It’s important to remember that not everything you hear from others is true. Read your Bible to make sure you don’t just believe what others tell you about God.
God gives us so many blessings, it’s easy to go a little too far. While enjoying these blessings is not a sin, the Bible teaches us we need self control.
So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
Amos: I can't wait for the church dinner this week! I'm going to have 2 hamburgers, a giant plate of fries, some of those big pickles, a couple of chocolate milks and two...no...three desserts!
Nim: Hold on, Amos...I thought you were on a diet. That's a lot of calories.
Amos: I am. But food you eat in church doesn't have any calories.
Nim: Hot dog!
“…You shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien.” – Leviticus 23:22
Con: Have you been going to the diet classes at church?
Nim: Yep, for about a week.
Con: Well, I can tell it's working.
Nim: REALLY??!!!
Nim: I must look fantastic!!! I knew the diet was working, but I had no idea you'd see such a big difference in so short a time. Look at you, you can't keep your eyes off me! I must really be fabulous!
Con: A little compliment goes a long way with Nim.
Nim: Who's got a camera? Someon needs to get a picture of me...quick!
Abby: I took a butter cream cake to the church bake sale. Everyone said it was so rich and delicious that I must have used real butter. But when I told them I'd used diet margarine, they were all stunned.