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Sample vs.

Sermon
(Practice vs. Theory)
What you do is weightier than what you say! Good words wont be able to make up for bad deeds... (I:136)
If your sample would match your inward desires to be loving like Me, you could be bearing so much more fruit.
Keep on believing that I am there and will reward your every effort you make, to be a sample of My love! (I:154)
To be a hearer only, instead of a doer means youre actually deceiving yourself! (I:157)
The sample must be the outstanding thing and what makes you different. (I:205)
Your sample will never be perfect enough to withstand the onslaught of the devils lies. No matter how good you are, you could
never be perfect enough for him to stop accusing you in the ears and minds of others. Look at Me: I was the most perfect
Sample there ever was, and yet he was able to turn the mob against Me. (I:292)
Be a sample of the Real Thing by laying down your life for the sheep down there every day of your life, not just talking about
it as if it would be some nice thing to do when the weather is not too hot nor too cold! (I:391)
The only Bible the World is going to read is the one bound in shoe leather; the only Word of God theyll ever read or listen to is
the Word of God theyll see in your sample; thats lived in your life: the Word of God they can touch and feel and see. (I:396)
A sample of living what you preach is what will win the hearts of those who are willing to give Me a chance. (I:439)
There is such a thing as being a reproach to My cause, when the sample some of My followers give to the world isn't the
sample I want them to give. (I:458)
The best leaders of all are those who don't come across like leaders at all, but who inspire others to do good by their own
samples. Becoming a sample, not a sermon, is what it's all about! Try to be a sample of honesty without hypocrisy! (I:480)
Seek to be a genuine sample of My Love! (I:526)
To endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ will show how mature you really are, and whether all the things you know
and were supposed to have learned, have really been applied and put to action and have turned to experience and true gold
wisdom.
Until then, all the good advice you can give is just so much hot air. It's the sermon without the sample. But once you've
endured, once you've been there, your words turn into gold, because your heart is in them, and it's not just all empty, puffed up
wind from your head, but valid and solid, tried and proven, life-giving counsel. (I:535)
I want you to live what others are preaching. I want you to be a living sample of true Christianity and show the world that there
is still hope. (II:200)
Pass on a helpful attitude! Live it for them to see! Give a sample that's going to be worthwhile imitating and following! That's
what counts, more than any words you can say! (II:246)
Find true fulfillment and satisfaction in faithfully doing the humble, little things, keeping on giving out My message and being a
living sample of it, even if you think you're not accomplishing much! (II:268)
What's most important is that you really learn to live the message, become a living sample, the living proof, a reflection of your
faith through what you actually live and practice and share as experience. (II:281)
You "guide" folks into decisions, either for Me or against Me, sometimes without saying a word. Simply by receiving and
accepting or rejecting and despising you, they will already have made a decision. That is why your sample is so important.
(II:289)

Make sure you're being a good sample, a good representative of Me! (II:316)
How much do all the Words really sink down into the depth of your heart and affect your actions, your sample? How much do
you really allow them to break open and bring forth the peaceable fruit of righteousness in you? (IV:166)
Im working on your output. Im refining the stuff that comes out of you, and Im working on making it more real.
What really matters is the example you give and live: something so much more important than anything you could ever put out
there in mere words. (2011:110)
How much of a different sample can you give? How much of a different path do and can you walk? What can you show forth
and come up with that truly sets you apart? (2012:13)

Its easier when theres a positive example you can follow, of someone doing what should be done. It certainly helps. But when
that isnt there, youve got to see My example by faith, and that of others who have followed in My footsteps. (2012:91)
Its not so much what you preach or teach that makes a difference, as what you live and do. (2012:121)
Its not like you dont know all these things in theory, but you know from your experience that theoretical knowledge isnt all
too easily put into practice. The transition from the theoretical to the practical is the hard part.
If ye know these things, happy are ye if you do them could also be interpreted as, lucky are those who manage to do them,
if you look at the vast number of those who obviously dont. The numbers of those who actually manage to do My sayings are
relatively few, especially in this day and age when the distractions all around you simply seem to get the better of your
attention, rather than the wholehearted effort to stay in My Spirit. (2012:135)
You know theres really no other way, and you already know the way in theory, now youve just got to do the walking. (2012:185)
Be a traveler of the path, not just one who can give the directions in theory, but as one whos been there, been down that road,
and can tell others about it from experience, or better yet, walk with them! (2013:8)
Maybe youve been taking the saying to an extreme that goes, You can never be too bad for Jesus, only too good, and
interpreting and applying it in a way thats making sure youre definitely not too good. It doesnt mean, though, that you can
just let any sort of behavior all hang out, and never make any effort to be some sort of godly example.
Its easy to sing and preach, All you need is love, but how much do you really believe it and act on it? (2013:21)
Even if the world has become a bad place, you must make some efforts as My disciple to still be a good testimony and sample.
You shouldnt just let the badness of the world rub in on you and affect your sample!
Make an effort to be and remain a good sample! (2014:103)
Folks can tell by your habits whether youre somewhat on the right track, or not and if you behave in certain ways, they figure
you arent. So, its good and important to work on being a good sample
If youre being a bad sample with your deeds, actions and behavior, its not going to result in blessings, and thus not in the joy
youd like to get out of life, which is the result of, and reward for being a good sample. (2015:148)
Are you willing and determined enough to do what you can in order to improve your sample, and become one a bit closer to
whats supposed to represent Me and an example of Love and Salvation that should be a major part and goal of My followers
lives and example?
It seems to be turning out that being a sermon was easier to accomplish than being an actual sample of what you believe in.
So, how about making an effort toward becoming more of a sample of what you believe in, than just a sermon through
preaching it?
Theres more to being a true follower, disciple and sample of Mine than just being a sermon and to preach, right?
Live it, instead of just preaching it! Amen?
It would be nice to have someone in you whos practicing what hes been preaching, wouldnt it? (2015:184)
Before youre ready to teach other folks, youve got to have learned it yourself, first!
So, while youve learned to accept in theory, if failures keep remaining and persisting, theres more effort for you to make to let
that teaching sink in, before you can successfully pass it on to others as a sample, not a sermon. (2015:212)
Can you try to make the best out of the situation I place you in? Wherever you are, try to make the best out of your presence
there! Thats what Id call the effort of being a good testimony for My honor. Remember the importance of being a sample, not
just a sermon!
The damage that the failure of being a good, loving sample as a supposed follower of Mine can do, you should learn a lesson
from!
So, try to stick to being or becoming a good sample The way you live and act speaks louder than any sermon or any
words. And those will only take the power they should by being enhanced through the proper sample and how you act and live!
Most folks didnt understand My Words when I uttered them until much later, after the Spirit had poured on them and reminded
them of them, but they stuck to Me because of My living sample of Love. So, try and be a living sample of love and kindness!
Thats the best way of preaching My Gospel.
So, be a sample of love, Amen? (2016:32)
One thing kids need most is a positive example! (2016:40)
The difference between theory and practice, sample and sermon: when youve spent a lot of your time receiving the input, but
neglect to actually apply the principal part of it.
Become an active sample of what youre believing in theory! (2016:76)
A lot of things do depend on you! Basically, on the question whether youll manage to apply My counsel, and dont just keep

receiving it, but youll start living it. (2016:84)

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