"PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS"

"PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS"

1.??????People are illogical, unreasonable and self-

centered. Love them anyway.


2.??????If you do good, people will accuse you of

???selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.


3.??????If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.


4.??????The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.


5.??????Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be

honest and frank anyway.


6.??????The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas

can be shot down by the smallest men and women with

the smallest minds. Think big anyway.


7.??????People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.

Fight for a few underdogs anyway.


8.??????What you spend years building may be destroyed

overnight. Build anyway.


9.??????People really need help but may attack you if you

do help them. Help people anyway.


10.??Give the world the best you have and you'll get

kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have

anyway.


I do not know the original author of this list; however, I believe the person understood the Christian life! If we follow theses “commandments” we will live a life the reflects Jesus. He always did the right thing regardless of how people reacted. The religious leaders of the time were often at odds over what Jesus taught and did.


Serving God is not for the faint of heart. There will be times when you feel like nobody cares or appreciates your efforts. Just remember the word of Paul in I Corinthians 15:58- Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. God sees your work, and if you don’t grow weary, you will receive a crown of life!


Read I Peter 3:8-22

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