An Attitude of Gratitude; Day 3
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For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.
If you have need of more Father God will provide it for you and it will be good, if you decide you need more than you have been provided for, and start manipulating your life to acquirer whatever it is, you and it will end up with problems,
By taking manners in to your own hands you end up no longer serving God but serving yourself, and eventually the world, to get whatever it is you are wanting, convincing yourself it is a need.
Whatever it may be if it were a true need in your life, you’re Father, Father God would have provided it for you.
Don’t turn your back on God to strive after the things of this world, “do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect”, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you”.
What more do you truly have need of?
What has Father God done for you?
First He gave you your life.
1. Formed you in your mother’s womb.
Jeremiah 1: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. And before you were born I consecrated you.
If Father God knows and cares for us before we are even conceived why would we doubt He would take care of our needs?
What is the difference between a need and a want?
A need gives life; a want makes life simpler and more convenient. Wants lead us away from trusting God for our daily provisions.
Answer the questions,
Fill in the blanks What needs do you have?
What needs, will your father in heaven provide for you?
An example
Clothing; you need your body covered, You don’t need the latest newest designs, nor do you need the name brands clothing that cost more $$, If you were caught out in the middle of a hard rain and had nothing to keep the rain from drenching you and someone came along and gave you a plastic bag to put over yourself to help keep dry would you take it or would you ask if they had a coat you could wear, for you would be too embarrassed to put on a garbage bag.
Or say you haven’t eaten for five days and someone gives you dried locust and grubs, would you eat them or ask if they could take you to a fine resturant and buy you a decent meal.
If you have a grateful heart you will accept what the Lord provides and seek to follow Him ((seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness))
And at that point in your life, all these things shall be added to you. And you won’t feel the need to have to be striving after the things you don’t have.
For your contentment will be in the Lord and not the things. The question the Lord asked me was will you walk away from all you have and follow Me. How would you answer that question?
Back to the first question who will you serve?
The Father God who created you and gave you your life, or the world that is trying to take your life?
Chose you this day who you will serve!
Tomorrow Day 4 Faith
An Attitude of Gratitude Day 2
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Being Satisfied with God
If we are satisfied with God
Than why does it seem we are always looking for something, is it that we truly have not found God? Or is it that we found Him and then went back to listening to the world “You Need”, You want so You must have”, “You have the right to have it”.
We do have needs!
But our needs are not a large bank account, it is not a car, it is not more electronics, it is not relationship with others people, it is not a tax break. Our needs our simple;
A relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, food, clothing, and shelter
But in America it seems to have been bred in to us that bigger is better and more is never enough.
What are your priorities; to serve self, to serve man, or to serve God? For no one can serve two masters,
So chose who you will serve! The Lord God or will you serve man, or satan? You can-not serve God and the ways of this world at the same time.
Matthew 6: 24-34 Do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat or what you shall drink nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? For all these things the gentiles eagerly seek, your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things, But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Therefor do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself, each day has enough trouble of its own.
According to the word of our creator, we are to; “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness” and if we do seek Him first – All these things will be added to our lives.
Now which is easier, to seek after God and His ways, or to strive after stuff and things? Seeking after one or to seek after many?
For you will spend your time seeking for one! Either God or things. i choose God!
It is a choice, no great formulas you can lay out and do just make the choice.
Tomorrow Day 3 The Attitude of Gratitude
Day 1: An Attitude of Gratitude
This is to help the Christian to grow in Christ and to find the narrow path that leads to the small gate that Christ spoke of.
It is the words of our Lord Jesus taken from the New American Standard Bible (1974 edition) and the King James Open Bible, without a lot of discussion debating, or a lot of my opinions just the words of Christ Himself, and what the Holy Spirit has shown to me.
The words of Christ should be taken personal and our lives applied to them,
If you are not going to read the bible and adapt your life to it why bother reading it at all, if you don’t truly have faith in God and His word you are wasting your time. You are playing church.
Maybe my words are heard, and seem uncaring, but i do care and that is why i have written down what the Lord through his Holy Spirit has shown me and laid on my heart to share with you.
Check your heart, are these words uncaring and mean or is your heart attached to the wrong things?
Please take the time to read through, even if you don’t like me or what i say take the words of Jesus and consume them that they may become meat on your bones.
The things to follow are for your growth, they are for your good!
Please take your Bible sit down and follow through the scripters as we go. Take the time to not just read through, but the time to apply, the time for the words of Christ to absorb in to your being, your life, and become a part of who you are.
i have watched many Christians go to church and play the game, never really allowing the Holy Spirit to have the freedom to guide them through their life’s much less day by day walk. As many of you know the Lord started us on an adventure back in November of 2010 to find the narrow path that leads to the small gate spoken of in,
Matthew 7: 13 and 14
(13) “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it.”
(14) “For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.” And further on in
Matthew 7: 21 we are given a warning.
(21) “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will the kingdom of heaven; but he who dose the will of My Father who is in heaven.”
i realizs that a lot of what will be written here will not be popular with many and that as a Christian in America we have been lulled in to believing that if we show up for church we will have a permanent seat in heaven; as long as we show up, listen and perhaps take a few notes, do a few good deeds then we’ve got it made. i am sorry to say that this is not so.
Matthew 7: 22 – 24
(22) “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord,’ did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?”
(23) “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”
(24) “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.”
These scriptures tell me that it is not just good enough to show up for church to listen to the word or to even do good deeds. If we do not allow the Holy Spirit to have dominion over our lives and live in the manner set forth by the Lord, we will not enter in to the kingdom of heaven. Doesn’t matter how many times you went to church, how loude you sang, how many scriptures you memorized, how many good deeds you did, or even how many sermons you prepared and shared from the pulpit, if your heart is not right it is not right. This Christian walk is a serious walk, and takes a dedicated traveler to make it to the end, to enter in through the small gate to be with the Lord for eternity.
i have heard said so many times “once saved always saved” usually by someone who calls them self a Christian but lives their life as a true heathen. Many pastors and leadership are not any different, breaking laws, living in fear, living in doubt, manipulating others for their benefit, putting themselves up on a pedestal for all to admire. i could go on and on, but let’s not. Let’s get to how we need to live our lives out before the one and only living God, our creator and redeemer.
Index
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Questions #21 and 22
The Last but yet the first questions you need to answer
Chose this day whom you will serve Will you chose to listen to the world ways, self, others, or will you chose to listen to and serve the Lord?
For we are told by the Lord; DO NOT WORRY!
The most important question ever asked, or that you will ever answer.
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Mark 8:29 And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said to Him “You are the Christ”
Luke 9:20 And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”
Even now Christ stands at the door of your heart and knocks, Jesus would like to ask you a couple Questions;
Questions #21 Who do you say that I AM?
Questions #22 Will you ask for Me in?
Can you with your whole heart answer “You are the Christ, please come in.
Day 14 If you have been here the last few days and answered the questions you should be able to understand why you have worry in your life and where it comes from. You should also understand what you need to do to have a life with our worry.
Each time worry lifts its evil head in your life you need to turn to Father God, and ask Him what it is that you are holding on to that you shouldn’t be. Give it to Him and allow Him to change you and your concept of what a need is.
worry is normally the result of having something in your life weather it is an item, a person or an attitude of discontentment, (wont and greed) want and greed in most people is well hiding, but if you study yourself you if you are constantly worrying you will find discontentment brought on by wont and greed.
Want, greed, discontentment, lack of gradated, striving after things; feelings of not matching up to others can and will bring on worry.
If you are a worrier give your life to God acknowledge Jesus Christ as your lord and savior ask Him in to your life and give your life to Him, when He places His Holy Spirit in you listen to Him, follow His lead and obey His words; and you will find your worries will diminish and every time the head of worry shows up go to Father God in the name of Jesus and ask Him to remove the worry from your life.
i pray you have found this helpful dealing with worry, please leave a comment even if you disagree
Monday, starting an 18 day journey looking for: An Attitude of Gratitude
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Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
Now on a personal note i get really disgusted with the body when things like worry are brought up as if; well that’s because we are human, no kidding yea we are all human and we have all sinned and we all do sin but that does not mean that we have to sin it is a choice, worry is a sin and we have the choice to sin (worry) or not.
All of these excuses are nothing more than us telling God stand down I’ll get this one, it is arraigns and pride that keeps us from instantly turning to God and asking Him to take care of us and our needs.
And that is a hole other thing, i thank we need to reevaluate what a need is, we have gotten sucked in to what the world says needs are that we are lost in our little god’s here are a few; home, car, cell phone, tv, radio, boat, trailer, cloths, friends, family, a wife or a husband, kids, grandkids, animals, all kinds of appliances, toy’s and gadgets, sports, and there are so many more.
i know i am not perfect, and will be the first to admit it, i am 62 and in the last 47 years i have learned that if i have it, it is from the Lord and if i don’t, then the Lord has not given it to me, He is my rock, my fortress, He is my strength, and my shield and as long as i stay with Him i am safe even in through and beyond death. He dose hold me up.
i have learned to live a simple life not needing anything that He has not provided because He takes care of my needs there is no need to wont or worry. And because all He gives are gifts i should not be greedy, so being satisfied with what He provides, knowing that it could all be gone in the blink of an eye. i am content.
Some have told me; i have neglecting my family’s needs, by not providing them with a new car or a big new home, or all the toys, but all i have to say to that is are your kids following after the lord? Or following the world? Are they lost? Are they distracted? Are they discontent?
All the things of the world will not and cannot save you.
When God talks about physical needs He talks of a relationship with Him, about food, drink, clothing and shelter.
And if He is detailed enough to tell us in the word that we should not eat geckos (look it up) i’m sure he would have let us know if we really needed a cell phone, or a $50,000.00 car or a $100,000.00 or more home, i have never seen anywhere in the Bible that it says Keep up with the Joneses, (the world) what i have gotten out of all i have read is hold tight to the Lord and obey His word, keep His commandments,
Seek first the Lord and His kingdom.
i do not apologies for being a bit hard at points, i have put down what the Lord has shared with me, and i thank He is a bit perturbed that we (the Church) water things down and compromise His words so we don’t offend anyone, God is a just God and a Jellies God, and when the day comes and we stand before Him we will be held accountable for the way we have lived our lives, and for putting other things before Him.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it
Mat 7:13 - 14 "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it
"But the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it You can’t carry baggage and go through a small gate!
Question #20
What path are you on, what gate are you running to?
Tomorrow Day 14 Question #21-22