I'm going to be gone 15-21. So I will not be able to post a new devotions up for a while. Also I will be going to a sleepover tomorrow so I will not be able to do one for those two days. And then when I get back from my camp I'll probably will be tired and wont make one. So basically. I wont have a new devotions on here from July 13-22. So here is one.

Watch your Actions!

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers in this world....people who do not believe are living all around you. They might say that you are doing wrong. So live good lives. Then they will seethe good things you do, and they will give glory to God on the day when Christ comes again. 1 Peter 2:11-12

Justin couldn't get to excited about his new church at first. His parents wanted to make there own. Justin missed his old Church. Where many of his best buddies attended. This new one met in a school gym just to get started, and only two or three kids Justin's age came. That's why he decided to start inviting some friends to the new place.

But many of his friend already belonged to churches. His parents said to invite nonbelievers who didn't attend anywhere. Jusin thought about Shane, who played on his basketball team but didn't have a church. Justin jogged up to his friend after practice and asked, "What are you doing this weekend? Some of us are starting a new church, and it'll be a lot cooler if you're there. Wanna come?" Shane's reaction surprised Justin. His friend just stared back at him for a monent, then turned and left. What was that all about? Justin wondered.

The next day Justin caught up with Shane during a water break. "Are you mad at me or something?" he asked.

"Not really," said Shane. "It just seemed weird, you asking me to church. Isn't church all about 'do unto others' and stuff? Like remember last week, when we were tied with the Blazers, near the end of the game? You told me how you tripped their center under the basket to keep him from getting the ball."

Shamed Justin looked down. Shane's obervation hit him like a ton of bricks.

"You were kinf of proud of that," Shane continued. "So I just wondered what kind of church you went to, that all."

So basically it means you need to watch your actions. Because people are watching you. If your acting bad there going to think, I don't want to be a christian if they act like that. But if your acting good then they will think. Those Christian are really nice. I want to be one and get to know the Lord. So watch what you do.