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Come, Follow me..
You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me.
Acts 1:8
"John, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?"
That was the challenge Steve Jobs issued in 1983 to John Sculley, then president of Pepsi-Cola. Mr. Jobs was the creative genius behind Apple Computer. He knew that the soft drink executive could help Apple make its mark on the computer world. Sculley accepted the bold challenge.
Jesus issued a challenge to three fishermen as they tended their nets. He commanded, "Follow me!" They did, and with a handful of other ordinary men they changed the world. Eventually critics would charge that they had turned the world upside down.
Our world is wrong-side up and right-side down, living by principles opposed to our Lord's teachings. We can either follow the world's dead-end philosophies or we can accept Jesus' challenge to bring change to the world.
Each of us has the ability to make decisions and to choose right from wrong. God does not force anyone to do anything, we are free to choose. But with this freedom comes a big responsibility. We need to keep in mind that every action we take has consequences, good or bad depending on what we do. Our actions almost always will affect other people either positively or negatively. This is why it is so important to try and always make the right choices.
We need to start with 'the man in the mirror'. We need to start with ourselves before the world can change. We are part of the world and each of us either pollutes it or helps save it, and I mean that more than just in the environmental sense.
Have a wonderful day!
Author Unknown
Submitted by Richard
You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me.
Acts 1:8
"John, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?"
That was the challenge Steve Jobs issued in 1983 to John Sculley, then president of Pepsi-Cola. Mr. Jobs was the creative genius behind Apple Computer. He knew that the soft drink executive could help Apple make its mark on the computer world. Sculley accepted the bold challenge.
Jesus issued a challenge to three fishermen as they tended their nets. He commanded, "Follow me!" They did, and with a handful of other ordinary men they changed the world. Eventually critics would charge that they had turned the world upside down.
Our world is wrong-side up and right-side down, living by principles opposed to our Lord's teachings. We can either follow the world's dead-end philosophies or we can accept Jesus' challenge to bring change to the world.
Each of us has the ability to make decisions and to choose right from wrong. God does not force anyone to do anything, we are free to choose. But with this freedom comes a big responsibility. We need to keep in mind that every action we take has consequences, good or bad depending on what we do. Our actions almost always will affect other people either positively or negatively. This is why it is so important to try and always make the right choices.
We need to start with 'the man in the mirror'. We need to start with ourselves before the world can change. We are part of the world and each of us either pollutes it or helps save it, and I mean that more than just in the environmental sense.
Have a wonderful day!
Author Unknown
Submitted by Richard
