I am convinced that as our culture becomes faster and faster and more individualism sits in,

we become less inclined to think of ourselves as role models.

We get bogged down in our world and our businesses, in our affairs, and in our things

are going on in our lives, and we forget

that we are, first and foremost, is to be role models.

Now, whether we like it or not, all the parents are role models for their children.

You are modeling for your children, whether you agree or that or not.

You are.

Whether we like it or not, Christians

are modeling for non-Christians out there. Whether we like it or not, those of us in leadership

are modeling for those who are following. Whether we like it or not, older Christians are

modeling for younger Christians. That is a fact of life. Modeling is so powerful that we tend to

not stop long enough to think about it because we realize that there is a responsibility.

We realize that there is an overwhelming sense of responsibility that goes with that. And so we live as if it doesn't

exist or pretend that it's not there or ignore or avoid the fact that we are. I know from my own life,

God has blessed me so incredibly in my Christian walk and in my Christian life and in my Christian

ministry with wonderful models,

models of godliness, models of faithfulness and particularly faithfulness to the preaching

of the Word of God, models of faithfulness to the truth of the Word of God, models of love

and passion for the lost people

that they may come to know Christ, models for prayer and intercession with God, and be a prayer

warrior. So many people God brought into my life who have inspired me by their modeling Christ

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