Sunday School Follow-up

Hello all -- for your encouragement, here a couple of additional verses and thoughts about our testimonies to a world in need of Christ.

• Ephesians 5:15-17 -- "Be very careful, then, how you live"
• Titus 2:3-10 -- "so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive" (10)

Philippians 2:14 tells us to "do everything without complaining or arguing". So why is complaining damaging to our testimony? Well, just think -- who is the one who directs our lives and orders our circumstances? God, of course! So when we complain about the things in our lives, we're essentially saying that God is not doing a good job leading our lives. How can you be a testimony to bring a lost person to Christ when your complaining spirit says that that God cannot be trusted to lead your life well? That's why the Philippian believers (and, by extension, US) were urged to get rid of complaining and arguing.

Let's "shine like stars" (Philippians 2:15) for Christ!