“WE MUST SUCCEED”

BY STEVE NIEMEIER

Winston Churchill said, “There is no use saying we're doing our best.  We must succeed at doing what is necessary.”  His determined philosophy united Great Britain and produced a victory against incredible odds.

We need a HUGE dose of that kind of positive commitment in the Lord's army.  We are in a REAL war (Ephesians 6:12), and our enemy is far more powerful than Adolph Hitler and the dreaded Nazi army (I Peter 5:8).  We cannot be content to say, “We are doing the best we can.”  As Churchill said, WE MUST SUCCEED and we can, with the help or our Lord (Philippians 4:13).  However, our Lord has required us to do certain duties as a member of His army.  The question then comes to us; “Am I doing ALL that I can for the Lord?”

While many of us have a competitive spirit, we usually display this spirit when it is something that we like to do.  The work here at Greenwood needs that spirit to display itself in the members as we fight for the Lord in this area.  WE MUST SUCCEED and brethren it is time that we stop and think about these words.  To succeed we must be dedicated, to be dedicated we must be committed, to be committed we must be convicted, to be convicted we must be knowledgeable, to be knowledgeable we must be willing to sacrifice, to sacrifice means that we have counted the cost and dedicated ourselves to succeed.  Our competitive spirit must be directed in the right direction.  We must not LOSE this war; we must focus on each battle that Satan is engaging us in and fight to succeed!

WHAT NAME DESCRIBES YOU?

BY DAVID SAIN

The Indians use to give their children names that they earned.  A girl would become “Timid One” or “Laughing Water.”  A boy might earn the name “Brave Warrior” or “Running Feet.”

Suppose people gave us the names we earn.  Some of us would be “Helping Hand”, “Generous Heart” or “Peacemaker.”  But on the other hand, many would have names such as “Shirker”, or “Evil Tongue.”

If people named you according to your life, what would be your name?  Paul said in Galatians 5 that our actions indicate our real character.  Some things indicate the Spirit of God leads us while other actions show we are following the flesh.

How about it?  What word best describes how you live?