Last Updated on Friday, 05 October 2012 20:59 Written by U.S Immigration News Friday, 05 October 2012 20:21
Introduction
One way or the other we all are linked together and there is no way to avoid coming in contact with people in general. The focus of this article is to examine the effects of your relationship with other people that you come across in life and see whether or not your contact with them improves their lives or makes them worse.
This article is based on the story in Ezekiel 47:1-12: Although it may seem spiritual, we will endeavor to apply it to our everyday life. Notice in the reading of this passage that the water flowing from the temple continued to increase up to an immeasurable level; then it flowed into the sea and to various living creatures which it healed and made fruitful (prosperous). As you read this article, it is my intention that God will assist you to begin or continue to promote positive and godly attitude towards others.
Instrument of use:
1. The Source (temple / sanctuary) - ME
2. The Water (Holy Spirit & God's words) - MY ACTIONS / ATTITUDE
3. The Tree - The Sea and tree - THE PEOPLE I COME IN CONTACT WITH
Notes:
1. I must first recognize myself as a source of goodness
("... the temple of the Holy Spirit.") - 1 Cor. 3:16
("A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad.”) – Mat. 12:33
2. For the water (my character) to have any remarkable effect as it flows into the sea, it needs to increase in volume.
3. My touch must heal and bless the people I come in contact with: Ezek. 47:9-12
Think about this:
“To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?” - (2 Cor. 2:16). Are you a life-living perfume?
We touch people through our attitude:
With the above listed attitude and more, you will positively and graciously affect whoever comes across your life. God bless you as you purpose in your heart to lift someone up.
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