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Sometimes it’s good to realize the importance of doing something just for the joy that brings to you.

We need to consider how those who follow us might view our efforts, their perspective can be very helpful.

Christ Followers have absorbed that light and we need to shine brightly amidst the darkness of hate and hurt. Jesus told his listeners to let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16 NIV). Our job is to shine through the darkness. Let’s eclipse the darkness and be that light shining through the shadows with dazzling brightness.

Pray for your own attitude, and for this hurting nation that needs Jesus more desperately than ever. This is not going to get better until the haters and the hated know their need for Jesus and receive him. Until then, we must be Jesus.

Fake has been around for a long time and is easily detected. Christ Followers should be authentic just like the One they follow.

This message was first shared by the author at a women's event at ABC Church in May 2017. The "Crazy Quilt": a picture of God's Church made up of unique individuals called to live and follow Christ together, and love one another as Christ loves us. Are we at ABC the Crazy Quilt of Christ?

In an age when information, consumer products and even Bible teaching is at our finger tips, what are the compelling reasons for becoming involved in a local church and forming relationships with God's people?

We need to be bolstering our LQ (Love Quotient) in a love starved world.

Ashland Brethren in Christ's first Vacation Bible School in over a dozen years was a big success.