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• The Basic Christian Life: God’s View of Wealth And Status – Part 2

  In Contented, Faithful, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 10 September 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) James 1:9-11 – Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. (NKJV) In this day and age when “image is everything” and status is the name of the game, there is hardly a more relevant topic than God’s view of wealth and status. It is the common lifestyle today to live well beyond our means, not only to satisfy impulsive leisure, but [...]

   

• I’m Just a Lowly Brotha’ From Anotha’ Mutha’

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  James 1:9-11 – Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits. (NKJV; emphasis mine) I love this verse. It turns our whole world on it’s head. The lowly person exalted, the rich humbled. That’s not some class warfare statement, it’s a statement about people having an eternal perspective on things and realizing that in eternity, what makes people of high status on this earth means nothing, and what forces people to low status [...]

   

• Give Me, Fix Me, Restore Me, Bless Me

  In Faithful, Favorites, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 1 comment

  James 4:3 – You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. (NKJV)When you teach the Bible and interact with a large number of responses and questions, you see patterns and tendencies that are generally true for the majority. One trend that I’ve seen is the preconceived ideas about HOW God is most glorified in our trials.Many Christians have the idea that God is glorified when He “fixes” what we believe to be broken in our lives. We apply a Madison Avenue mindset to God’s options thinking that God will enjoy greater acceptance and popularity with mankind if He is seen as the source of “successful” and “victorious” life.The problem with this notion lies in our [...]

   

• How Much Is Enough?

  In Contented, Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Proverbs 30:8b …Give me neither poverty nor riches… (NKJV)The general consensus today concerning income is that more is better. And increasing one’s income is the primary deciding factor in employment decisions.More is not always better. The Bible is full of warnings concerning the dangers of riches. There is the myth that wealth makes life easy and if we only had lots of money, we could do all those things God wants us to do. It is the very rare person who does not allow abundant wealth to draw them away from the things of God.Should our primary goal be to “climb the ladder” and increase our income at every chance? While it is not innately wrong, it should NOT be the primary consideration. God’s will [...]

   

• Money: the Good, Bad & the Ugly – Part 9

  In Contented, Faithful, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) Luke 12:34 – For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. (NKJV) God created the heart of man to be filled with the Creator not the creation. When sin entered into the perfect creation, a thousand candidates now entered the race for the throne of man’s life. The very “things” that God gave us as gifts, now threaten to become more important to us than the Giver.Eventually, when the Lord returns and sin makes its exit for all eternity, we will once again enjoy not only the perfect fellowship and service for which we were created… we will also for the [...]

   

• Money: the Good, Bad & the Ugly – Part 8

  In Contented, Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) Luke 12:34 – For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. (NKJV) “You only live life once”. You hear that all the time and the general meaning is to get all you can, do all you can, live for pleasure all you can because you only get one shot. Well you definitely only live life once, but it’s for all eternity not a few decades. And we should be striving to get all of God that we can, living in obedience (which is the ultimate pleasure) all we can and doing all the good works in Jesus name that we can. [...]