AUGUST 2 - CAPSULE 2
TOPIC: DO YOU HAVE “CLASS?”
BIBLE TEXT: 3 JOHN 1 VS 12 – Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone – and even by the truth itself.
When others speak well of you, you’ve got acceptance; but when the truth speaks well of you, you’ve got class! Demetrius had it. Do you? Before you answer, listen to Paul’s words to Timothy, “Set an example ……… in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity ……..give yourself wholly to them so that everyone may see your progress” – 1 Timothy 4 vs. 12 – 15. That’s Class!
Consider these words carefully. Class is just confidence dressed in humility. It keeps its words, its temper and its friends. It has a steady eye, a steady nerve, a steady tongue and a steady habit. It is silent when it has nothing to say, thoughtful when it judges and it is always first to make amends when it is wrong. Class does not run scared, it is sure footed, committed, and handles whatever comes along. Class has a sense of humor, it knows that a good laugh is often the best lubricant for oiling machinery of human relations.
Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps, learns from its mistakes and become wiser. Class knows that courtesy and good manners are nothing than a series of small sacrifices. It bespeaks an aristocracy that is not dependent on ancestry or money. A blue-blood can be totally without it, while the son of a coal-miner may ooze it out of many pore. Class walks with kings, yet still keep its virtue; talks to crowds, yet still maintain the common touch.
Prayer: Lord, help me to be a good example to my generation.
Insight: Everyone is comfortable with people who have class because they are comfortable with themselves.
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