Faithfulness

Hello all! I had to show you the latest picture of my Florida Beach Baby, is that not gorgeous!!

Yesterday at church we studied about faithfulness. What is faithfulness?

Definition of faithful:
faith•ful –adjective
1. strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
2. true to one's word, promises, vows, etc.
3. steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant: faithful friends.
4. reliable, trusted, or believed.
5. adhering or true to fact, a standard, or an original; accurate: a faithful account; a faithful copy.
6. Obsolete. full of faith; believing.
–noun
7. the faithful,
a. the believers, esp. members of a Christian church or adherents of Islam.
b. the body of loyal members of any party or group.


Does faithfulness have anything to do with experiencing life at its best? Theodore Roosevelt said that it is better to be faithful than to be famous. Jesus helps us to stay faithful to God because He knows and understands all that we go through.
We are “holy brethren” those who are set apart in God’s Family, we are companions in a heavenly calling. We must remember that we represent Christ in all that we do, good or bad. Our lifestyle and choices are a direct reflection on our Heavenly Father.
As I stated earlier yesterday at church we studied faithfulness, am I faithful in all that I do as a child of the Risen Savior? Our lesson said that “Faithfulness needs to become who we are rather than just what we do.”
The lyrics to our great hymn – Great is Thy Faithfulness –

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.


Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Do our actions show this kind of faithfulness to our Redeemer? Do small things “rock our boat?” In Hebrews 3:14 we are exhorted to…hold firmly until the end, in confidence…which is the reality that we had at the start.

Prayer Requests:
Bobby Hill’s Mom – being moved to nursing home.
Karen Hill’s Mom and Dad – Dad has Alzheimer’s
Marcy – Karen’s sister
Karen – holding on
Students and teachers as school starts back.
Vicki Allen’s Sister – illness of husband
Unspoken


FRIENDS VS. SOUTHERN FRIENDS

FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Always bring the food.
FRIENDS: Will say 'hello'.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.
FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mom and Dad
FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Cry with you.
FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking,
laughing, and just being together.
FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.
FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' back -ends that left you.
FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home!'
FRIENDS: will visit you in jail
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: will spend the night in jail with you
FRIENDS: will visit you in the hospital when you're sick
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: will cut your grass and clean your house then come spend the night with you in the hospital
FRIENDS: have you on speed dial
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: have your number memorized
FRIENDS: Are for a while.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Are for life.
FRIENDS: Might ignore this.
SOUTHERN FRIENDS: Will send this to all their Southern Friends

So does this mean that Southern friends are faithful to each other?