Paradise Baptist Church

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Thursday Pastor Blount Message😊
CRITICISM is normally the DISAPPROVAL of people, not for having FAULTS, but having FAULTS different from your own!!! The only way to avoid CRITICISM is to SAY nothing, DO nothing, and BE nothing!!! Pay no attention to TOXIC words. What people say to us is often a reflection of themselves, not YOU!!!~PASTOR BLOUNT~🧐
RACHEL ~QUOTES ON CRITICISM~
~”Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism."~
~”Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating critic will be to a wise man, what an intolerable nuisance to a fool!"~
~”It is not the critic who counts... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."~
~”Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving."~
~”If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified."~
~”Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went to through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection..."~
~”Dead churches don't criticize, living churches do."~
~”You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”~
~”Don’t let compliments get to your head; don’t let criticism get to your heart.”~
~”Treat criticism like bubble gum. Chew on it a little, and then spit it out.”-
~”Life is like photography; you use the negatives to develop.”~
~”Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.”-
~”Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”~
~”Don’t be distracted by criticism! Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bit out of you.”-
~”The most destructive criticism is indifference.”-
~”Criticism should be like rain; gentle enough to nourish someone’s growth without destroying their roots.”~
~”The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”~
BIBLICAL VERSES ON CRITICISM📖
~"Refusing constructive criticism shows you have no interest in improving your life, for revelation-insight only comes as you accept correction and the wisdom that it brings."~Proverbs 15:31-32~
~”Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.”~James 5:9~
~”But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.”~Galatians 5:15~
Happy Thursday!!~Love & Prayers Always~♥️🙏🏽😊~

06/04/2026

Wednesday Pastor Blount Message😊
Being a DISCIPLE of Jesus is not an effort of once-a-week, it is an effort of ONCE-AND-FOR ALL!!! True DISCIPLES are will to STAND OUT , SPEAK UP, and BE DIFFERENT to make a DIFFERENCE in the world!!! It is to bring the LOVE of Jesus to others. True DISCIPLES make DISCIPLES!!!~PASTOR BLOUNT🧐
RACHEL~QUOTES ON DISCIPLES~
~”Discipleship is a long obedience in the same direction.”~
~”The correct perspective is to see following Christ not only as the necessity it is, but as the fulfillment of the highest human possibilities and as life on the highest plane.”~
~”Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence of it.”~
~”Christian discipleship is not some enormous, monolithic task, but rather the sum total of lots of small decisions, thoughts, words, and actions.”~
~”Stop calling salvation ‘forgiveness’. Stop calling people into a moment of salvation known as forgiveness, but into the life of salvation known as discipleship.”~
~”If you are having difficulty discovering the mysterious aspects of God’s will, continue to be faithful in performing the obvious aspects of it.”~
~”It’s dwelling in the Word that makes us disciples, sets us free, and keeps us free.”~
~”Preparation is everything. Jesus spent 30 years preparing for 3 years of ministry.”~
~”What you feed lives; what you starve dies.”~
~”If I win, I win. And if I lose, I win. Because my responsibility is to be obedient to God and trust Him with the consequences.”~
~”Do you want to stand up to temptation tomorrow? Deepen your relationship with Jesus today.”~
~”God’s aim is transformation, not information.”~
~”Moderate increases gradually result in massive increases over time.”~
~”Discipleship – the process of learning to walk every moment with (and for) Jesus – is not in the strategies and methods by themselves; it is in the life of faithful obedience to God that the most consistent fruit is borne.”~
~”As disciples, our duty is faithfulness, not perfection.”~
~”The disciple’s spiritual life is not fragmented from ‘the rest’ of his life. Having a segmented ‘quiet time’ with God would be like spending just a special portion of your day with air to breathe.”~
~”The enemy has so many fooled to think that a whole day of hurried productivity would be better than a quiet day of communing with God.”~
~”By practicing the spiritual disciplines, we prevent the world from filling our lives to such an extent that there is no place left to listen.”~
~”Disciples must maintain that delicate balance between the inner and the outer life – contemplation and action. Meditation has no point unless it is firmly rooted in life.”~
~”Greatness is not a function of circumstances. Greatness is mostly a function of conscious choice and discipline.”~
~”You can’t microwave spiritual transformation.”~
~”If the decision I make does not make me healthier, holier, and more honest, then it is a bad decision.”~
BIBLICAL VERSES ON DISCIPLES📖
~”Let your roots grow down into Christ and draw up nourishment from Him. See that you go on growing in the Lord, and become strong and vigorous in the Truth.”~Colossians 2:7~
~”Oh! the joys of those who delight in the word of the Lord, meditating on it day and night! They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season; their leaves never wither…”~Psalm 1:1-3~Happy Wednesday!!~Love & Prayers Always~♥️😊🙏🏽~