Your spirit is more powerful than your flesh
1 John 4:4 says, The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. The Holy Spirit, who lives in you if you are born again, is greater than anything in the world, including your flesh. Therefore, you do not have to be controlled by your flesh and worldly lusts.
Source: christnotes.org
Every problem is an opportunity to trust God
We all experience difficulties, problems, and trials throughout life. Usually, we also look for ways to solve those problems. All of the various solutions basically ask one of these two questions: “What can I do to solve this?” Or, “What can God do to solve this?”
Source: christnotes.org
THE LONELINESS OF THE CHRISTIAN
A.W. Tozer
1897-1963
The loneliness of the Christian results from his walk with God in an ungodly world, a walk that must often take him away from the fellowship of good Christians as well as from that of the unregenerate world. His God-given instincts cry out for companionship with others of his kind, others who can understand his longings, his aspirations, his absorption in the love of Christ; and because within his circle of friends there are so few who share his inner experiences he is forced to walk alone. The unsatisfied longings of the prophets for human understanding caused them to cry out in their complaint, and even our Lord Himself suffered in the same way.
The man who has passed on into the divine Presence in actual inner experience will not find many who understand him. He finds few who care to talk about that which is the supreme object of his interest, so he is often silent and preoccupied in the midst of noisy religious shoptalk. For this he earns the reputation of being dull and over-serious, so he is avoided and the gulf between him and society widens. He searches for friends upon whose garments he can detect the smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces, and finding few or none he, like Mary of old, keeps these things in his heart.
It is this very loneliness that throws him back upon God. His inability to find human companionship drives him to seek in God what he can find nowhere else.
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Source: bethelministries.com
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For the eyes of the Lord range throughout earth...
2 Chronicles 16:9
New International Version (NIV)
Source: biblegateway.com
Do you live with an attitude of gratitude?
Many people, even many Christians, find it very difficult to be thankful. Yet, the Bible repeatedly tells us to be thankful in everything. We should live overflowing with thankfulness (Colossians 2:7).
Source: christnotes.org
Money & Wealth - A Biblical Perspective
Society measures much of our value in dollars—how much or how little we have. Yes, money offers comfort and stability, a means to send our children to school, and the ability to help people and causes we care about—but it can easily devour our lives as well. What is the solution to this dilemma?
According to 1 Timothy 6:3-10, the answer has little to do with money itself, and everything to do with our attitude toward it.
1 Timothy 6:3-10
If anyone teaches anything different and doesn’t agree with sound teaching about our Lord Jesus Christ and teaching that is consistent with godliness, that person is conceited. They don’t understand anything but have a sick obsession with debates and arguments. This creates jealousy, conflict, verbal abuse, and evil suspicions. There is constant bickering between people whose minds are ruined and who have been robbed of the truth. They think that godliness is a way to make money! Actually, godliness is a great source of profit when it is combined with being happy with what you already have. We didn’t bring anything into the world and so we can’t take anything out of it: we’ll be happy with food and clothing. But people who are trying to get rich fall into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful passions that plunge people into ruin and destruction. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some have wandered away from the faith and have impaled themselves with a lot of pain because they made money their goal. — 1 Timothy 6:3-10 (CEB)
Questions to Consider
- How much time do you spend thinking about money? Is it more than you think is healthy?
- How can you interpret Paul’s famous line: “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil?” Have you seen the truth of this statement in your own life?
- What does it mean to lead a “content” life in modern society?
You can spend your time, waste your time, or invest your time. It’s your choice.
We all have exactly 24 hours in one day. No more; no less. You will use that time on what you consider to be important.
Source: christnotes.org
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