It is easy to say something. However, what we say may not always be

what we demonstrate in life.
We say we love God, but do we?
We say we trust God, but do we?
We say we live for God, but do we?
We say we put God first, but do we?
We say we know God, but do we?
We say we want others to know about God, but do we?
We say we hate sin, but do we?
We say we love our brethren, but do we?
We say we are bearing much fruit, but do we?
We say we love the church, but do we?
We say we sacrifice a lot for Christ, but do we?
We say we give bountifully, but do we?
We say we fight for Christ, but do we?
We say we use our talents for the Lord, but do we?
We say we do, but do we?
First, we should answer honestly. Do we?
Second, we should evaluate how much we do. It is possible to invest just
enough to say we do, but not really be fully engaged.
Example: I sacrifice for the Lord. Maybe I do so occasionally when it
involves a work I am really interested in. Really, however, my sacrifice is
not that much. It is just enough for me to feel comfortable answering in the
affirmative if asked. Honestly, I really do not sacrifice that much.
The doing of something is more important than the saying.
The doing of something is what constitutes obedience.
The doing of something is what bring results.
The doing of something is what pleases God.
The doing of something is the true expression of my Christianity.
The doing of something is what will be approved in judgment.
My friend, don't just say it. Do it.
Saying it may make us feel good.
Doing it will make us true, genuine, and approved before God.
Today, the goal is to really do what we say!

While holding a meeting in north Alabama, this writer had the pleasure of visiting in the home of an elder of a nearby congregation. His two teenage daughters were truly refreshing.    They did not attend their high school prom, did not swim with boys at the public pool, and positively never wore clothes that were immodest.   These were not strange girls.  They were pretty, popular girls heavily involved in all kinds of school activities. They were confident and courageous.   No doubt these girls will live rich, full, and joyful lives.

In "The Visitor," the Adamsville, Alabama church bulletin, Tim Rice wrote:

“A substitute teacher I know recently overheard some cheerleaders at school say some-thing like the following:   ‘I feel sorry for Jane [not her real name].  She is a member of the church of Christ.  She can’t wear short dresses.   Her parents would not let her go to the prom.  Why, even when her family goes on vacation, they don't go to the beach where the action is, they go off by themselves.   And she wears spandex pants when she goes swimming there.   She can’t go to any of the pool-parties we have because her parents don't think it's right to go mixed swimming.   She doesn’t smoke or do any of the fun things.   And she goes to church all the time.'

Will she be warped or rebellious?   Will her parents’ strictness cause her to snap or go wild?   Or, have we let the voice of the world convince us that chaste, conservative, and wholesome values ruin young lives?

The woman this writer married was raised like those elders’ daughters and ‘Jane.’  She is normal in every way.   She has always received great respect from world and church, male and female!   She has no difficulty faithfully believing the truth about the ever-present danger of producing lust through activities like mixed swimming, dancing, or brief attire (cf., Gal. 5:19; I Pet. 4:3; 2 Cor. 12:21; Webster's New World Dictionary definition of “lasciviousness”). She has adopted 1 Timothy 2:9 as her code of decency, being modest from the inside out and putting her emphasis on wearing the whole armor of God and not the bikinis, mini's, tight, and slight attire of the world!"

Yes, television and movies have desensitized us with half-clothed, unclothed, and up- close men and women, as if such were natural and acceptable.   The summertime dress code of the world suggests that we are free to do whatever pleases us.  The invitation of the devil's sermon is: “Come unto me, nude and uninhibited, and I will give you popularity, acceptance, and freedom.”   Woe to the Christian who swallows that lie!