Today 7-21-2020

Romans 16:17 (NASB) "I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them."You could tell from the start that his main goal was to cause trouble! Not wanting to judge him right away, I gave him some time but as the time went on, I realized that he was there for one thing and one thing alone! Today's verse speaks to us about keeping an eye on those who cause trouble, sharing things that we didn't learn growing up and to turn away from them. There is a time when we must let go of those in our life who are looking to cause trouble and this guy was one of them.  As the men's group started, his only goal was to argue every point we discussed from God's Word. After a few weeks, I made the decision to ask him not to return, a hard decision but it had to be made! I had talked with him one on one after the first meetings he attended and even then his heart wasn't in the right place. Sometimes we need to make the hard decision of cutting those things out of our life that cause nothing but trouble and add those things that will bring us closer to God!! Time to sharpen the saw blade! peace, tom