SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
"UNFINISHED BUSINESS" (TRUE LOVE, MEN and LIFE)!
Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,
New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI
In the Month of True Love, Men and LIFE, with "Unfinished Business" God is calling Men and families to: Be Faithful Men, Support Life and Values and Finish. Well!. Don't say you are too old for this or too late for change. The Detroit Free Press has revealed the oldest member of U.S. Olympic Team in recent memory is Michigan snow-boarder Nick Baumgartner, who at age 40 won gold at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Nick now age 44 has trained for upcoming 2026 Games in Italy.. He knows his job isn't done and age doesn't have to limit him celebrating a gold medal win with his son. Prov. 20:6 says, “A faithful man who can find?”" This month celebrating Men and Life...if ever there was a day when our world needed Faithful Men, its today!
I. WE NEED TO BE FAITHFUL MEN BECAUSE OF GOD AND HIS PROMISES
A. We need to address Unfinished Business as Faithful Men because of God and His Promises! Solomon's Dad, King David said in Psa. 31:23, "O LOVE the Lord all you His
Godly ones for the Lord preserves the faithful." So, there you have it, we need to be faithful because the Lord is faithful to us.. We need to be faithful because Jesus, our example was faithful in temptation and according to I Cor. 10:13 "has made a way for us to escape"! Jesus will never leave us or forsake us, and He is faithful to keep us from falling. We as Men and Families are kept because He holds on to us and in I Thess. 5:23-24 "preserves us faithful to the end...and will bring it to pass". Further...
B. We need to address Unfinished Business as Faithful Men so we can abound with God's Blessings! (Prov. 28:20)
1. Faithful to our Companion! Solomon charges us to True Love in Prov. 6:27 to guard our eyes and the passion of our heart for "Can a man take fire (lust) in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?" How vital it is that we're a one-woman man, living faithful to our God-given companion. Your wife's happiness and emotional security in life rests on faithfulness and response to her needs.