Something to Think About:
"A zero can be added or subtracted without changing the sum. A zero can also be used as a place holder. When do people get when they get you?" --Bishop TD Jakes
It's Monday. My first full work week in two weeks. It'll be a little rough, but with God I know I can survive. This past Saturday Bishop T.D. Jakes held a free leadership training at my church. A friend of mine via Facebook shared various snippets. The quote above was one of my favorites. When I read the quote, it challenged me to think, "What's my value in this group, community, and/or family?" God always has a task or purpose to fulfill when he places us somewhere. We need to learn to ask God to reveal the purpose or task, and then to do what is necessary to fulfill the purpose or accomplish the task. God didn't make us placeholders, we make ourselves place holders. God has blessed us with various talents, gifts, and personalities so that when 2 or more come together there is increased value. In most of the best highly functioning teams, everyone has a valuable knowledge and/or a unique talent they are contributing. Especially in ministry, God desires teams to be more than a mere group of people assembled in proximity to each other. When every volunteer in your ministry, work group, family brings their gifts and diverse styles a better "product" results. So consider, 'What's my value?'
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
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The Word for Today:
Happy Sunday!! I want to share a snippet of the messages I heard today in church. The main point: God chastens us because He loves us.
Often when we face difficult situations we face them with a "Woe is me" outlook. This verse reminds me to look at it with a " Wow, God loves me" outlook. God wants us to stay on the right path. We are His children. He disciplines us so we learn right from wrong. It is a blessing to be corrected by God. Of course, we may not feel this way during the correction process. However, we take time to look back we'll receive the revelation. When the Lord disciplines us, we should see it as an opportunity to humble ourselves and submit to the discipline and correction of the Lord. This is how we develop patience, self-control, joy, and other pieces of the Fruit of the Spirit. Remember trials, sufferings, and difficulties are part of life. When God-ordered they are for a purpose and meaning.
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son." Hebrews 12: 5b-6
Happy Sunday!! I want to share a snippet of the messages I heard today in church. The main point: God chastens us because He loves us.
Often when we face difficult situations we face them with a "Woe is me" outlook. This verse reminds me to look at it with a " Wow, God loves me" outlook. God wants us to stay on the right path. We are His children. He disciplines us so we learn right from wrong. It is a blessing to be corrected by God. Of course, we may not feel this way during the correction process. However, we take time to look back we'll receive the revelation. When the Lord disciplines us, we should see it as an opportunity to humble ourselves and submit to the discipline and correction of the Lord. This is how we develop patience, self-control, joy, and other pieces of the Fruit of the Spirit. Remember trials, sufferings, and difficulties are part of life. When God-ordered they are for a purpose and meaning.
Something to Think About:
We serve a Savior who suffered, and we know He will not lead us into meaningless suffering. The writer points to the importance of discipline and proceeds to show that for Christians suffering is rightly understood only when seen as God's fatherly discipline, correcting and directing us. Suffering is evidence, not that God does not love us, but that He does ----Leon Morris
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