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Dear Young Christian:
Last night several of us were sitting around the fireplace in a chateau in southern France enjoying a late evening Bible reading. We discussed many things from the Word of God, but the thing that sticks with me today was the statement, “We need to live out what we give out.”
It is so easy to say things and instruct others as to how they should live the Christian life, but it is quite another thing to live it out in a practical way and teach by example in our own lives. When Paul wrote to Timothy, he instructed him, “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12). In other words, Timothy was not only to teach the Word of God by word, but by actions as well.
How much of an example will your life be this week? Others are watching us. “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself” (Romans 14:7). We can say many things that are all true and Scriptural. However, the question remains, are we living out what we are giving out?
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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