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Who does not want clean and clear skin? Everyone desires it and want it. Clear and clean skin is everybody desires and there are many ways to achieve it. Some are born with clean and clear skin. Following are some of the ways to get that clean and clear skin:
Drink Green Tea
Drinking green tea daily is very beneficial for your skin. Green tea has many benefits, start drinking green tea if you want clean and clear skin:
Here is a list of all the health benefits of drinking green tea:
- Green tea boots your metabolism rate by four percent.
- According to a study, you can lose sixty pound in a year just by drinking green tea.
- Green tea also fights cancer.
Drink more water
We know that you have heard this "drink more water", probably a thousand times but it is important to understand as to why drinking more water is necessary? Let's take a look at the benefits of drinking more water:
As you start drinking more water you will notice that your metabolism is maximised.
Drinking less water can slow down your metabolism.
Drinking more water increases your energy level, and push you to exercise.
Bottom Line
Start drinking at least seven or eight glass of water daily if you want clean and clear skin.
Sleep Well
Sleep is very significant for clean and clear skin. When you sleep for more than six hours, your body starts releasing growth hormones which is good for your skin, it makes your face glow. Change your routine, instead of a hard workout go for a long walk.
Protein, Fat and Vegetables
A person generally eat three times day, in morning, afternoon and at night. If you want a clean and clear skin then you have to follow the same. You do not have to skip any of the main three meals as these are significant. Just instead of eating junk add protein, a fat source and low-carb vegetable in your meals. If you start eating this way then this will automatically make your skin good.
Here is a list of protein sources:
Meat: Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, bacon etc.
- Fish and seafood: Salmon, trout, shrimps, lobsters etc.
- Eggs: Omega 3 enriched or pastured eggs.
Eating protein is really beneficial for your skin, as this has shown to boost metabolism by 80 to 100 calories per day. Another reason is that consuming high protein diet can reduce obsessive thoughts about food by 60%, can also reduce desire for late-night snack by half, just by add protein in your diet.
Low-carb vegetables
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Brussels sprout
- Cabbage
- Swiss chard
- Lettuce
- Cucumber
- Celery
You can eat all of these low-carb vegetables as much as you want without a second thought.
And, here is a list of fat sources:
- Olive oil
- Coconut oil
- Avocado oil
- Butter
- Tallow
If you feel hungry in the afternoon or evening you can eat a light snack just make sure it's healthy. The best oil to use for cooking is coconut oil. It is rich in fat called Medium Chain Triglycerides ( MCT's ). These fats are more fulfilling and can boost your metabolism rate. These are saturated fats and are not harmful for your health.
Bottom Line
Add protein, low-carb vegetable and a fat source this will lower your insulin level drastically which will make your skin glow and you can have a clean and clear skin.
Wash your face twice a day
Not try but, you should wash your face twice a day! Yes, you can do it, it's not so hard, well you have to if you want a clear and clean skin. Remember to wash your face in a gentle manner and in circular motion. And after washing your face use a clean towel to wipe your face. DO NOT USE a dirty towel as this is the place where bacteria lives ( literally ) and can cause pimples.
Points to remember
- Scrub your face at least once a week to help exfoliate. Exfoliating means wiping off the dead skin and layers and layers of dead cells. Doing this once a week is healthy as well as great for your skin.
- DO NOT FORGET to use a moisturizer after washing your face it is very important. Like any other body part your face also needs to be healthy and keeping it moisturized is one way to do it.
Try not to touch your face at all
Yes….it is true! Touching your face with your dirty hands can cause pimples. And if pimples are already present than it can cause them to grow. So, stop touching your face. Stop touching your face if you want a clean and clear skin.
Work out like you mean it
Exercise is a great way to get rid of pimples which will obviously give you clean and clear skin. We will tell you how? When you exercise you sweat and your body releases stress. And stress is assumed to contribute to the formation of pimples. Although it has not been find out how but it does.
Points to remember
- Find a healthy way to release stress. Opt for a sport, like you can play badminton, football or cricket. Join a sports team, go to gym, go for a walk, just push your body to do certain kinds of exercises which it does not want to do. Simple. All of this will help you get a clearer skin.
- After you have done exercise, shower immediately. When you exercise you sweat which can cause pimples.
There is no need to explain as to why you should use garlic to get rid of pimple. But still let us tell you garlic's benefit. Garlic is an antiviral, anti – fungal, anti – septic and antioxidant agent that can help you get rid of pimples fast. The sulfur present in garlic also help in getting rid of pimples.
Use Astringents
Astringents are agents that cause the skin to get smaller or contract. Buy those astringents which contains antimicrobial ingredients as they help in fighting pimples and reduce the size of a pimple, in short you can have the clean and clear skin Here we are providing you a list of astringents which you can use :
Points to remember
- Store bought astringents: You can buy astringents from any store to get rid of pimple. It comes in all shapes and sizes. But try to buy those which contains benzoyl acid and salilyc acid. Ask for those astringents which are gentle for every skin type.
- Natural astringents which you can make at your home
- Lemon juice: The citric acid ( which lemon contains ) kills the bacteria that cause pimples and makes your skin tight. Slice a lemon and gently rub it all over your face. Use a toner after it so that the PH level of your skin remains balanced. Lemon have very strong natural acid that can mess up your skin PH level, which is why a toner is recommended.
- Banana peel: Banana peel if rubbed on affected area can decrease irritation.
- Witch Hazel: Another great natural astringent which you can use to get rid of pimples is witch hazel, Yes you heard it right. Just apply it on the affected area and let it dry.
Use Some Aspirin
If you have aspirin at home ( great ) crush some aspirin tablets and add a little amount of water to it, so that it can form in to a paste. Again with the help of a q- tip apply the paste directly to your pimple. Cover your pimples properly, and let it dry itself. You can leave it overnight and let aspirin fight your pimples. Again, no pimple means clean and clear skin.
Try Tea Tree Oil
What is tea tree oil ?
Tea tree oil also known as melaleuca oil. This can be yellow in color or nearly colorless. Tea tree oil has many benefits, it is a famous antiseptic. It is also found in soaps, shampoos, scrubs and perfumes. It can also be used to clean your toothbrush, mold treatment, and can work as a natural pest control. You can also add some drops of tea tree oil in your laundry for all the clothes to smell good and remain fresh.
Tea tree is an anti – bacterial essential oil that can decrease the microbes that after a pimple start building home in your pores. Same like the sea salt apply tea tree oil with the help of a q- tip directly to your pimples
Point to remember
- Be careful, apply a limited amount of tea tree oil.
- Tea tree oil have anti – inflammatory properties which helps in removing the redness.
Try Some Benzoyl Peroxide
What is benzoyl peroxide
Benzoyl peroxide is a member of peroxide family. It consists two benzoyl. When you apply Benzoyl peroxide it enters your skin, upon contact with skin it breaks in to benzoic acid and oxygen, and this oxgen acts as a free radical in the skin destroying cells and pimples.
Benzoyl Peroxide will help you get rid of pimples. As this kills the bacteria which contributes to the formation of pimples. Benzoyl Peroxide comes in different concentrations, but benzoyl peroxide with a 2.5 concentration is as effective as five to six percent formulations, and it is less irritating to the skin. Benzoyl peroxide is also helpful in peeling away layers of dead skin, leaving brighter rejuvenating skin.


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ECW¿s promised ¿holy s***¿ surprise for this Sunday's Guilty as Charged pay-per-view had some internet circles speculating that it would be the announcement of a new network deal or financial backer. ECW owner, Paul Heyman, told PWTorch.com that it has nothing to do with a television deal or the company¿s financial situation.
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Hey guys, just joined repticzone today! But i recently purchased a yellow anaconda from someone who kept her temps low, and knew almost nothing about the snake. He purchased it for 350! after i went to see her i explained to him all the problems she had, as she was having difficulty breathing, gaping, mucus discharge, milky yeyes, and she had a bit of an attitude problem. So i brought the price down to about 80 bucks. Good deal if you ask me. I had always wanted a yellow anaconda, so i couldn't say no. anyways i put her in a 20 gallon long with two water bowls(one close to warnside, one on coolside) some logs, and fake leaves for cover and i'll post a pic so you can see. Her temps are high up about 85-95 warm side and humidity never drops under 50 although i like to keep it at around 80. so far her milky eyes have cleared up, her skin is much more vibrant and her attitude has definitely changed for the good The only thing is her signs of respiratory infection haven't gone away yet. She still has mucus discharge from her nose and mouth ( i checked inside as well) , she still makes these strange sounds when you handle her and has swelling in her throat that "blows" up or inflates when she is held. I won't lie it has gotten better, and probably still will, i asked people around me and reptile stores what i can do and they all said i am doing everything right. i remember doing this with my boa when i first got him but he seemed to clear up pretty quick. and remember its only been 3 days. how long do you think it would be before i can see if it's working or not. well tell me what you think here's some pics nott he best quality though sorry!
and by the way she hasn't eaten either. but i'm guessing that's because of the respiratory infection.
|02/19/12 11:08am
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It sounds like you are doing what you can. A round of antibiotics would be advisable but if you have no vet willing to prescribe the meds you're out of luck there. Keep the temps on the warm side and try waiting it out is all you can really do. As far as not feeding, anacondas frequently go off feed for several months so even without the RI it may be off feed. Keep offering meals and don't fret too much until it starts showing real weight loss.
|02/19/12 11:48am
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yes i was thinking that too. she does show interest in food and will come up to it and everything but just won't "take" it not sure why. that's not my main worry. but how long do you think i could start seeing results? a week or two?
|02/19/12 11:52am
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Hard to tell recovery times. RI can be tuff to kick. Without meds it could string along for weeks.
|02/19/12 03:33pm
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hey got some great news. I switched the paper towel to some mulch and she shed right away. don't know if it has anything to do with the substrate change but she shed and her colours are beautiful! the infection also looks alot better. No smelling or gaping, or mucusy discharge. There is still the occasional "weeze" but things are looking really good in my opinion.
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Do you have a horse / tack / farming store near you ... We have used various forms of powdered tetracycline for cattle with moderate success in the water...it is water soluble .Look specifically for DURAMYACIN 10
It is listed as a "wide spectrum antibiotic....also available in liquid injection form , but I have no idea as to the dosage
You can see it online here....
Duramyacin 10
We use 1 -2 tabl spoons per gallon of water for an 8 foot burm that has shown improvement ...after the burm drinks we change the water to fresh .... no additional water is offered to basically coerce the snake to drink when it is offered the medicated water 1x per week
Store the gallon in the fridge to preserve or make fresh batch...
|04/05/12 02:47am
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Hey You,
I have used Tylan and it can be bought online.I swear it does work.Amie told me about it and Iam glad she did.It has saved me a ton of money.Talk to Amie,she will help you. Good Luck
Jon Whittington If you need to call me 323-469-9271
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EastEnders' Michelle Fowler's secret affair with her teenage boyfriend Preston is set to be exposed this week
EastEnders' Michelle Fowler's secret affair with her teenage student is set to be exposed this week.
The former teacher - portrayed by Jenna Russell - fled America earlier this year after her husband and son found out that she'd been sleeping with her 17-year-old pupil Preston Cooper (Martin Anzor) but her whole world is set to crumble before her eyes over the next coming days when her sex scandal is revealed to her brother Martin Fowler (James Bye) and her niece Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield).
A source said: "Michelle thought running away from America would save her from the consequences of their affair, but the Preston won't go away! Now that he's here she's in even more trouble."
Michelle will struggled to keep her feelings under wraps when Preston strikes up a romance with Bex - who he previously slept with to get back at his older lover - and gathers the whole family together to tell them about the couple's new blossoming romance - even though it's all fake to get back at his ex.
However, once it all comes out, it's unlikely that his family are going to take the news of Michelle's affair, which is actually illegal across the pond, with Preston very well.
A spy told Inside Soap magazine: "This revelation is going to change the Fowler family forever. Martin grew up idolising his sister, so she's going to take a huge hit in his estimations. Bex is going to feel humiliated and deeply betrayed. She's been to hell and back recently, so this could really mess her up."
And it looks as though things will go from bad to worse for Michelle as it's thought she is now pregnant with Preston's baby - even though she's just been diagnosed with sleep deprivation.


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The Toronto blessing, a term coined by British churches, describes the revival and resulting phenomena that began in January 1994 at the Toronto Airport Vineyard church, now the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF), a neocharismatic evangelical Christian church located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Participants in the conferences and meetings sponsored by TACF have reported healings, incidents of personal transformation and a greater awareness of God's love. It has also been referred to as the Father's blessing, the Anointing, the Awakening, the River and the Fire.
The blessing has become known for ecstatic worship, including what is known as falling or resting in the Spirit, laughter, shaking, and crying.[1] "Holy laughter" was a hallmark manifestation and there were also instances of participants roaring like lions and making other animal noises.[2] Leaders and participants claim that these are physical manifestations of the Holy Spirit's presence and power. One TACF teaching, the golden sword prophecy, has been spreading among charismatic churches.[3]
Some Christian leaders were enthusiastic about what they saw as a renewal in North American Christianity, while others saw it as hysteria and spiritually dangerous.[2] Critics referred to it as "self-centered and evil" and cited the strange manifestations as warning signs. Others defended the blessing as historically rooted in earlier revivals and as having positive effects in the lives of participants.[2] In his book, Counterfeit Revival, Hank Hanegraaff makes the case that the revival has done more damage than good, saying that Toronto was a matter of people being worked into altered states of consciousness where they obscure reality and enshrine absurdity.
The Toronto blessing began at the Airport church when pastors John and Carol Arnott were inspired by a revival in Argentina led by Claudio Freidzen and in South Africa.[2] They invited Randy Clark of St. Louis, Missouri to minister at the church in January 1994. Randy Clark had been influenced by the ministry of Rodney Howard-Browne, a South African preacher, founder of the Rodney Howard-Browne Evangelistic Association in Louisville, Kentucky, and the earliest known proponent of the "holy laughter" revival phenomenon. Clark preached at the Airport church for two months starting January 20 and introduced some of Howard-Browne's approach into TACF practice.
In that first revival service, there were about 120 people in attendance. Arnott recalled that most members fell on the floor "laughing, rolling, and carrying on".[2] During that first year, the church's size tripled to 1,000 members and meetings were held every night except on Mondays as the revival's influence spread. Reports of similar revivals emerged from Atlanta, Anaheim, Saint Louis, several Canadian sites, Cambodia, and Albania. It was common for visitors to carry the influence of the revival back to their home congregations - two notable British cases in point being Holy Trinity, Brompton and Holy Trinity, Cheltenham. Areas that have become known for Toronto Blessing type revivals worldwide include Pensacola, Florida, home of the Brownsville Revival, and Bath, England.
In 1995, the Airport church was released from affiliation with the Vineyard movement. The reasons for the disaffiliation were for growing tension over the church's emphasis on extraordinary manifestations of the Holy Spirit and the Vineyard leadership's inability to exercise oversight over the revival.[1]
The peak of the Toronto blessing's prominence in the Christian community occurred in the mid to late 1990s. Since that time it has faded from public view, although the proponents of Discernment Ministries would suggest that these kinds of events are simply part of a wider theological cycle that has existed continually throughout modern era Pentecostalism / Charismatism. [4]
Popular culture
The Toronto blessing was referenced in the 2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Careless."
- "Toronto Blessing" by M. M. Poloma, p1149–1152 in The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements ed. Stanley M. Burgess, assoc. ed. Eduard M. van der Maas. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: 2002, Zondervan)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bowker, John (1997). "Toronto Blessing". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-TorontoBlessing.html. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Maxwell, Joe (October 24), "Laughter Draws Toronto Charismatic Crowds", Christianity Today 38 (12), http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1994/october24/4tc078.html
- ↑ Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects - "Golden Sword Prophecy"
- ↑ Buttner, Charleen (2001-07-19). "Latter Rain". University of Virginia. http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Latrain.html.
External links
- Video archive of services from TACF's official website
- Some or all of this article is forked from Wikipedia. The original article was at Toronto Blessing. The list of authors can be seen in the page history.


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As José van Dijck (@jvdijck) and Thomas Poell (@tpoell) explain in their article "Understanding Social Media Logic" (2013), Social Media logic is based on a variety of principles:
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Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger and Kenneth Cukier, cited by José van Dijck and Thomas Poell described the Datafication as the ability of online platforms to obtain a variety of data from internet users. For example, demographic data through surveys, users' behaviours, location of the individual through mobile's GPS apps, and interests of users such as music, books and videos among other type of data.
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Continuing on in our Marriage improvement plan
The husband's love must be personal.
He must love her as his own body (Ephesians 5, verse. 28). Every day the husband brushes his teeth, combs his hair, and clothes himself. Every day he maintains his body. Sadly, husbands often go weeks without ministering to their wives. It is very easy to get so busy with life, work, and ministry that one inadvertently allows weeds to grow in his marriage. Love must be personal. He must love her like his own body. He must daily take time to cultivate a happy home.
When the world hears the phrase "male leadership," it often has negative connotations, but it should not if properly understood. Consider what Christ taught his disciples about leadership in Luke 22:25-27.
Jesus said to them, 'The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.'
As described in Luke 22, male leadership primarily means greater service. Christ told his disciples that whoever wanted to be the greatest must be like "the youngest." The Jewish culture was very hierarchical, meaning that the youngest would always serve the oldest. But, Jesus spoke to this hierarchical culture and said that true leadership is servant leadership. To lead means to be like the youngest—the servant of all. True leaders will forego their right of being served in order to serve others. That's how husbands should be in marriage. They should be constantly humbling themselves in order to serve their wives.
Christ demonstrated this leadership in John 13, when he did the work of a slave by washing his disciples' feet. There is nothing negative about this type of leadership. God always intended this type of loving leadership for the marriage relationship, and the husband must daily seek to cultivate it.
What other traits should characterize gender roles in marriage?
The Husband Must Submit to Christ's Leadership
First Corinthians 11:3 says: "Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God."
In this verse, we see the divine prerogative: Christ submits to God, the man submits to Christ, and the woman submits to man. If the husband is going to lead his wife according to God's design, he must first submit to Christ. It is for this reason that a wife must submit to her husband, for when she is following her husband, she is really submitting to Christ's delegated authority.
This brings a grave responsibility to each husband to know Christ's leading. He must truly be somebody who abides in God's Word and prayer so that he can discern God's voice. The man considering marriage should ask himself, "Am I pursuing the Lord in such a way that I can know his voice in order to lovingly lead a wife and a family?" It has commonly been said, "Only those who are near, hear." The husband must be near Christ, his head, to hear his voice. Only the husband who is near Christ will be able to model Christ and lead properly.
This is also important for single women to hear and consider because not every man is spiritually fit for leadership. They should ask themselves about a potential husband, "Does this man love Christ? Is this man following Christ? Is he spiritually fit to lead?" One can be sure that if a single man is not faithful in following Christ, he will not be faithful when married. Scripture says that he who is unfaithful with little, will be unfaithful with much (Luke 16:10, paraphrase). Husbands must continually be submitting to the leadership of Christ in order to properly lead their homes.
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September 29, 2015
Instead of using his leadership to control or dominate his wife, God calls the husband to use his leadership to love his wife. God planned this from the beginning. The husband would lead through loving his wife. What should this love look like? Paul teaches that the husband's love should mirror Christ's love for the church. In Ephesians 5:25-28, he says:
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
What can we learn about a husband's love from Christ's example?1
1. The husband's love must be realistic.
The husband should have no fantasies about the woman he is marrying (v. 25). Christ loved the church, but he knew she was sinful and disobedient. Christ gave his life for the church while knowing her faults. His love was realistic.
In marriage, both mates must grasp this reality. In fact, much of pre-marital counseling is destroying the false expectations set up through romantic comedies and Hollywood. The husband must love realistically. This woman does not walk on water; she has been infected by sin just as he has. She must be reformed daily by God's grace, and she must be loved through her faults. Scripture says, "Love covers a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). Having a realistic love is important for both mates because if they don't have it, they will become disillusioned. No doubt, one of the reasons for such a high number of divorces in the first year of marriage is because most love is not realistic.
2. The husband's love must be sacrificial.
He is to love her as Christ loved the church and be willing to die for her (v. 25). It should be understood that if anybody feels like the wife's role is unfair, they should give more thought to the man's. It is much easier to submit to someone than to give one's life for that person. This love that the husband is supposed to embody is impossible apart from the grace of God. To love sacrificially means the husband must often give up other things in order to serve and please his wife. He must sacrifice for her. He must sacrifice time, friendships, career, entertainment, hobbies, etc., in order to love his wife like Christ.
3. The husband's love must be purposeful.
The purpose of Christ's love is to make the church holy, cleansing her by washing with the Word (v. 26-27). Christ's purpose is to make the church a perfect bride. Similarly, the husband must love his wife through teaching her Scripture, getting her involved in a Bible preaching church, and encouraging her to get involved with the ministries of the church.
He must seek to cultivate not only her character but also her calling, so she can fulfill God's plans for her life. He must help her discern her gifts and talents and encourage her in the use of them for the glory of God. This purposeful love also means at times admonishing her to help her know Christ more. Every man should consider if he is ready and willing to love a woman in this way even before getting married. Is he ready to be a spiritual leader? Is he ready to be devoted to the spiritual development of his wife?
Okay, we are going to park right here, I want to keep this shorter than yesterday's so you can read it and have time to really ponder where we are going with this. I would suggest printing these out and each spouse reading them and prayerfully talk about this with out blaming or making a person feel guilty. Repairing a marriage is the most difficult task in the world, hard, not impossible.
Pray for Charles who is having bronchial problems
Kim and her battle with cancer
Joseph and a career change
Pam and her back
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September 28, 2015
God's original intention was for the husband to lead the marriage, which can be clearly discerned from Scripture. In this lesson, we will establish the husband's authority by looking at the creation narrative. We will consider the perversion of gender roles as a result of the Fall, and then we will consider God's reestablishment of the husband's and wife's roles by looking at other key Scripture passages.
Let's first start with a biblical foundation for male leadership. How do we see this established in the creation story?
God Created Adam Before Eve to Demonstrate His Authority.
In the creation story, God first made Adam and then Eve as his helper. Genesis 2:18 says, "The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'"
In 1 Timothy 2, Paul used the creation order as evidence for men being the leaders/teachers in the church and not women. Look at what he said in 1 Timothy 2:12-13: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve."
Some have tried to explain away Paul's teaching on male leadership in the church as simply cultural and, therefore, not applicable to the church today. However, Paul's argument for male leadership was not just a cultural argument. Paul used a creation argument for the establishment of male leadership, meaning that God established this order from the beginning. Certainly, in the ancient culture, birth order was very important. The first born child would often receive a double portion of the inheritance. Birth order showed one's rank. Similarly, Paul said God's creation of Adam first was not haphazard but by sovereign design. It was meant to show his leadership in relation to his wife.
God established the husband's authority in the home from the beginning of creation, and Paul's argument was that this authority should continue to be reflected in God's church.
In what other ways do we see the husband's authority reflected in the creation story?
Adam's Naming of His Wife Demonstrated His Authority
Another evidence of God's original design for male leadership in the home is demonstrated in the fact that Adam named his wife. We see Adam's naming of his wife in two parts. First, in Genesis 2, God called for Adam to name all the animals. After naming them, God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep, and, from his body, God created Adam's wife. Then Adam immediately named her. Genesis 2:23 says, "The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.'" As Adam originally named the animals, he then named his wife "woman." Secondly, after the Fall, he then called her "Eve" because she would be the mother of all the living (Gen 3:20).
Similar to ancient times, naming in our culture still is a reflection of one's authority. Parents name their children since they are the authority. God's design for Adam to lead his wife can be clearly discerned from the creation story, both in the creation order and in the naming of his wife.
Gender Roles Were Perverted in the Fall
In the Fall, Satan tempted Eve to eat from the forbidden tree. Scripture actually says that Eve was deceived but not Adam. First Timothy 2:14 says, "Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." Why does it say that Adam was not deceived but the woman was?
Remember, in the context of 1 Timothy 2, Paul is making the argument that women should not be the leaders/teachers in the church (cf. 2:12). He seems to be making the argument that the Fall happened because Adam willingly followed his wife instead of being the leader God had called him to be. Eve was deceived, and Adam followed even though he knew it was wrong. Satan's temptation disrupted God's original order.
With that said, let's consider the effects of the Fall on gender roles in marriage. God said this about the effects, "To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you'" (Gen 3:16).
What did God mean when he said to the woman, "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you"? The meaning is ambiguous, but it is made clearer by considering the use of the Hebrew word "desire" in other texts
In Genesis 4:7, God used the same word to describe "sin" trying to dominate Cain and provoke him to anger over God's acceptance of Abel's offering. Listen to what God said to Cain:
Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.'
Here the word "desire" means to control, and thus, we can understand the effect of sin on the distinct roles of the husband and wife (or man and woman). The wife would try to control the husband, and the husband would try to dominate the wife. The battle of the sexes was one of the results of the Fall.
We have seen these effects throughout history in many ways. In some cultures, the husbands are apathetic, spiritually lazy, and sometimes absent, consequently the wife has to lead the home. In others, the husband tries to dominate by force and the woman has very few rights. The domination of the male has been seen in the fight for women's rights throughout history. Many societies abuse women and treat them like a piece of property. This was never God's original design. This came as a result of sin—the man would try to rule the woman by force.
We certainly see the effects of sin in the dating realm. It is displayed in the predatory male who wants to dominate and sleep with as many women as possible. It is also displayed in the predatory female who seeks to control men with her beauty and use them to attain all of her desires.
Most importantly, we see this battle in the home, where the husband and wife strive for power—marring God's original design. God is a God of order; he understood that the institution of marriage could not function properly if it did not have clear leadership. This is true with any institution: the military, business, school, and even church. Therefore, God intended for the husband to be the leader in order to achieve his original purposes through marriage.
Obviously, this teaching is controversial. People seem to believe order and leadership in marriage means inequality. However, this is not true. A general and a private are equal in person but not equal in rank. Rank is needed to bring about good order and discipline in the military. Leadership is needed to accomplish the mission without discord. Similarly, God has a great mission for every marriage. It is the basic unit of all society, and when it is out of order, all of society is out of order. Therefore, he established clear leadership for this purpose.
Now, with that said, what should the husband's leadership look like practically? What should the wife's submission look like? The husband is not supposed to be a dominate tyrant and the wife is not called to be a doormat. In the beginning, God called Adam and Eve to rule and steward creation together. This loving and orderly partnership was meant to accomplish God's mission on the earth.
What should the husband's and wife's roles look like in marriage? Personality and upbringing make each godly home different, but the basic roles and principles should be the same.
Pray for Pat who because of an unscrupulous financial planner has lost pretty much all her savings
For Karen and her back, insurance won't cover physical therapy
For Wanda and her fight with mental illness, it shouldn't be a fight there should be acceptance and stay with her medicine.
simple, short,
September 27, 2015
The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One. Many ordinary treasures may be denied him, or if he is allowed to have them, the enjoyment of them will be so tempered that they will never be necessary to his happiness. Or if he must see them go, one after one, he will scarcely feel a sense of loss, for having the Source of all things he has in One all satisfaction, all pleasure, all delight. Whatever he may lose, he has actually lost nothing, for he now has it all in One, and he has it purely, legitimately and forever.
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this desert wasteland where I have wandered so long. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Pray for Pat, she is experiencing severe back problems
Pray for Chris, a young father who had a serious motorcycle accident
Pray Kim and her battle with cancer
Pray for those that battle depression
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Pray for marriages, if the family is destroyed so is the nation
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someone cares
September 26, 2015
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.(kjv)
New International Version (NIV)
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Sidlow Baxter points out that there are two kinds of care here:
There is anxious care, in the words: "Casting all your care upon Him"; and there is affectionate care, in the words: "He careth for you." Over against all our own anxious care is our Savior's never-failing affectionate care.
Worry is unnecessary; there is no need for us to bear the burdens when He is willing and able to bear them for us. Worry is futile; it hasn't solved a problem yet. Worry is sin. A preacher once said: "Worry is sin because it denies the wisdom of God; it says that He doesn't know what He's doing. It denies the love of God; it says He does not care. And it denies the power of God; it says that He isn't able to deliver me from whatever is causing me to worry." Something to think about!
Yet we are the greatest experts in this area.
Whatever is troubling you give it to God in prayer.
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Pray for Rolfe, dying of cancer, weeks left
Pray for Richard H. in the last stage of dementia
Pray for Randy, needs to commit his heart to Jesus.
yesterday's devotion was supposed to be one page, not 13 as some people have commented, I don't know why some posts were different in length from others, that has never happened before.
pure gold
September 25, 2015
Everyone knows that rewards work. If you are going to train a dog to do tricks, you better have some doggie biscuits in your pocket. If you are trying to potty train a toddler, rewards are pretty handy also. The credit card industry has also gotten the hint and they compete for our credit business by offering rewards to use for free flights, discounts, cash back or some other form of return. And we as consumers figure that since we have to buy stuff anyhow, we might as well get something back. It's our human nature to look for rewards or return.
As we have studied financial giving in God's word, we hopefully felt the need to evaluate our giving. And we probably have wondered what would happen if we did begin to give what we think God wants us to give. Would anything change for me? Would I be better off financially? Would I simply be better off spiritually? What would happen?
Hebrews 11:6 says that God "rewards those who earnestly seek him." God rewards. It's just the way God is. God is not in anyone's debt.
The rewards we discuss in this study are not a deal we can make with God. He is sovereign and we can't make Him do anything. Our motive must remain rooted in simple thankfulness for His grace. But we can know that when the books of earth are closed someday in eternity, no one will ever say that they give more to God than He gave to them.
Everyone knows that rewards work. If you are going to train a dog to do tricks, you better have some doggie biscuits in your pocket. If you are trying to potty train a toddler, rewards are pretty handy also. The credit card industry has also gotten the hint and they compete for our credit business by offering rewards to use for free flights, discounts, cash back or some other form of return. And we as consumers figure that since we have to buy stuff anyhow, we might as well get something back. It's our human nature to look for rewards or return.
As we have studied financial giving in God's word, we hopefully felt the need to evaluate our giving. And we probably have wondered what would happen if we did begin to give what we think God wants us to give. Would anything change for me? Would I be better off financially? Would I simply be better off spiritually? What would happen?
Hebrews 11:6 says that God "rewards those who earnestly seek him." God rewards. It's just the way God is. God is not in anyone's debt.
The rewards we discuss in this study are not a deal we can make with God. He is sovereign and we can't make Him do anything. Our motive must remain rooted in simple thankfulness for His grace. But we can know that when the books of earth are closed someday in eternity, no one will ever say that they give more to God than He gave to them.
A Generous Woman (2 Kings 4:8-37; 8:1-6)
Around 850 BC, a wealthy woman in Shunem, about 5 miles south of Nazareth, one day asked Elisha the traveling prophet to eat at her home (2 Kings 4:8-10). He did so and her house soon became a regular stop whenever Elisha came through the area.
Helping Elisha must have somehow been rewarding to the woman, because she began to think of ways that she might be able to bless him even more. She told her husband that she wanted to build a small addition onto the home to give Elisha his own furnished room when he came. Then he would be able to come and relax there. What a blessing! And that's exactly what they did.
This Shunamite woman was much like several families I have known in our church and elsewhere who have space in their homes that they developed largely to offer it to house missionaries while they are at home in the United States. They have generously spent their money and give their hospitality in the spirit of this Shunamite woman.
Now this woman didn't do this to "get" anything. She didn't make a deal with God that if she built this room for Elisha, she expected certain things back from God. She seemingly just gave as God led her. But what happened? Elisha wondered aloud if there was a way that He could bless her and his servant Gehazi mentioned that she didn't have a son (2 Kings 4:11-13). Evidently it was a real desire of her heart that so far had not been fulfilled. So Elisha the prophet promised her a son. And God came through as Elisha promised! This woman who had been childless had a bouncing baby boy! God is certainly a rewarder! The blessing of a child was a far greater blessing to her than she had even been to Elisha.
A Generous God
Now the story doesn't end here. This child grew and as a boy one day working with his dad in the fields, he suddenly died. Of course the woman was heart broken – and even angry at God and Elisha. She laid the body of her only son on Elisha's bed in his room and went to find Elisha. In her bitter grief she said, "Did I ask you for a son, my lord?" she said. "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't raise my hopes" (2 Kings 4:28)?
So Elisha went to her house, prayed and laid himself over the body of the boy and God gave her son life again. God gave her a son to begin with and the God raised him from the dead, giving him to her again.
God is a giver. But we learn that when we give to God, there is no guarantee that life will suddenly be wonderful and without pain. When we give, we will still be tested.
There was yet another time when this Shunamite woman was tested – this time financially (2 Kings 8:1-6). Elisha told this woman to leave the land of Israel because God had revealed to him that a seven year famine was coming.
Evidently the Shunamite woman's husband who was older had died by then because now she was a widow. So she left the country of Israel to avoid the famine. But what evidently happened in those days is that if you left the country for an extended time, your abandoned land would become either the property of the king or perhaps of a relative. But whoever had it, evidently it was no sure thing that you would get it back.
So when the Shunamite woman came back to the land, she went before the king to beg to get her land back. This is where God's rewarding character is again obvious. When this woman comes to King Joram, Gehazi, Elisha's servant, just happened to be talking to the king. Imagine that! And the king has just at that moment had asked Gehazi to tell him about his master Elisha's miracles.
(2 Kings 8:5-6) "Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to beg the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, "This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." {6} The king asked the woman about it, and she told him. Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, "Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now."
So how did this woman's generosity work out in the long run? Her gifts to God were initially just meals for Elijah and then she built and furnished a small room for him. God's gifts to her included the birth of a son, the resurrection of her son, advance warning of a 7-year famine and then God made sure she received her land back – plus seven years income!
God is an incredible rewarder to those who give to Him out of a grateful heart. But along with the principle we find in Old Testament scriptures the principle that those who refuse to give miss out on God's blessings.
Robbing God of Tithes under the Old Covenant
In the time of Malachi the prophet (about 400 BC), there were serious spiritual problems in Israel. The book of Malachi addresses several of them. The Israelites were bringing God sacrifices consisting of their maimed animals (1:7-8). The priests had stopped teaching the word of God accurately (2:1-9). Furthermore, the Israelites had married unbelievers (2:11-16) and were divorcing their wives (2:13-16). They were even saying that evil people were good (2:17). Included in God's rebuke through the prophet Malachi was proof that they had turned from God as shown by the fact that they stopped giving their tithes and offerings (Malachi 3:7-9).
At first they denied that they had turned from God (Malachi 3:7). They seems to have protested that they had done nothing wrong, What do you mean, return to God? I'm doing fine with God. I don't need to change anything.
And then interestingly Malachi uses as their failure to give financially as evidence of their spiritual state. He tells them, You've robbed God. Now they are really sputtering. How do we rob God?
(Malachi 3:8-9) "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. {9} You are under a curse–the whole nation of you–because you are robbing me." The failure to bring their tithes and offerings is called robbing God.
Tithes are a largely misunderstood part of Bible teaching about giving. "Tithe" is a Bible term that means 1/10th. Tithing was an obligation under the covenant of the Old Testament law. The first 10% of their crops went to God. The following chart describe the basic tithing requirements under the Law.
Giving Forms in the Old Testament
1. Regular Tithes = 10% of crops (income) given each year to the Lord (Leviticus 27:30) OBLIGATION
a. Provided regular income for Levites and Priests serving at the temple in Jerusalem (Numbers 18:21-26)
b. Provided means for having three special feasts in Jerusalem each year (or if they lived too far away, they could bring money – Deuteronomy 14:22-26)
2. 2nd Tithe every 3rd year = 3.33% OBLIGATION
c. Used to support the local Levites and the needy (Deut. 14:27-29)
3. Personal Offerings – Any other gifts (2 Kings 12:4; Mark 12:41 – voluntary vows, gifts). VOLUNTARY
There is some scholarly discussion and disagreement on the details of the tithing laws. It is possible that the feasting tithe (1/a above) was actually a 2nd separate tithe and thus it would mean an additional 10% tithe was required. This would actually make the annual "tithe" a total of 23.3% of one's yearly income. But we'll assume for now that it was part of the 1st tithe. Even then, the basic Israelite farmer would be giving an average of 13.3% per year as an obligation. Then they could and should give offerings above the tithe as thanks or praise.
These additional personal offerings were personal worship decisions. An example of this would be the widow at temple we studied who gave her two small copper coins while the wealthy threw in large amounts (Mark 12:41). These gifts were over and above tithing. When Josiah collected money to restore the temple, that was all above the tithes (2 Kings 12:4). And these financial offerings still did not account for many of the sin offerings and other offerings that involved animals or produce of the field.
So under the giving system of the Law, an obedient Israelite would be giving 13% (or maybe 23%) that was their obligation, plus whatever God led them to give above that in personal offerings.
Malachi rebuked the Israelites of his day who for the most part were not giving their tithes and offerings. He said that they had thus robbed God. As it turns out, they were actually robbing themselves of God's blessings. Notice the promise of God to the Israelites if they were to repent of their failure to give.
Blessings for Giving in the Old Testament
(Malachi 3:10-12) "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. {11} I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. {12} "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty."
God is promising Israel financial success as a reward for tithing. Now before we start planning on building a new home and buying that yacht because we are going to give, we need to remember several things. 1) God's purpose in rewarding us is not so that we can become selfishly wealthy. 2) We do not have the promise about tithing repeated today in the New Testament. We live under the new covenant and we actually don't have a tithing law in the New Testament. No one can tell you that you must give 10% or 13% plus other voluntary offerings. That was the Old Covenant.
But it would seem a bit strange that we would make it our goal in this age of grace to do less than what was required under the law. In His teaching Jesus often challenged people to live by a higher standard now under grace than what Moses had required under the law (e.g. Matthew 5:27, 28).
So although the law of tithing and the financial promises of tithing are not in force today, we find from the words of Jesus and from the epistles of the New Testament that the general principle of God's promises to givers are still true.
Blessings for Givers according to Jesus
Jesus taught the basic principle that God rewards those who are generous not only financially, but generous in spirit. Listen to the words of Christ.
"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. What kind of reward? It doesn't say – perhaps here, perhaps heaven. {36} Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. {37} "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." (Luke 6:35-37)
People who do good to others generally find themselves blessed with the same kind of graciousness with which they treat others. God makes sure that happens somehow. Jesus says next that God gives back even more than a generous merchant.
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Luke 6:38)"
A "good measure" meant that when you bought grain in the market, the merchant didn't do to you what the potato chip people do to us. When we open the potato chip bag we often find it half empty when we think it's going to be full. But a generous merchant would fill his measure to the brim and then press it down and shake it so it settles so he could get a little more in before giving it to you as the costumer.
Jesus says God is like that generous merchant – only more so! God will reward us in such abundance of blessings that they will be overflowing our basket and filling the robe in our lap. God is just that way! He will not be out-given.
What kind of giving is Jesus talking about? He could mean money, but He could also be referring to anything of ours that we give away – time, concern for others, encouragement, money or other material things. And what kind of return or blessing is Jesus promising? God may give back to us in many ways. In His miraculous way He can choose to bless us financially through finding us good deals, preventing high expenses or by providing raises or more hours and overtime. But it could be also be that God bless our "giving" by rewarding us with unexpected time to relax even though we had given away time to serve others. It could be that God miraculously bless our marriage, restores relationships or health or any number of good things.
At our church we need to replace our entire roof one fall. We hired a contractor who was willing to work with our volunteers. Many guys gave up their time in the evenings and Saturday to help on the project and the total cost was far below the estimate of having a contractor do it all. How did God reward those who volunteered to help? I don't know all the ways, but I am confident that they were rewarded with joy, fellowship and even God's provision of time that they needed for their own family and personal projects.
Those who give time regularly to serving others in their church, family and community are not shortchanged in the long run. Providentially, God takes care of the time needs of those who gave time, the financial needs of those who give financially and the encouragement needs of those who give encouragement.
From what we've seen from the Shunemmite woman and from the tithing promises of Malachi and Jesus' words to us here, we can be sure that God will reward our financial giving. We may not get wealthy, but no one will get to heaven and think, Boy, I got the raw end of that giving stuff.
Blessings for givers in the church age
In the New Testament God's promises to givers include a great variety of both spiritual and financial blessings. In 2 Corinthians 8 and 9 Paul urges the church at Corinth to give to an offering he is collecting for famine relief for believers in Jerusalem. At the end of his exhortation he lists some of the blessings they will experience if they do.
If God is working in our heart to produce a new attitude of giving based on stewardship, contentment, trust and worship, then what God wants us to know very clearly from the following passages is that we will never regret it.
The general principle is exactly what Jesus taught: God blesses givers; "Whoever sows generously will also reap generously." (2 Corinthians 9:6-14). Here are other blessings Paul describes that will come just from participating in this offering for needy believers in Jerusalem.
1. We will have enough to live on (8). "…having all that you need."
2. Our ministry will multiply (8,11). "You will abound in every good work… [God] will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
3. We will have enough to give more (10-11). "[God] will also supply and increase your store of seed … {11} You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion"
4. People will thank for supplying their needs (12) "… your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God … supplying the needs of God's people…"
5. People will praise God for your obedience to God and generosity (13)… "Men will praise God for the obedience … and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else."
6. People will pray for you (14) "And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you."
If we are privileged to live the kind of life described above, our life will be richly blessed indeed! As I look over this list of God's rewards, I find that all six of these blessing describe God's reward on the lives of my wife and I. It certainly does not mean that there are not many other struggles or trials in our lives, but as we have given to God financially as He has directed us concerning our local church and other ministries, He really has given us these rewards.
To appreciate God's rewards, we have to adjust our expectations. Those who teach that it's God's will that Christians should be wealthy appeal to the selfishness of our hearts. They suppose that "godliness is a means to financial gain" (1 Timothy 6:5). The problem with that thinking is first of all that God never promises that in the New Testament and secondly, that if we give in order to live selfishly, we forfeit the real rewards God promised here.
If we struggle with a constant desire to be better off financially, we must note in the passage above what Paul promised the Corinthians. The reason why God will bless them financially is not so that they can spend it on upgrading their lifestyle, but so that they could give more. "[God] will also supply and increase your store of seed … {11} You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion" (2 Corinthians 9:10-11).
The principle is not that we should "Give to Get." God's word is saying that we should "Give to Get, to Give more." God rewards that kind of an unselfish heart.
If you want to conduct a great experiment, try to out give God, the more you give away the more blessings seem to come into your life, notice I said blessings and not money.
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Since we don't accept offerings or gifts on this web site I hope everyone realizes the motives of a pure heart, well maybe not a pure heart, but a honest heart, well maybe…………
Pray for Karen, extreme back issues, pray for Paul k, that he would trust God especially in obedience.
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September 24, 2015
The Church will come out of her doldrums when we find out that salvation is not a lightbulb only, that it is not an insurance policy against hell only, but that it is a gateway into God and that God is all that we would have and can desire.
Christianity is a gateway into God. And then when you get into God, "with Christ in God," then you're on a journey into infinity, into infinitude. There is no limit and no place to stop. There isn't just one work of grace, or a second work or a third work, and then that's it. There are numberless experiences and spiritual epochs and crises that can take place in your life while you are journeying out into the heart of God in Christ.
God is infinite! That's the hardest thought I will ask you to grasp. You cannot understand what infinite means, but don't let it bother you—I don't understand it and I'm trying to explain it! "Infinite" means so much that nobody can grasp it, but reason nevertheless kneels and acknowledges that God is infinite. We mean by infinite that God knows no limits, no bounds and no end. What God is, He is without boundaries. All that God is, He is without bounds or limits.
God doesn't extend into space; God contains space.
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So many prayer requests today, the prayer team is on it.
Pray for Paul C, accountability
Paul K, acceptability, (you have to think about that one)
Paul J. his wife is praying for accessibility
Could be a sermon outline
Continue to pray for Olivia, Kim, and Karen, and Susan H. all need healing.
September 23, 2015
Stewardship is a matter of the heart
There's an old story about a dad who gave his son two quarters as he heads for Sunday School. He told the boy that he should give one quarter in the offering and he could keep the other to get an ice cream cone. (I guess that price for an ice cream cone proves how old the story is). As the boy walked down the street he accidentally dropped one of the quarters which then rolled into a storm drain and disappeared. The boy looked for a moment down the drain and then slowly looked toward the sky, sighed and said, Well God, there goes your quarter.
The very idea of giving sets off an internal war in us. Whose money is it? In the last several studies, we have been seeking to understand financial stewardship from the Bible. It's a very personal subject. And the biblical concept of stewardship is that God own everything – both quarters.
Stewardship means that as believers we are each assigned different amounts of material things to manage for God. And that really is a test from God. But because material things do have our name on them, it creates a tension. Who really determines where our money goes? Will I really use my financial and material things exactly how God wants me to?
What we see in this study and the next about giving won't make any sense unless we understand that we are stewards managing God's money. This study will focus on what the Bible often calls our "heart." The heart, in Bible usage, is often a metaphor of our will. It's where we make up our mind if we will do what God wants. We can only understand what God says about financial giving if we align our heart with his.
Jesus told us to store up treasures in heaven as an expression of a devoted heart. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. {20} But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. {21} For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:19-21)
Jesus was greatly concerned about our heart. Our heart will naturally attach to physical things that moths destroy – speaking of valued cloth and clothes – or things that rust destroys or corrodes or anything valuable that thieves take.
Money sure gets away easily, doesn't it? (Proverbs 23:5) "Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle." In contrast, Jesus urges us to store up treasures in heaven. Jesus is calling us to think differently about treasure. Attach your heart to things that last forever, Jesus says.
The real issue is that where our treasure is, our heart is. Period. This passage is not specifically talking about giving money to God or ministry, but it is teaching us something crucial about a decision we must make prior to any giving. Where is our heart? Which do we value – financial or eternal treasure?
Giving or tithing is going to be meaningless at best if we think like some who teach that giving is a way to have financial success, or a way to impress God, or impress people, or a way to feel good about ourselves. Then our goal – our heart – is still on ourselves and not on eternity.
Jesus' main point was to ask us which we want. Which one do we value – earth's treasure or heaven's? We might pretend that we want a diversified portfolio – earthly and heavenly treasure. I want it all, we might say. But we can't. Jesus makes sure we understand that.
Thanks' for all the feedback on this series, not always the most popular topic.
Pray for Karen, who is having really bad back issues and an insurance company that is giving her fits.
Pray for Robert as he battles addiction
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