Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children . Ephesians 4:30 Just as it is natural for an earthly child to imitate his earthly father, so should the spiritual child imitate his Heavenly Father. The word imitate comes from the word mimeomai, from which we get our word mimic. It means “to act like.” The next verse of the above passage goes on to tell us how, “And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” We im

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me . Luke 9:23 Well here we are again, another New Year. I never look forward to the first two weeks of the New Year. Why? Because it’s the time when people make those New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get in shape. Now don’t get me wrong I think that’s a great resolution but the problem for me is the gym will be so crowded that you can hardly get on any of