|  | | April 24 | | | | | ... He said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you ... | | | | Acts 20:18 | | | | Paul said, ‘From the day I arrived in your city, you knew what kind of man I was.’
In talking to a couple moving to a different part of the country, I said, ‘You’re going fifteen hundred miles away from here. No one will know you. You don’t have to live down, worry about, or explain any mistakes and misunderstandings of the past. So from day one, identify yourself as a radical Jesus Person. If you carry your Bible to your new job or school the first day, people are not going to say to you, ‘Hey, want to do some crack? Want to watch a porno flick? Want to party?’ because they’ll know from the very beginning that you’re a follower of the Lord.
Parents, help your kids understand this. When they graduate from elementary school and go to junior high, say, ‘Guess what. You have a new start. Go radical for the Lord.’ And when they get through junior high, say, ‘You’re going off to high school. Here’s another chance for a first impression. Be extreme for Jesus.’ At each stage of life, encourage your kids or your grandkids to go for it from the first day. I don’t know where we get this idea that we should ‘fit in’ and ‘relate’, because if people don’t know where we stand, there will be temptations coming our direction that wouldn’t have been there had we taken a stand the first day. |
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