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The antidote for complacency is Christ. If you or I know, love, serve, and follow Christ, and know Him as He reveals Himself to us, then we cannot be complacent. When Christ comes, He ignites a fire in your soul!

The antidote for complacency is Christ. If you or I know, love, serve, and follow Christ, and know Him as He reveals Himself to us, then we cannot be complacent. When Christ comes, He ignites a fire in your soul!

The antidote for complacency is Christ. If you or I know, love, serve, and follow Christ, and know Him as He reveals Himself to us, then we cannot be complacent. When Christ comes, He ignites a fire in your soul!

“It’s pointless to serve God. Others who don’t serve Him are ahead in life. That’s why its pointless,” some argue. To put it in opposite terms, perhaps a question that God might be asking is this: "what if serving Him is not about getting ahead in life? What if being at the top of the food chain is not where worth or value or identity is even to be had?"

“It’s pointless to serve God. Others who don’t serve Him are ahead in life. That’s why its pointless,” some argue. To put it in opposite terms, perhaps a question that God might be asking is this: "what if serving Him is not about getting ahead in life? What if being at the top of the food chain is not where worth or value or identity is even to be had?"

“It’s pointless to serve God. Others who don’t serve Him are ahead in life. That’s why its pointless,” some argue. To put it in opposite terms, perhaps a question that God might be asking is this: "what if serving Him is not about getting ahead in life? What if being at the top of the food chain is not where worth or value or identity is even to be had?"

“It’s pointless to serve God. Others who don’t serve Him are ahead in life. That’s why its pointless,” some argue. To put it in opposite terms, perhaps a question that God might be asking is this: "what if serving Him is not about getting ahead in life? What if being at the top of the food chain is not where worth or value or identity is even to be had?"

What if robbing God is actually robbing ourselves when we do so? We miss out on blessings when we disobey God because we feel the costs are too high. What if the costs are to high to NOT obey? What if our predicaments now that we're in is actually due to past disobedience, and the only way out now actually is our obedience?

What if robbing God is actually robbing ourselves when we do so? We miss out on blessings when we disobey God because we feel the costs are too high. What if the costs are to high to NOT obey? What if our predicaments now that we're in is actually due to past disobedience, and the only way out now actually is our obedience?

What if robbing God is actually robbing ourselves when we do so? We miss out on blessings when we disobey God because we feel the costs are too high. What if the costs are to high to NOT obey? What if our predicaments now that we're in is actually due to past disobedience, and the only way out now actually is our obedience?

What if robbing God is actually robbing ourselves when we do so? We miss out on blessings when we disobey God because we feel the costs are too high. What if the costs are to high to NOT obey? What if our predicaments now that we're in is actually due to past disobedience, and the only way out now actually is our obedience?

We might see so much injustice, “God why aren’t you doing anything?” His patience is not a sign of His inactivity. His patience is not a sign of His non-existence. It’s a sign of mercy. And the irony is, is His patience is meant for our repentance and redemption concerning where WE have been unjust and don't even know it.

We might see so much injustice, “God why aren’t you doing anything?” His patience is not a sign of His inactivity. His patience is not a sign of His non-existence. It’s a sign of mercy. And the irony is, is His patience is meant for our repentance and redemption concerning where WE have been unjust and don't even know it.

We might see so much injustice, “God why aren’t you doing anything?” His patience is not a sign of His inactivity. His patience is not a sign of His non-existence. It’s a sign of mercy. And the irony is, is His patience is meant for our repentance and redemption concerning where WE have been unjust and don't even know it.

We might see so much injustice, “God why aren’t you doing anything?” His patience is not a sign of His inactivity. His patience is not a sign of His non-existence. It’s a sign of mercy. And the irony is, is His patience is meant for our repentance and redemption concerning where WE have been unjust and don't even know it.

It's a simple enough logic that Malachi is preaching. He's essentially saying, “the man who can’t be faithful to his wife whom he knows and sees, obviously demonstrates he cannot be faithful to God whom he cannot see.” What does faithfulness with your fellow brother, sister, friend or spouse say about your faithfulness to God?

It's a simple enough logic that Malachi is preaching. He's essentially saying, “the man who can’t be faithful to his wife whom he knows and sees, obviously demonstrates he cannot be faithful to God whom he cannot see.” What does faithfulness with your fellow brother, sister, friend or spouse say about your faithfulness to God?

It's a simple enough logic that Malachi is preaching. He's essentially saying, “the man who can’t be faithful to his wife whom he knows and sees, obviously demonstrates he cannot be faithful to God whom he cannot see.” What does faithfulness with your fellow brother, sister, friend or spouse say about your faithfulness to God?

It's a simple enough logic that Malachi is preaching. He's essentially saying, “the man who can’t be faithful to his wife whom he knows and sees, obviously demonstrates he cannot be faithful to God whom he cannot see.” What does faithfulness with your fellow brother, sister, friend or spouse say about your faithfulness to God?

Integrity is defined as, a “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values,” and the dictionary points readers to see the entry for INCORRUPTIBILITY. Or, another definition states that integrity is “the quality or state of being complete or undivided.” I like that. When you or I act one way here, and another way there, that is divided. The Priests of Malachi were divided, claiming...

Integrity is defined as, a “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values,” and the dictionary points readers to see the entry for INCORRUPTIBILITY. Or, another definition states that integrity is “the quality or state of being complete or undivided.” I like that. When you or I act one way here, and another way there, that is divided. The Priests of Malachi were divided, claiming...

Integrity is defined as, a “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values,” and the dictionary points readers to see the entry for INCORRUPTIBILITY. Or, another definition states that integrity is “the quality or state of being complete or undivided.” I like that. When you or I act one way here, and another way there, that is divided. The Priests of Malachi were divided, claiming...

Integrity is defined as, a “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values,” and the dictionary points readers to see the entry for INCORRUPTIBILITY. Or, another definition states that integrity is “the quality or state of being complete or undivided.” I like that. When you or I act one way here, and another way there, that is divided. The Priests of Malachi were divided, claiming...

Respect. Is that a lost commodity in this world? A lack of respect for God leads to a complacent heart... and many times, as the definition of complacency implies, we're blissfully unaware of how our going-through-the-motions betrays a lack of respect of God and the way He wants worship? Maybe we should begin to ask God in our prayers, "Father, am I respecting You?"

Respect. Is that a lost commodity in this world? A lack of respect for God leads to a complacent heart... and many times, as the definition of complacency implies, we're blissfully unaware of how our going-through-the-motions betrays a lack of respect of God and the way He wants worship? Maybe we should begin to ask God in our prayers, "Father, am I respecting You?"