3.12.10_Col. 3:23_Do all things...

 Praise the LORD!!!
   
    Today has been a busy day for me. I've been busy starting the first official advertising campaign for the ministry, both online and in the community. This is where this verse came to heart, for through it you will see how I live and do all that I do.

 Col. 3:23
 
    23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,"
   No matter what it is that we're doing, right down to the very basics of life, we need to focus our attention in doing it as if we were presenting unto the LORD. It doesn't matter what it is either. It could be of the greatest importance or the least, we should still be doing it as if JESUS HIMSELF were to be the recipient of it.

    This morning I've been working on getting the first official advertising campaign for the ministry going. I know that I've been networking the site at numerous social sites and the like, but this is different. Today, I began to reach out into the community and the surrounding ares, broadcasting the ministry and our intents and purposes. One of these was to the Kingsville Chamber of Commerce, to get their attention drawn to that which the ministry is here in town for. This was only the first step in this relationship, so it was only an introduction to the ministry's website. In doing this they can begin to see that which we've plans for the area.

   Next were several online advertising groups, free ones due to lack of funding, but ones of a high caliber. I found these by doing some online reference searches and zeroing in on only several of the many out there. With these the ministry will begin having its information and intents know throughout the surrounding area and actually the world. For they advertise for business' around the globe. Though free and a little on the small side, everything I've heard of them was to the positive. They all have the options of upgrading my coverage through their programs, but this will have to wait until funds are available.

   Now I'm sure you all know the name of Goggle. I've place the ministry in their business listing and search servers for better recognition online. This will enable the ministry to begin getting the attention needed to increase traffic to our site and word of mouth though others in the business world. These steps may seem minor, but the LORD has impressed it upon me that it is where HE wants this to start. I've worked the MLM business' before and this was the same manor in which it was recommended to start. Though I lost all my old records and files, I'm sure that all that is needed shall come my way. I totally trust the LORD along these lines.

   Now you may be wondering what all this has to do with today's verse. It simple, the LORD led me and I did all as if I was only doing it to please HIM. I'm sure there will be those out there that will say this has been a waste of time and that I could of put it to use in better ways. You may of done things another way, but when the LORD leads me in anything, it gets done just as I'm led!!! I've learned the hard way, that going against the LORD's leading, is a major mistake.

   Whenever I do something, no matter how small and insignificant, I put my best into it. Because in the jest of it, I'm doing it for JESUS and no one else. I've had very good turn around by doing everything this way and shall continue the practice. Even when I was welding train cars, though I could of cut corners like others, I didn't. The results were a very good inspection percentage, one above 97%, which few others maintained. Everyone in the plant knew me as Rev. Catfish, because of my foo Manchu and they all knew that I was a devote Christian, seeking to serve the LORD with my total being. Thus it was not myself that was receiving the glory, but the LORD! May I ask you a few questions? In your life, who receives the honor from the works of your hands? In all that you do, who are you doing it for? When someone wants to praise you for the works that you've done, who do you witness to? With these questions in mind, think about everything you've done today and this week. To whom, will you be able to say that all that you did was to the glory of? Self? Or the LORD?

   As with other times that I left you with questions, there will be no verses to reference today. These kind of devotionals are meant to work your mind as to your walk with the LORD. I'm sure that if I was led to, I could put some here, but I'm not, so I will not. Take some time and think deeply about that which I asked, for it could change the results of what you do in the future!!!



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GOD bless and good day,

Rev. Marshall Barth

Vine of CHRIST Ministries

Vine Ministerial Network International