A GODLY WAY OF LIVING=NOT ME FIRST!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A GODLY WAY OF LIVING=Not me First!

 

We are CHALLENGED at every TURN=Through this life=Health difficulties=

Financial Challenges=and RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS=But Isaiah=THE POET=

Tells us to=LIVE A GODLY WAY OF LIVING!=Not a ME FIRST=Kind of way=”Put AWAY

Your misdeeds=From before my eyes=Cease doing evil=LEARN TO DO GOOD=

Make JUSTICE your aim=Redress the wronged=Hear the orphans pleas=DEFEND

The widows”                                                                                                                                                        Isaiah 1:16-17

LIVE IN A GODLY WAY!=NOT in a selfish me FIRST=Kind of way!

 

WE live in a COUNTRY=and in a WORLD=Where we are ENCOURAGED=To take CARE=

Of our own needs first=WE isolate  OURSELVE with telephones and ALL kinds of

Electronics=and IGNORE pleas   for HELP=EVEN from family and friends=But we need

To OPEN UP our HEARTS and eyes=and hear=GOD’S MESSAGES OF LOVE=God’s messages

OF Goodness=and His messages OF FORGIVENESS=LIVE IN A GODLY WAY!=NOT in a

ME FIRST KIND OF WAY!=Not in a worldly way!

“In fact=Everyone who wants to live=A GOLDLY LIFE=In Christ Jesus=Will be persecuted=

While evildoers= and impostors=Will go from bad to worse=Deceiving and being

Deceived”                                                                                                                                                   2 Timothy 3:12

“Since everything will be DESTROYED=in this way=What kind of people Ought you be?

You ought to LIVE holy and GODLY LIVES”                                                                             2 Peter 3:11

 

And so my Dear BROTHERS and SISTERS=LOVE GODLY LIVES!=Not me FIRST LIVES=LISTEN

To the MESSAGES of the FATHER=and to His Son Jesus Christ=PRAY for others!=Take some

TIME alone by yourself=Alone with God=and read some SCRIPTURES!=Keep your eyes=and

YOUR HEARTS OPEN!=Listen=Really listen=WHEN God and others speak==Listen=and When Others need Help=RESPOND!

“For physical training=Is of some value==BUT GODLINESS has Value=For all things=Holding

PROMISE for BOTH the present life=and the LIFE TO COME”                                         1 Timothy 4:8

“For GODLINESS with Contentment=is great gain=For we BROUGHT Nothing=Into the

World=and we can take NOTHING OUT OF IT”                                                                    1 Timothy 6:6

“But you=MAN OF GOD=Flee from all this=and pursue righteousness=GODLINESS=faith=

Love=endurance and gentleness”                                                                                                  1 Timothy 6:11

 

We NEED to listen=to the LORD=and bet on=the WORD of God=the WORD OF LIFE=We have to

Keep our HEART AND EYES open=and HELP OTHERS when we can=That is the=GODLY WAY=

To LIVE=and it is the LORD’S WAY!=THE Almighty Father’s Way=TUNE OUT the noise and all

The pollution of this world=LIVE A GODLY WAY OF LIVING=Not a me first WAY!

“In spite  of this=You did NOT TRUST=In the Lord your God=Who went ahead of you=On

The journey=In fire by night=and in a Cloud by day=To search out PLACES=for you to camp=

And to  Show you=THE WAY you should go”                                                              Deuteronomy 1:32-33

“Jesus answered’=’I AM THE WAY=and the Truth=and the Life=No one Comes to the Father=Except through me”                                                                                                                                      John 14:6

 

CHOOSE to live in LOVE=Choose to Live=In UNITY and in Peace=Choose to LIVE in

Forgiveness and KINDNESS Those are GODLY WAYS!=and is=A GODLY WAY OF LIVING!=

Not a me first KIND OF WAY!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the NAME of our Forever Living=Forever Loving=EVER GODLY=Ever

Our Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-12-2026

 

 

Ps          INSPIRED by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Melanie Rigney