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• You Might Not Get the Answer You Want

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

  Mark 10:17 Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” (NKJV) Often, we don’t ask God life changing questions like “which choice should I make?” or “what do you require of me?” or “what do you want me to do with my life?” because we are afraid we won’t get the answer we want. C’mon… admit it. Tell me it doesn’t scare you sometimes to ask God:What/who do you want me to give up? How do you want me to use my time? How do you want me to spend my money? What about my life do you want me to change? What [...]

   

• Elections & God

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

  Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)It’s early evening on the night of a major election in America. I have no idea who will be elected when I wake up in the morning but I do know one thing…Whoever gets elected is exactly who God wants elected.Sometimes, as Christians, we don’t like that and strive to find reasons we “failed” to get someone elected. Now don’t get me wrong… we should vote, campaign and participate in our great country to elect those officials we believe will best represent God’s will for our country.However, we should never [...]