In days of old, everyone knew a wall was a primary means of defense. A wall keeps out wild weather. A wall keeps out wild animals. A wall keeps out wild marauders. For the defense of self, family, and property, start with a wall! The problem was the size and the difficulty of building a …
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“Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.” (George Washington Carver) What is an excuse? The selfish or lazy person refuses to learn from anyone. When instructed or challanged in his decisions he always has some “good reason” why the instructions don’t apply to him in this situation. Even …
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“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened!” So said Michael de Montaigne in the late 1500’s. He also said “A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.” I believe this fella may have read Proverbs 22:13, but gave it a softer spin than scripture gives. …
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Nahum 1:1 “An oracle (burden) concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.” When God’s word delivers us a stern warning, calling it the way God sees it is a burden. We are not to ignore it. We are also not to deliver it with glee that those who hate God are …
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As heirs of The King, conditioning our minds is so very much an act of consciously choosing the story we tell ourselves about any situation. When we control the story playing between our ears we control our expectations and our actions. If we do not think our thoughts correctly how can we work or act …
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Ok, You are willing to listen to scripture. If you find out your attitude has been twisted, a little or even a lot, you will deal with it instead of shouting down scripture. What do you need to see about work? The idea of whether work is a blessing or a curse is exactly that …
As an heir of God and joint-heir with Christ who is being conditioned by the renewing of my mind, the idea of “keeping my mind on my work” is not simply a figure of speech. Those who refuse to examine their attitudes and thoughts in light of God’s word are called fools in Proverbs and …
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16, ESV) “…equipped for every good work.” If we have a job we work roughly 8 hours a day at …
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Where would I get such a title – heir conditioning? Are we not heirs? “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him” …
Nahum 1:1 “An oracle, or burden, concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.” In the first word of this book we saw that God’s word, rightly understood, can at times be a heavy burden to bear. When we deliver the bad news of God’s judgment against sin we dare not deliver …
