{"id":3172,"date":"2014-08-14T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2014-08-23T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T17:55:22","slug":"what-are-you-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=3172","title":{"rendered":"What are You Following?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today (August 14, 2014), the following message was posted on our church signboard:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FOLLOW US <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">@PITMANUMC<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FOLLOW GOD @PRAYER<\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n<p>OK.\u00a0 Admittedly, this might be a shameless attempt to bring in more followers to our church Twitter account.\u00a0 People follow Twitter accounts to read Tweets- short comments about whatever&#8217;s on the tweeter&#8217;s mind.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;re not into Twitter, aren&#8217;t we all &#8220;Following&#8221; something throughout the day?\u00a0 When somebody cuts you off, an unrepeatable &#8220;Tweet&#8221; of judgement pops into your mind.\u00a0 If a store cashier accidentally gives you too much change, a &#8220;Tweet&#8221; of rationalization may pop into mind.\u00a0 If somebody at work makes a mistake that you are able to correct, Pride might be sending you a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Our church&#8217;s twitter account averages about 1 tweet per day.\u00a0 Recently, it&#8217;s tweeted information about Compassion, God&#8217;s Glory, and God&#8217;s Awesomeness.\u00a0 If we&#8217;re going to grow into Christ&#8217;s likeness, isn&#8217;t it a good idea to think about things like God&#8217;s attributes rather than on things like our behind-the-wheel\u00a0 rights?<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Phil 4:8-9 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable \u2014 if anything is excellent or praiseworthy \u2014 think about such things.\u00a0 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me \u2014 put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.<\/span> NIV<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Signboard-Follow-Us-14-08-14-_0706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3173\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Signboard-Follow-Us-14-08-14-_0706-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"Signboard Follow Us 14-08-14 _0706\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Signboard-Follow-Us-14-08-14-_0706-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Signboard-Follow-Us-14-08-14-_0706.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK.\u00a0 Maybe posting a twitter name on a roadside signboard is a cheap attempt at boosting the follower count<br \/>\n(<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">by the way&#8230; there&#8217;s a little blue button under this post that says &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socializer.info\/follow.asp?docurlf=&amp;docurlt=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fpitmanumc&amp;docurlg=&amp;myname=\" target=\"_blank\">Follow!<\/a><\/span>&#8221; You&#8217;re one click away from following PitmanUMC<\/span><\/em>)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230; if we&#8217;re going to &#8220;pray without ceasing&#8221; (1 Thes 5:17) shouldn&#8217;t we take concrete, practical steps to replace thoughts of judgement, greed and pride with ones that are admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy?<\/p>\n<p>Following &#8220;Tweets&#8221; about God can be one way to do just that&#8230; &#8220;@PITMANUMC&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\">For other Signboard Messages, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=51\">Click Here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (August 14, 2014), the following message was posted on our church signboard: &nbsp; OK.\u00a0 Admittedly, this might be a shameless attempt to bring in more followers to our church Twitter account.\u00a0 People follow Twitter accounts to read Tweets- short comments about whatever&#8217;s on the tweeter&#8217;s mind. 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