When I visit your page in order to see if I want to accept your friend request, I am not really interested in all of the ads for your church, or Christian music videos from YouTube, or food recipes, or photos of your pets, or entries in your personal diary, or animal videos, etc.
I am not saying that there is anything wrong with that, but what I am really interested in seeing is how much you are actually sharing God’s straight Word. I really want to see how much you are feeding God’s sheep with actual Scriptures from the Bible. After all, that is what people truly need the most. The Word is what feeds them, inspires them, motivates them, and helps them to grow spiritually.
So, if you want me to accept your friend request, PLEASE SHARE GOD’S WORD! Thanks! God will bless you for it!
Folks, for me personally, when it comes to friend requests, the bottom line is this. The more you BOLDLY and CONSISTENTLY share God’s Word on your page, the more inclined I will be to accept your friend request.
On the other hand, if all you post is worldly nonsense, or if you rarely post and only update your profile pic and cover image, or if there are only tagged posts from your friends on your page, your chances of having your friend request accepted by me are about zero.
I just thought you should know before you decide to send me a friend request. Let’s get serious about Jesus! Thanks for understanding.
It is time for you to wake up and recognize the fact that all social networks — regardless of whether they are liberal or conservative — play favorites. They are all two-tier systems whereby you are either an elite, or else you are simply a low-level peon. If you are not an influencer and a high-profile personality — such as a politician, movie star, MSM anchor, popular blogger, or YouTube star — you are in fact a peon. As a result, the social network will move your posts to the back of the line, and you will receive very little exposure. In short, you are basically shadow banned. A social network may allow you to post as much as you like, but hardly anyone will ever see your posts. That is the gist of the matter. Let me add a final point: Before you fall for their deception, please be advised that paying to be verified on any social network does NOT increase the level of exposure of your posts. I speak from experience. This is a fact of online social life!
My friends, in your online bio some of you say “I really love Jesus” and make similar remarks regarding your dedication to the Lord.
Well, I have a question for some of you.
If you truly love Jesus, shouldn’t your love for and dedication to Him be reflected in the fact that you talk more about Him on your social network pages, than you do about all that other worldly stuff that you usually like to post? Please show Him your faith by your works. After all, as Jesus said:
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38, KJV
I am truly sorry, but if you happen to send me a friend request, and the first thing I encounter when I visit your timeline or page is a long string of five, ten or fifteen ads for women’s weight loss programs or similar nonsense, before I even come to a post where you talk about your Christian faith, I am simply not going to be very inclined to accept your friend request. In fact, I will delete your friend request.
Don’t be lazy! If you want me to accept your friend request, then please take some time to properly maintain your page by cleaning it up first, and THEN send me your friend request! Thanks so much!
By the way, if I do delete your friend request, then you will have to send it to me again, AFTER you have cleaned up your page. Thanks for understanding!
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:2-3, KJV
“And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.” Exodus 12:16, KJV
“And he [Moses] said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none . . . See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day.” Exodus 16:23-26, 29-30, KJV
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:8-11, KJV
“Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.” Exodus 23:12, KJV
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.” Exodus 31:12-17, KJV
“Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.” Exodus 34:21, KJV
“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.” Exodus 35:2-3, KJV
“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” Romans 14:5, KJV
“And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.” Mark 2:27-28, KJV
“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:” Genesis 12:1-2, KJV
“And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS THING, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I WILL BLESS THEE, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; BECAUSE THOU HAST OBEYED MY VOICE.” Genesis 22:15-18, KJV
“And [Moses] said, IF THOU WILT diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.” Exodus 15:26, KJV
“And it shall come to pass, IF THOU SHALT hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, IF THOU SHALT hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, IF THOU SHALT keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.” Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 9, KJV
“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and THOU SHALT CALL THEM TO MIND among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And SHALT RETURN unto the LORD thy God, and SHALT OBEY his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That THEN the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.” Deuteronomy 30:1-10, KJV
“That IF THOU SHALT CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and SHALT BELIEVE IN THINE HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, THOU SHALT BE SAVED. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10, KJV
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4, KJV
“But SEEK YE FIRST the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33, KJV
“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.” Deuteronomy 25:4, KJV
“Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.” Matthew 10:9-10, KJV
“And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.” Luke 10:7, KJV
“Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?” 1 Corinthians9:7-11, KJV
“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.” 1 Timothy 5:17-18, KJV
“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20, KJV
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8, KJV
“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” James 2:10, KJV
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30, KJV
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free . . . If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:31-32, 36, KJV
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.” Galatians 3:24-25, KJV
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