Do You Desire God?

 

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Ready For Truth?

Are you ready for truth?  Paul Washer laying it out. This is love for the Body of Christ.

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Simplification As A Time Management Strategy

This is a re-post of an article by time management consultant Harold Taylor. Read the whole thing; especially the last sentence. He speaks of something I have discussed on this blog numerous times: possessing ourselves.

There’s a book called Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin that describes a Fulfillment Curve. This curve plots money or possessions or “stuff” along the x-axis, or horizontal axis, and fulfillment or happiness along the y-axis, the vertical axis. The more money you have to spend, the greater the degree of fulfillment and happiness – up to a point. After fulfillment goes through the survival stage, comforts stage and luxuries stage, it levels off. Then it starts to decrease. Once you have achieved what the authors refer to as enough, acquiring more simply makes you unhappier. It’s interesting to note that Daniel Pink also mentions in his book, A Whole New Mind, that while living standards have risen steadily decade after decade, personal, family and life satisfaction haven’t budged.

Material things consume a lot of our time. People spend their precious non-renewable resource, time, in order to acquire more money and possessions, only to discover that the possessions do little to further their enjoyment of life. In fact, possessions consume even more of this non-renewable resource. Not only does it take time to earn enough money to buy this stuff, it takes time to shop for it, learn how to operate it, maintain it in good working condition, repair it, upgrade it, insure it and use it. If we have to rent public storage, we have to sign a contract, pay rent, buy a lock, take trips back and forth to check on it or add to it, and so on. We are afraid of losing it, breaking it or having it stolen. We frequently have to make payments on it, acquire more space to accommodate it, and worry about keeping the neighborhood kids or the family dog away from it. There also comes a time when we have to figure out how to get rid of it.

From the viewpoint of cost, stress and time management, you should simplify your life as much as possible. Simplifying your personal life involves freeing up more time and energy to pursue your personal goals and working on activities that you really enjoy. Getting rid of the possessions that threaten to possess you is a good place to start.

Proverb Of The Day

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.   Proverbs 14:2  (KJV)

 

The Fellowship Of The Son

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.  1 Corinthians 1:9  (KJV)

Our ideas of communion and fellowship are all whacked out. The word communion means intimate fellowship or rapport. When you look up the word communion in the concordance, it means partnership, participation, social intercourse. It is an intimate relationship. A few words the dictionary used for communion was communication, rapport, relation and accord. The Bible speaks of accord quite a bit. Accord means agreement and conformity.

But who do we agree with and conform to? Who do we commune and fellowship with? Is it XYZ Church Of The Twisted Way? What about ABC First Church Of The Completely Correct Doctrines?

Jesus Is The Truth

The all important thing is to make Jesus Lord. Men can grow lopsided by emphasizing the truth of divine healing. Man can go wrong by all the time preaching on water baptism. But we can never go wrong in exalting the Lord Jesus Christ, giving Him the preeminent place and magnifying Him as both Lord and Christ.

—Smith Wigglesworth

Love Came Down: A Song Of The Bride

If you are religious– you’ll have a difficult time with this. Just warning you. It’s intimate.

The chorus is a song of the Bride:

Love came down and rescued me.

Love came down and set me free.

I am Yours. I am forever Yours.

Mountain high or valley low

I sing out and remind my soul

That I am Yours. I am forever Yours. 

Who Have You Been With?

After they found out that Peter and John had no education or special training, they were surprised to see how boldly they spoke. They realized that these men had been with Jesus.   Acts 4:13  (GOD’S WORD Translation)

Can you truly say–can people truly say that you have been with Jesus? Most people can only say they have been with this man [of God] or that man [of God].  But there is only one Man, Jesus, that has changed history and continues to do so today.

Are You Unreasonably Committed?

Note: This is a repost of an article written by a well-known minister. Names have been eliminated. I couldn’t say it better myself.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.  Proverbs 4:7-9  (KJV)

If you really want to get the wisdom of God, you’ll have to do more than casually read the Scriptures a few minutes a day. You’ll have to feed on them night and day. You’ll have to get rid of the rubbish you’ve been feeding into your consciousness by reprogramming your mind with the Word of God.

“Oh, Brother,” you may say, “that’s unreasonable!”

Psalm Of The Day

I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.     Psalm 27:13-14  (NIV)

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the LORD.     Psalm 27:13-14   (NASB)