Has Jesus become a reality in your life, not just a religious idea, but a real person you interact with? When people move from their parents' faith to their own, they have a new energy. Faith to them is not about having all the answers-because they don't-but faith is about connecting with the resurrected Jesus.
Should Christians be perfect?
We should try to be, but will we? Uh, no. Does that destroy our testimony? It shouldn't, because it was never about us to begin with. Christians are not morally better than non-christians. We shouldn't claim to be. We are people who have entered into a realtionship with Jesus Christ and found forgiveness for our sins. We keep finding forgiveness as we continue to make mistakes. And maybe that's the most powerful testimony we can offer, not living a perfect life, which others will try to shoot down, but being honest about our failures, claiming forgiveness from God, and asking it from others, and moving on from there.
It is very important to live "in alignment" with "who we say we are."
It's a matter of consistency, making sure our live's don't contradict our beliefs. It's about honest confession, not proud posturing.
I am constantly fighting to love my Savior, Jesus. I am constantly fighting to give my wife my best, by being a responsible husband who is led by Christ. I am constantly fighting to win my friends and family back to the "good news" of the Gospel. I am constantly fighting myself and my ways, which are often in opposition to Gods ways. I am constantly fighting to live and preach the gospel clearly. This is The Fight.
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