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I really am observing our behavior in this world. Why we act the way we act and do the things that we do. It is amazing that the Lord has every example about our condition in the good book. I implore you to read the bible, it is such a good read!
How do you Feel?
I am going to be perfectly honest with you, I feel cheated. Life is not fair. I feel like someone has given me the short end of the stick. So, I often take up my issues with the head honcho upstairs.
“Lord what is going on!?”
You see, I know something is not right because I believe the word of God. So, when I read comparisons of the righteous and the fools in proverbs, I notice my life is reflecting the consequences of the foolish. Let us please stop lying to ourselves. God has something better for us. Let us begin to be even more diligent in the word of God, rightly dividing it, and gaining wisdom from it. Let us receive the correction of the Lord and stop making the same mistakes over and over again. Let us learn how to gain our wealth so that we can help more people. My bible says right there in proverbs that the blessing of the Lord maketh rich, with no sorrow to it. I am ready to change my money mindset. I am ready to change my whole mind about this life. I am ready for my next transition in thinking.
Transition your Thinking:
From: Money is evil
To the truth:
The love of money is the root of all evil
Bible study:
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. . .
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. . .
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. . .
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. . .
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. . .
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. . .
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. . .
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. . .
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. . .
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. . .
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. . .
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. . .
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. . .
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. . .
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. . .
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. . .
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Go Read all of Proverbs Chapter 10
King James Bible
Lesson to learn: We have to develop our relationship with the Lord so that he can show us the right way to develop a relationship with everything else. Otherwise we stay lost. Otherwise we will have to learn things the hard way. It’s simply called experience. I want a little less experience and a little more happy by following in the ways of the Lord.
God wants to teach us the right way to use our inheritance.
Does your life remind you of the prodigal son?
Does your management of money seem to be wasteful?
Do you find your self trapped in debt with no wiggle room to enjoy your life?
Do you work at a job that you hate?
Transition your thinking from
I need to make money in order to survive in this world
To the Truth:
I have a father in heaven who will provide my every need.
Verse: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13
Bible study:
Luke Chapter 15:11-24 of the book of Luke talks about the prodigal son. The youngest of two sons asked his father for his inheritance. This son had all he needed at his father’s estate, but instead decided to journey into a far country where he spent all his money frivolously. He found himself in a pretty tough situation where he then had to find a job that was obviously beneath him. This job didn’t even manage to sustain his basic living needs and there was no one who offered him help to live life.
Realizing his mistake, and his faulty spending habits, the son finally talked himself into going back to his father to ask forgiveness for his wasteful living.
Finally, the son returned but before he could give his big apology speech the father saw him coming down the road, returning home after being lost in an unknown country. The father decide to throw a party to welcome his son back. He was happy that he returned safe and saw no unworthiness on him.
Lesson to learn: We are all prodigals. We are living in a country that is not our own. Everything in this world is vanity and it will fade away. When we are not fully aware of who we are, we are being used and used up by the citizens of this unknown country. We will die here if we don’t wake up and realize who our father is.
We are servants of God and there for our finances should be available to him. But more than that, we are heirs and our father wants us to return home. Our finances are not for the pursuit of our personal happiness here on this earth. We must first seek the kingdom and its righteousness and everything else will be added to us. We must be responsible with what God has given us. Read Luke chapter 15 and 16 for yourself and gain insight on who you are and what your relationship should be with money.
Realizing his mistake, and his faulty spending habits, the son finally talked himself into going back to his father to ask forgiveness for his wasteful living.
I will go back to my father and will say unto him, Father I have sinned against heaven and before thee, And I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of your hired servants. Luke 15:18-19
Finally, the son returned but before he could give his big apology speech the father saw him coming down the road, returning home after being lost in an unknown country. The father decide to throw a party to welcome his son back. He was happy that he returned safe and saw no unworthiness on him.
Lesson to learn: We are all prodigals. We are living in a country that is not our own. Everything in this world is vanity and it will fade away. When we are not fully aware of who we are, we are being used and used up by the citizens of this unknown country. We will die here if we don’t wake up and realize who our father is.
We are servants of God and there for our finances should be available to him. But more than that, we are heirs and our father wants us to return home. Our finances are not for the pursuit of our personal happiness here on this earth. We must first seek the kingdom and its righteousness and everything else will be added to us. We must be responsible with what God has given us. Read Luke chapter 15 and 16 for yourself and gain insight on who you are and what your relationship should be with money.
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