I think of all the things we want today and one of them always being given a clean bill of health when seeing a doctor, and we all love hearing good reports of people. The other day I got a bad news about someone I know. It did not surprise me but I hope for better for this person and I wonder if things had been different how could I had made a difference in this life of a friend, so things may not of had the same outcome. When we hear bad stories or hear people are not the same person they use to be, we wonder what changed them or was there a side we did not see of someone. Truth is we all love hearing good things and not evil reports.

What do you wish for people, or what is the good thought you have for people. My well wish for the world is that health and prosperity would continue forth with God in the fore front of their faith and action. In truth I know the reality that wish is only a good though about people, but often it far from the truth. It easy to gossip and easy to slander people without even think how it effects another people. I wanted in a church once that all they knew was how to gossip and it began to rub off on me in a negative way. I realize soon I needed leave, because I was seeing evil effecting me more then good things of faith and problems instead of people being fixed by God.

i shared for two years online on facebook my progress in the gym, and giving mostly good reports but sometimes that negative feed of tireness, or ailment. But in truth it is a reality we improve and give good reports if we leave the negativeness of bad reports. Yet we need bad reports to make changes in our life. Diotrephes caused problems of argumentative behavior, and caused discourse or encourage discourse of negative results including casting people out of the church. Demetrius had a good report from all men. Paul encourage people to follow good examples of faith. Good examples of Christian love and encouraging those that seek truth and desiring to do the work of God.

Today we look for people that won't divide the sheep, but sisters and brothers in the Lord that will be encourages of the sheep and be helpers of the sheep. Sheep being people. But we also need people to seek those that will hear the word of God and perhaps believe to reach beyond the sheep fold. The other day i was looking at a pic of baby Lama looking at the fence pot and on top was a cat. Cat looking like he was their friends, but in truth he not a Lama. There are people that are friends of church world that are not Christians and their Christians that are friends to those outside the church. Sometimes the strangers come in never understand they are not a sheep, because they do not believe in Christ. They cause confusion and mistrust and even division for some, but in general they just passing through.

Look for those people that desire to be part of the church and part of the ministry of the church, but also seek those in need of Christ. For the church purpose is to help bring others to Christ. Our behavior is one of those thing that are important. So do will my friends, for God loves those that follow after Christ, and learns by example of Christ because all men fail if you follow them.

Dear Heavenly Father, help us to learn who are good examples, but to follow first after Christ to live as example to others the way we ought to live and be in submission to others. Help us not to be bad examples of your word. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

Continual Scripture Study: 1 Peter 2:1-12 KJV
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.