, or naked and clothe You ?

25:39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You ?

25:40 And the King will answer and say to them, " Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even to the least of them, you did it unto Me.

JAMES 1:27 This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

HEBREWS 13:2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.

HEBREWS 10:24 Let us consider to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.

ISAIAH 58:6-12 Is this not the fast that I have chosen, to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke ?

Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry, and to bring the homeless poor into your house; and when you see the naked, to cover him; and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then your light will break out like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily spring forth; and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.....CONTINUE READING

ACTS 3:6 But Peter said, " I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene - WALK.

3:7 And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.

3:8 And with a leap, he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

2 CORIN 6:3-6 Giving no cause for offense in anything, in order that the ministry be not discredited,

6:4 But in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

6:5 In beatings, in imprisionments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,

6:6 in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine Love,

6:7 in the word of truth, in the power of God......

2 CORIN 5:18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

Taking care of widows and orphans in their time of need is a calling from God to all Christians to do sometime in their life.

A simple visit can mean so much to those who are brokenhearted and lonely.

Christian men should help with the things that the missing father would do, such as certain repairs, moving, and most important being that loving friend to encourage, listen, and possibly give some fatherly advice as God would give.

JAMES 1:27 This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress and to keep onesself unstained by the world.

1 TIM 5:3 Honor widows who are widows indeed;

5:4 but if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

CONT......to 1 TIM 5:16

Even though Jesus Christ is truly the King of Kings, He did not come to be served but rather He served others to set the example for us to do what is pleasing to God.

Jesus came into this world to set the example for us, by being a servant towards the needs of others; He wants us to follow and do the same: We should never serve out of compulsion but because we desire to freely give the same love to others that He has given to us.

Those who aspire to become a leader must always be a servant of all.

LUKE 22:27 ( Jesus said ) " ... But I am among you as the One who serves."

GALATIANS 5:13,14 " For you were called to freedom, brethren: only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through Love serve one another.

For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, ' You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.'

MATTHEW 12:26 Jesus said," If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall My servant also be; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him."

As Christians, we are instructed in God's word to be servants who are alert, faithful, and sensible in accomplishing the will of God and fulfilling certain responsibilities as He has commanded us. If we are faithful to love and serve one another as Jesus Christ loved us, God promises us that our lives will be blessed.

MATTHEW 24:46,47 " Blessed is the servant whom his master finds so doing when He comes. Truly I say to you, that He will put him in charge of all his possessions."

MATTHEW 25:23 " His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; You have been faithful in a few things, therefore I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master."

As Christians, none of us can serve two masters; in other words, we must serve God as the priority of our life, we cannot be self serving, with selfish ambition as we attempt to serve God at the same time.

LUKE 16:13 " No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." ( Riches )

LUKE 22:26 "...Let him who the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as the servant."

MARK 9:35 " And sitting down, He ( Jesus ) called the twelve together and said to them, ' If any man wants to be first, let him be last of all, and servant of all.

If you desire to be great in God's Kingdom throughout eternity, then you need to serve the needs of others in this lifetime, as God's directs you.

MATTHEW 23:10-12 " And do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is Christ; Therefore the greatest among you, shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted."

MARK 10:43-45 But it is not so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

10:44 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and give His life a ransom for many.

JOHN 13:5 Then He (Jesus) poured water into the basin, and began to wash the discipleís' feet, and to wipe them with a towel with which He was girded.

READ ON...JOHN 13:6-17

13:14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

13:15 For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

13:16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master; neither is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

13:17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are instructed to love our neighbor as ourselves; But Who is our neighbor ?

Neighbors are generally persons who are members of the same community and live close to each other. This is the strict and literal meaning of the word, but Jesus gave it a much wider and essential definition when he included the whole world and those we don't necessarily like, as our neighbors, and illustrated it by the parable of the good Samaritan. Thus Christianity has as one of it's most sublime tenets the loving of our neighbors as ourselves.

Christians are taught to even to Love their enemies who may be their neighbors, to care for them and to show mercy towards them without condoning any evil that they do.

Each day we should be attentive of any opportunity to be good neighbor to someone, with the same love and compassion as Jesus Christ.

LUKE 10:27 And he answered and said, " You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all your strength, and with all of your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.

10:28 And He said to him, " You have answered correctly; do this and you will live."

LUKE 10:29-37 But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, " And who is my neighbor?

10:30 Jesus replied and said, " A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him and went off leaving him half dead.

10:31 And by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him. he passed by on the other side.

10:32 And likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him. passed by on the other side.

10:33 But a certain Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him, and when he saw him, he felt compassion.

10:34 and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, puring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and bought him to the inn and took care of him.

10:35 And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, " Take care of Him; and whatever more you spend, when I return, I will repay you.

10:36 Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands ?

10:37 And he said, " The one who showed mercy toward him," And Jesus said to him, " Go and do the same."

The True enlightenment and Light of the world, comes only through Jesus Christ. Once a person becomes a Christian, they become a child of the light, and are fulfilled with the light of Jesus Christ, and further God gives that person spiritual eyes to see the light and truth of God's word. The light of God helps us to see through all the darkness, confusion, deception and falsehood in the world, so that we can clearly see Godly Truth and the narrow path that leads to eternal life.

God wants every Christian to let the light and truth of God's word to shine through your life to others; He doesn't want you to hide, or just keep to yourself, all the good things that you've learned about God and His will.

JOHN 8:12 " Then Jesus spoke again to them saying, ' I am the Light of the world; he that follows Me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

MATTHEW 5:14-16 " You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lampstand; and it gives light to all who are in the house. ' Let your light shine before men in such away that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven. "

Now of these days, many people ignorantly think they have become 'enlightened' by following New Age beliefs, Buddhism or some other meditation or occult practice; Even though they may have truly experienced some spiritual manifestation or received some certain worldly revelation, they should understand that the false enlightenments that they received, didn't come from the One true God of the universe, but rather was a deception from satanic powers. Satan appears as a angel of light to deceive; Satanic powers have tried to substitute false doctrines as light; Therefore anyone following their own religious beliefs and continuing to do evil deeds, is not of the Light of God but rather still in darkness.

JOHN 3:19,20 And this is the judgment that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil." For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

JOHN 12:35,36 " For a little while longer the light is among you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. ' While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of the light."

1 JOHN 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another.

2 CORIN 4:6 For God, who said, " Light shall shine out of darkness, is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.

Each and every Christian needs to develop an open and continual confession of their belief in Jesus Christ to others.

Jesus Christ without shame openly demonstrated His love for us by dying on the cross for our sins. The very least we can do is to share openly the good news of the saving grace of Jesus Christ to those around us, so that they can have the opportunity to be saved also.

How can Jesus Christ be the Lord of your life and give you His kingly wisdom, to guide your life, if you don't believe enough to proclaim Him openly as your Lord and Savior.

We need to make an exerted effort each day to share Jesus Christ with our friends and those that we come in contact with.

ROMANS 10:9,10 That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

LUKE 12:8,9 "And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man shall confess him also before the angels of God; but he who denies Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11 Therefore also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father.

MARK 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

A witness is a Christian who is able to testify to the world what God has done for or through him or has revealed through him.

Any Christian becomes a good witness for Christ by the way they live their life; We should demonstrate the truth and love of Jesus Christ in not only our words but also our actions. So being a witness is like 'confessing' our belief of Jesus to the world, with our mouth, however, being a 'witness for Christ' we must also by our actions purpose to live the commandments of Jesus Christ in love.

Every Christian should purpose to be a good witness for Jesus Christ and have a constant profession of the truth of God, so by the proof of God's work in you and by your open witness of God's work, that many other people might believe in God and in Jesus Christ and be saved.

ACTS 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.

MATTHEW 24:14 And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.

REV 11:3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

' Evangelist ' is one who announces good news, used in the general sense of the word is, any Christian who proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Every Christian is called by to evangelize the people whom God brings to you each day, such as family, friends, enemies, co-workers, strangers, etc.

However it can also designate a particular position of authority that has been given by God, to certain Christians; This gift is established and made known in a person's life by the Holy Spirit and when certain God given talents are revealed, especially to minister to large groups of peoples.

The main purposes of evangelism is to encourage personal revival and commitment to Jesus Christ and to proclaim the truths of God's word, the Kingdom of God, His salvation, and eternal life, which is only made possible to all peoples, through a living relationship with Jesus Christ.

We should evangelize our local communities and also as we are led by God to go on various missions throughout the world.

2 TIM 4:5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

MAT 10:7 And as you go, preach saying, ' The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons, freely you received, freely give.

LUKE 14:23 And the master said to the slave, ' Go out into the highways and along the hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

God's word instructs that every Christian should continue to do good works, even though we are not saved ' by ' our good works, but by ' faith' in Jesus Christ and by what He has alone has done.

However if good works are not being ongoingly produced in our life and given to others, then this is the evidence that a person does not have sincere faith in Jesus Christ nor is truly following His way of Love in deed and truth; That individual needs to start applying the word and continue to what Jesus has commanded.

Therefore, we cannot call ourselves Christians or be saved without good works being evident in our lives, because " Faith without works is dead. "

Goods works, which are done in the true love of God is the evidence, that a person sincerely follows Jesus Christ.

JAMES 2:14 What use is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works ? Can that faith save him ?

JAMES 2:15,-20 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, ' Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,' but you do not give the things which are needs for the body, what does it profit?

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, " You have the faith and I have the works." Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my faith by my works.

You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble!

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead ?

HEBREWS 10:24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.

After learning and applying the truths of Jesus Christ within our own lives, it is essential that we individually teach others all about the ways of God, His love and salvation.

Jesus Christ commissioned His disciples to go into all the world and to preach the Good News.

As Christians, we should begin instructing others about Jesus Christ, within our local communities and then as God would direct each person to various parts of the world.

There is a cost of discipleship, really not of earthy money, but rather of our time and denying one's self of various things and even sometimes of friends and family, so that we can more effectively learn and share with others about God, and His salvation and love.

When we make disciples, we should teach the word of God in a way that is easily understood, and always demonstrate God's love to those whom we are teaching.

As disciples of Jesus Christ we can be used by God in a special way, and thereby, many others we also have eternal life and gain eternal riches beyond compare.

MATTHEW 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, " All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

28:20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

LUKE 14:26 If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brother and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

14:27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

14:28 For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it ?

LUKE 14:33 So therfore, no one of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

MAT 10:1 And having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

A missionary , usally refers to a Christian who goes to a foreign land or at least beyond their local communities, to teach the good news of Jesus Christ, and to demonstrate His love, in some form of service to the people, such as giving food, shelter, clothing; and/or providing medical supplies and assitance; and teaching farming, carpentry, and other skills.

Generally speaking there is ' Short Term ' mission work which would involve serving one or several weeks or severval months in a foreign land;

And ' Long Term ' mission work, which would involve serving six months, a year or longer in a foreign land.

It is not necessary for a Christian to go to school to qualify him/or her for mission work; However the right training and information can be very helpful and essential for equipping a Christian to be more effective in the place where God sends them.

Every Christian should be prayerful to where God would send them, and respond willing and joyfully when He does, because God will abundantly bless you and all those whom He brings you to.

MATTHEW 10:7 And as you go preach saying, ' The kingdom of God is at hand.'

10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons, freely you received, freely give.

LUKE 14:21 Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

14:22 And the slave said, ' Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

14:23 And the master said to the slave, ' Go out into the highways and along the hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

MAT 10:16

PROVERBS 29:18 Where there is no vision the people perish.

Christians must have vision or Godly goals to strive towards in faith, in order to fulfill what God has called us to do.

* Pray first to God and ask Him to give you Wisdom and to further to direct your life each day specifically Where and How to serve.

* Make a concious effort each day to demonstrate God's Love and Truth in your words and actions towards the following people, ministries, and/or within various community service organizations...

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