I don’t have much,
but
I choose to say:
I want to use it all,
Not just store it up.
No more compromise
(enough of that in the past)
No more wasted days
(enough of that in the past)
WORRY—OR—PRAY—TODAY
October 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
When we are up against the wall— a paraphrase from His Book:
Not anxious.
Pray, in all this.
Plead with God.
Thanks, in this.
Tell God what we want.
He made today.
He gave today to all of us.
We know the beginning of today.
We don’t know the end of today.
Jesus knows.
Jesus loves us.
Jesus holds us.
Joy today.
Gladness today, in Him.
(from the beginning of the day of my sister-in-law’s cancer surgery)
“Be anxious for nothing,
But in everything by prayer
And supplication
With thanksgiving
Let your requests be made known to God.”
“The God of peace will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
“This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.” —–His Book
MONEY—TO THE GLORY OF GOD
October 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Put in the form of hard questions:
Do our finances bring glory to God when they look hopeless in advance?
And then, God has to do something miraculous, or else?
Put another way:
Is a Christian who is seeking to serve God in everything, supposed to always have money to spare in the bank?
Best answer:
God does not call us to be successful in the eyes of the world; He calls us to be faithful servants, stewards of what belongs to Him—and it all belongs to Him.
The only thing that counts in the end is whether I hear Him say to me, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”