3 phases of bondage:
1.Confusion.
(Romans 7:15, 18 LB) “I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I can’t. I do what I don’t want to—what I hate. No matter which way I turn I can’t make myself do right. I want to but I can’t.”
2.Frustration.
(Romans 7:21 LB) “It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.”
3. Discouragement.
(Romans 7:24 Ph) “It is an agonizing situation. Who can set me free from the prison of this mortal body?”
how to be set free:
(Romans 7:25 NLT) “Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.”
1. Admit you have a weakness.
everybody has a weakness. all have sinned. you will never correct what you are unwilling to confront.
what you refuse to master today, will master you tomorrow.
(1 John 1:8 LB) “If we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves, and refusing to accept the truth.”
2. Believe that Jesus can set me free.
(John 8:32 NIV) “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free
your weakness must be destroyed, not tolerated or enjoyed occassionally.
the enemy has assigned someone to strengthen your weakness. delilah was sent by satan to destroy samson.
(Ephesians 1:19-20 LB) “I pray that you’ll begin to understand how incredibly great His power is to help those who believe Him. It’s the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead.”
3. decide your destination.
your habits are vehicles taking you to a desirable or undesirable future. your weakness has cousins. david adultry lead to murder.
spiritual survey:
A – I’m already a Christian and i have no baggage.
B – I’m believing today and giving my baggage to him.
C – I don’t ever intend to accept christ or lay down my baggage.
“Dear God, I’m ready for a change. I don’t want to stay the same. I need a fresh start with You. Today I open my life to knowing You. Forgive me for living my life my way. Today I invite Jesus to be the Lord of my life. Jesus I want to know You. I put my faith in You. Give me the power to change. In Your Name I pray. Amen.”
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
learning to trust God with your future
our greatest life skills is not making money, making friends, its learning to apply Gods word to our life so we can manage our lives with His help.
Stress can contribute to heart disease, high blood pressure, and strokes, and make you more likely to catch less serious illnesses like colds. It can also contribute to alcoholism, obesity, drug addiction, cigarette use, depression, and other harmful behaviors.
One fourth of all the drugs prescribed in the United States go to the treatment of stress. theme verse
Matthew 11:28 (New International Version)
28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (The Message)
28-30"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
2 corinthians 7:5
For when we came into Macedonia, this body of ours had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
1. remember the faithfullness of God
when you get involved with the house of god, god gets involved in your houseWhen you get involved with God’s dream, he will get involved with your dream.
2.learn to encourage yourself.
(1 Samuel 30:6 KJV) David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
3. learn to manage each day.
When you can manage a day, you can manage your life.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
Mike Murdock
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine
Failure to prepare for your future , is preparing to fail. get a life mentor
not all stress is bad stress. eustress-Some other situations where in you may experience eustress are accomplishing a challenge, joy experienced on a roller-coaster ride, happiness felt on the birth of a baby, excitement while getting wed, buying a new car
Stress can contribute to heart disease, high blood pressure, and strokes, and make you more likely to catch less serious illnesses like colds. It can also contribute to alcoholism, obesity, drug addiction, cigarette use, depression, and other harmful behaviors.
One fourth of all the drugs prescribed in the United States go to the treatment of stress. theme verse
Matthew 11:28 (New International Version)
28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (The Message)
28-30"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
2 corinthians 7:5
For when we came into Macedonia, this body of ours had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
1. remember the faithfullness of God
when you get involved with the house of god, god gets involved in your houseWhen you get involved with God’s dream, he will get involved with your dream.
2.learn to encourage yourself.
(1 Samuel 30:6 KJV) David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
3. learn to manage each day.
When you can manage a day, you can manage your life.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
Mike Murdock
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine
Failure to prepare for your future , is preparing to fail. get a life mentor
not all stress is bad stress. eustress-Some other situations where in you may experience eustress are accomplishing a challenge, joy experienced on a roller-coaster ride, happiness felt on the birth of a baby, excitement while getting wed, buying a new car
Does God care about my finances?
3 things that get peoples blood pressure up in church; what we wear, sing, money
bad teaching poor, rich my history seen people that loved god,strong convictions . made horrible decisions is one area.
75% of christians live paycheck to paycheck.
average american has 16.7 credit cards per person almost 40 per married couple
average 28 yr old has $66 k in consumer debt. does not include house
more people filed for bancruptcy than graduated from college this past year.
Proverbs 29:18 (New Century Version)
read aloud
18 Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled,
but those who obey what they have been taught are happy.
people act like God has no feelings concerning our money, so we live like we want to , but those who do what God instructs us to do are happy.
how did we get in this mess?
1.discontentment-Ecclesiastes 5:10
[ The Folly of Riches ] He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. even though we have lots not happy , world lives on average $2 a day.
we reap what we sow and we are a wasteful generation. debt is the proof you want what you have not earned. i want it
props $120 tshirts $400 sunglasses $600 purses $500 golf club $ 375 pair of golf shoes at outlet 30 pair of shoes.subprime loan those that could not afford it.
1 Timothy 6:7-9 (New International Version)
7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
2. dishonesty-businesses fudge numbers -enron, healthsouth. biggest problem between spouses
Proverbs 20:23 (New International Version)
23 The LORD detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales do not please him.
don't do biz with someone would doesn't tithe, if they will steal from God who sees everything what do you think they will do to you
3. disorganized- messey house . 60% of all office work in america is retrieving data.
Proverbs 24:3 (Amplified Bible)
3Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],
couple went thru 3 million , when did you notice it was running out 6 months till it was gone.
4. dissconnection- pride , shame - doing it without the help of man or God. asked couple called parents not one time did he ask for advice, help 100,000 ruined relationship.
GAMBLING HATE WHAT IT DOES read blog.2 sins never been tempted with . kiss throw toliet down drain. why would you play those odds. why so many are for it.
25% of americans plan to get out of debt by winning the lottery
haggai 1: 5 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you have done.6 You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.""Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins!
your obedance concerning money effects every area of life -- kids act a fool, marriage, work security
reactive curse - i can't bless and protect you to my fullest ability. test me is this.
how to get out of a financial mess?
1. change the way you think- act-- bad thinking-
1. need just alittle more 2. it will all just work out somehow 3. my stuff belongs to me
Romans 12:2 (Contemporary English Version)
2Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
2. get a vision for the future - hab. write it down big--
Successful people make the right decisions early & manage those decisions daily. -Theme of my book Today Matters
90%of americans have no budget
Proverbs 21:20 (Contemporary English Version)
20Be sensible and store up precious treasures-- don't waste them like a fool
proverbs 21:5 New Living Translation
5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
4. practice the law of seed- time- harvest genesis 822As long as the earth remains,
there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat; winter and summer, day and night
God loves people who love to give. 8God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others.
bad teaching poor, rich my history seen people that loved god,strong convictions . made horrible decisions is one area.
75% of christians live paycheck to paycheck.
average american has 16.7 credit cards per person almost 40 per married couple
average 28 yr old has $66 k in consumer debt. does not include house
more people filed for bancruptcy than graduated from college this past year.
Proverbs 29:18 (New Century Version)
read aloud
18 Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled,
but those who obey what they have been taught are happy.
people act like God has no feelings concerning our money, so we live like we want to , but those who do what God instructs us to do are happy.
how did we get in this mess?
1.discontentment-Ecclesiastes 5:10
[ The Folly of Riches ] He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. even though we have lots not happy , world lives on average $2 a day.
we reap what we sow and we are a wasteful generation. debt is the proof you want what you have not earned. i want it
props $120 tshirts $400 sunglasses $600 purses $500 golf club $ 375 pair of golf shoes at outlet 30 pair of shoes.subprime loan those that could not afford it.
1 Timothy 6:7-9 (New International Version)
7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
2. dishonesty-businesses fudge numbers -enron, healthsouth. biggest problem between spouses
Proverbs 20:23 (New International Version)
23 The LORD detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales do not please him.
don't do biz with someone would doesn't tithe, if they will steal from God who sees everything what do you think they will do to you
3. disorganized- messey house . 60% of all office work in america is retrieving data.
Proverbs 24:3 (Amplified Bible)
3Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],
couple went thru 3 million , when did you notice it was running out 6 months till it was gone.
4. dissconnection- pride , shame - doing it without the help of man or God. asked couple called parents not one time did he ask for advice, help 100,000 ruined relationship.
GAMBLING HATE WHAT IT DOES read blog.2 sins never been tempted with . kiss throw toliet down drain. why would you play those odds. why so many are for it.
25% of americans plan to get out of debt by winning the lottery
haggai 1: 5 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you have done.6 You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.""Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins!
your obedance concerning money effects every area of life -- kids act a fool, marriage, work security
reactive curse - i can't bless and protect you to my fullest ability. test me is this.
how to get out of a financial mess?
1. change the way you think- act-- bad thinking-
1. need just alittle more 2. it will all just work out somehow 3. my stuff belongs to me
Romans 12:2 (Contemporary English Version)
2Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.
2. get a vision for the future - hab. write it down big--
Successful people make the right decisions early & manage those decisions daily. -Theme of my book Today Matters
90%of americans have no budget
Proverbs 21:20 (Contemporary English Version)
20Be sensible and store up precious treasures-- don't waste them like a fool
proverbs 21:5 New Living Translation
5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
4. practice the law of seed- time- harvest genesis 822As long as the earth remains,
there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat; winter and summer, day and night
God loves people who love to give. 8God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others.
does God care about your job?
God"s desire is that your time at work will be purposeful and meaningful. 40% of our life is spent at work- thats150,000 hrs of our lives. Mondays arethe biggest day for heart attacks and suicides . No wonder 45% are dissatisfied with their job.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 (New Living Translation)24 So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him? many try to find satisfaction and purpose from work separate from God
5 top stressors concerning work and Gods solutions:
1. I don't know what to do with my life
Gods solution: Ask God what He wants you to do
James 1:5 (New Living)
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking
2. Sometimes I feel like a failure when I don't succeed.
Gods solution: my self worth comes only from God
3. I hate my job situation.
(Ecclesiastes 2:17) “So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me.
How do you get a job promotion? become over qualified for your present position
Gods solution: serve people like you are serving Jesus
4. I work too much. I'm just burnt out.
Gods solution: keep a Sabbath
5. I don't feel like my job matters.
(Colossians 3:23-24) “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
Gods solution: Consider your vocation your ministry location.
Maybe you would be honest about needing Gods help in one of these areas:
1. I need to ask God what to do 2. I need to work on separating my identity from my job 3. I need to learn to enjoy my work 4. I need to learn to keep a Sabbath 5. I need to look for opportunities to serve God at work. 6. I need a miracle concerning my job situation.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 (New Living Translation)24 So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him? many try to find satisfaction and purpose from work separate from God
5 top stressors concerning work and Gods solutions:
1. I don't know what to do with my life
Gods solution: Ask God what He wants you to do
James 1:5 (New Living)
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking
2. Sometimes I feel like a failure when I don't succeed.
Gods solution: my self worth comes only from God
3. I hate my job situation.
(Ecclesiastes 2:17) “So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me.
How do you get a job promotion? become over qualified for your present position
Gods solution: serve people like you are serving Jesus
4. I work too much. I'm just burnt out.
Gods solution: keep a Sabbath
5. I don't feel like my job matters.
(Colossians 3:23-24) “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
Gods solution: Consider your vocation your ministry location.
Maybe you would be honest about needing Gods help in one of these areas:
1. I need to ask God what to do 2. I need to work on separating my identity from my job 3. I need to learn to enjoy my work 4. I need to learn to keep a Sabbath 5. I need to look for opportunities to serve God at work. 6. I need a miracle concerning my job situation.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
no drama for ya mama
A lot of people are on overload and headed for a crash. Consider these statistics:
People now sleep 2½ fewer hours each night than people did a hundred years ago. You’re sleeping less than your grandparents did.
The average workweek is longer now than it was in the 1960s.
The average office worker has 36 hours of work piled up on his or her desk. It takes us three hours a week just to sort through it and find what we need.
We spend eight months of our lives opening junk mail, two years of our lives playing phone tag with people who are busy or who are not answering, five years waiting for people who are trying to do too much and are late for meetings.
We’re a piled-on, stretched-to-the limit society. moms especially are chronically rushed, chronically late, chronically exhausted.
Many of us feel like Job did when he said, “I have no peace! I have no quiet! I have no rest! And trouble keeps coming” (Job 3:26, GW).
Overload comes when we have too much activity in our lives, too much change, too many choices, too much work, too much debt, too much media exposure. We’re stressed by information overload. We’re stressed by accessibility overload -- we’re connected all the time.
Simply put, we’re stressed by the pace of life.
Is there a solution? Yes. The solution is to put some margin into your life. Margin is breathing room. It’s keeping a little reserve that you’re not using up. It’s not going from one meeting to the next to the next with no space in between.
Margin is the space between your load and your limit. Hopefully your load is not heavier than your limits. But the truth is that most of us are far more overloaded than we can handle, and there is no margin for error in our lives.
. Marginless is being 30 minutes late to the doctor’s office because you were 20 minutes late getting out of the hairdresser because you were 10 minutes late dropping the children off at school because the car ran out of gas two blocks from a gas station and you forgot your purse. That’s marginless.
“Margin, on the other hand, is having breath at the top of the staircase, money at the end of the month, and sanity left over at the end of adolescence. Margin is grandma taking the baby for the afternoon. Margin is having a friend help carry the burden. Marginless is not having time to finish the book you’re reading on stress. Margin is having the time to read it twice. Marginless is our culture. Margin is counter-culture, having some space in your life and schedule. Marginless is the disease of our decade and margin is the cure.”
Here are four immediate benefits you will enjoy when you begin to build margin into your life:
1.Peace of mind
When you’re not hurrying and worrying all the time, you have time to think. Time to relax. Time to enjoy life. We had a bird come into the building one evening before service. He started singing, and it was just like we’d been given an invitation: “Just relax. Everybody except those sitting directly under the bird, relax.”
2.Better health
Unrelenting stress harms our bodies. We all know that, yet we let it continue day after day after day. Many times the only time we get margin in our lives is when the heart attack almost happens or does happen or the blood pressure skyrockets. Why do we wait until our health plummets before we make this decision? Why not realize that we need to build some margin into our lives now? The truth is, your body needs downtime in order to heal. Race cars make pit stops occasionally in order to get repaired. You can’t fix anything going 200 miles an hour. Yet we try to be repaired while we’re still racing through life. Margin builds in time for better health.
3.Stronger relationships
Lack of margin is one big reason for the collapse of the American family today. When we don’t make relationships a priority and make time for each other, our relationships suffer. The truth is relationships take time, and margin provides the time to sit and talk, to listen and enjoy one another, and to provide the comfort we each need.
4.Usefulness in ministry
Christians are out of order. they have nothing to give and no way to mulitply their effectiveness for the kingdom
When you’re overloaded by activity, you can only think of yourself. You’re in survival mode, just trying to make it through another day. But being available to God for his use makes all the difference in this world. When you have no margin in your life, when God taps you on the shoulder and says, “I’d like you to do this for me,” your first response isn’t joy. Your first response is, “Oh, no! Another thing to do! Sorry, God -- I’d like to do that, but I'm just too busy.” We end up resenting the great opportunities God brings into our lives. But when you have margin, you’re available for God to use.
1 cor. 14:33,40 God is a God of order, not the author of confusion.
4 signs of order
1. punctuality- when you are constantly late it shows disorganization of your life and time
procrastinate, overcommit. when youre late it conveys a lack of respect. women take so long to get out of car.
2.your dress- unkempt appearance is a symptom of a confused lifestyle. difference between casual and catastrophic - modesty- joke for me. get your husbands advice. problem is you don't dress for your husband you dress to impress other women.
1 peter 3:4 nlt you should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
4. your speech-it is critical to your example.
Eph. 5:4 there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or course jesting, which are not fitting.
4. maturity- keep it simple. when you can manage a day, you can manage your life.
teach your sons a strong work ethic. and maturity daughters self worth how to be a wife and mother.- girls now cook a poptart for breakfast and they think they deserved to be interviewed on the view.
Immaturity is thinking of yourself first–and you can be immature at any age. It’s okay when you’re five…..sad when you’re 35.Leaders have given up the right to think of themselves first; leadership is servant hood towels, not titles Only the secure can stoop (there’s nothing worse than an insecure leader who thinks the world should worship him)john mawell
People now sleep 2½ fewer hours each night than people did a hundred years ago. You’re sleeping less than your grandparents did.
The average workweek is longer now than it was in the 1960s.
The average office worker has 36 hours of work piled up on his or her desk. It takes us three hours a week just to sort through it and find what we need.
We spend eight months of our lives opening junk mail, two years of our lives playing phone tag with people who are busy or who are not answering, five years waiting for people who are trying to do too much and are late for meetings.
We’re a piled-on, stretched-to-the limit society. moms especially are chronically rushed, chronically late, chronically exhausted.
Many of us feel like Job did when he said, “I have no peace! I have no quiet! I have no rest! And trouble keeps coming” (Job 3:26, GW).
Overload comes when we have too much activity in our lives, too much change, too many choices, too much work, too much debt, too much media exposure. We’re stressed by information overload. We’re stressed by accessibility overload -- we’re connected all the time.
Simply put, we’re stressed by the pace of life.
Is there a solution? Yes. The solution is to put some margin into your life. Margin is breathing room. It’s keeping a little reserve that you’re not using up. It’s not going from one meeting to the next to the next with no space in between.
Margin is the space between your load and your limit. Hopefully your load is not heavier than your limits. But the truth is that most of us are far more overloaded than we can handle, and there is no margin for error in our lives.
. Marginless is being 30 minutes late to the doctor’s office because you were 20 minutes late getting out of the hairdresser because you were 10 minutes late dropping the children off at school because the car ran out of gas two blocks from a gas station and you forgot your purse. That’s marginless.
“Margin, on the other hand, is having breath at the top of the staircase, money at the end of the month, and sanity left over at the end of adolescence. Margin is grandma taking the baby for the afternoon. Margin is having a friend help carry the burden. Marginless is not having time to finish the book you’re reading on stress. Margin is having the time to read it twice. Marginless is our culture. Margin is counter-culture, having some space in your life and schedule. Marginless is the disease of our decade and margin is the cure.”
Here are four immediate benefits you will enjoy when you begin to build margin into your life:
1.Peace of mind
When you’re not hurrying and worrying all the time, you have time to think. Time to relax. Time to enjoy life. We had a bird come into the building one evening before service. He started singing, and it was just like we’d been given an invitation: “Just relax. Everybody except those sitting directly under the bird, relax.”
2.Better health
Unrelenting stress harms our bodies. We all know that, yet we let it continue day after day after day. Many times the only time we get margin in our lives is when the heart attack almost happens or does happen or the blood pressure skyrockets. Why do we wait until our health plummets before we make this decision? Why not realize that we need to build some margin into our lives now? The truth is, your body needs downtime in order to heal. Race cars make pit stops occasionally in order to get repaired. You can’t fix anything going 200 miles an hour. Yet we try to be repaired while we’re still racing through life. Margin builds in time for better health.
3.Stronger relationships
Lack of margin is one big reason for the collapse of the American family today. When we don’t make relationships a priority and make time for each other, our relationships suffer. The truth is relationships take time, and margin provides the time to sit and talk, to listen and enjoy one another, and to provide the comfort we each need.
4.Usefulness in ministry
Christians are out of order. they have nothing to give and no way to mulitply their effectiveness for the kingdom
When you’re overloaded by activity, you can only think of yourself. You’re in survival mode, just trying to make it through another day. But being available to God for his use makes all the difference in this world. When you have no margin in your life, when God taps you on the shoulder and says, “I’d like you to do this for me,” your first response isn’t joy. Your first response is, “Oh, no! Another thing to do! Sorry, God -- I’d like to do that, but I'm just too busy.” We end up resenting the great opportunities God brings into our lives. But when you have margin, you’re available for God to use.
1 cor. 14:33,40 God is a God of order, not the author of confusion.
4 signs of order
1. punctuality- when you are constantly late it shows disorganization of your life and time
procrastinate, overcommit. when youre late it conveys a lack of respect. women take so long to get out of car.
2.your dress- unkempt appearance is a symptom of a confused lifestyle. difference between casual and catastrophic - modesty- joke for me. get your husbands advice. problem is you don't dress for your husband you dress to impress other women.
1 peter 3:4 nlt you should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
4. your speech-it is critical to your example.
Eph. 5:4 there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or course jesting, which are not fitting.
4. maturity- keep it simple. when you can manage a day, you can manage your life.
teach your sons a strong work ethic. and maturity daughters self worth how to be a wife and mother.- girls now cook a poptart for breakfast and they think they deserved to be interviewed on the view.
Immaturity is thinking of yourself first–and you can be immature at any age. It’s okay when you’re five…..sad when you’re 35.Leaders have given up the right to think of themselves first; leadership is servant hood towels, not titles Only the secure can stoop (there’s nothing worse than an insecure leader who thinks the world should worship him)john mawell
do we minister out of our flesh or the anointing?
A persons gift will make room for him and attract the notice and attention of others. furthermore, that gift, though legitimate and God given, can be operated in pride and arrogance rather than in submission to God. That was Satan's problem:unbroken, unyielded giftings. In the church world, education, connections, manipulation,innovation, entrepreneurship and aggressiveness can amplify a persons gift. the fact that a ministry continues to expand and looks exciting in no guarantee that the person is operating in the anointing. the anointing operates in brokenness and submits to the correction of others, is transparent, and operates in relaxation and peace. the anointing focuses people on Jesus intstead of a person.When we begin to force ourselves, assert ourselves, and promote ourselves , we are moving in our gifting and flesh. larry stockstill - the remnant restoring the call to personal integrity
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