Life can get overwhelming at times. We are encouraged to be strong. We can do it, etc. But, what if we can’t? Anxiety creeps in and we begin to worry. I give you good news. We weren’t meant to be strong. We weren’t meant to carry loads. We weren’t meant to meet all the difficulties with our own resources. That is not what we created to do. We were meant to be constantly connected to God who has unlimited resources….
Be thankful 1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Colossians 2:6,7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful….
Why minimalize? There will be less to clean, less to store. Less clutter. So we can help more. Jesus teaches us in Matthew chapter 6 having food and raiment, be content. Shopping—Gaining or minimalizing Are we shopping out of need or want? How many pairs of shoes do I need? Another sweater? Me, I know that I have more clothes than I need. Is my phone adequate, or do I need the latest phone? Or another purse? How new of a car…
What was Adam and Eve’s sin? What did they do that was so bad they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden? Was eating the forbidden fruit all that important? Let’s take a look. I was thinking about this and reading Genesis 3. Satan didn’t tempt them with some awful sin. No. But, it touched the core of all sin—independence from God. Pride in thinking they could be like God. That they could run their own lives. That…
