Good morning! How are we faithing? I hear a whole lot of people talking about happiness and how they deserve it etc. At what cost? Do they count those costs before they indulge in their own happiness? We all go through times when we are not happy with situations, jobs, relationships etc. Where did this idea come from that we deserve to be happy all the time and if it doesn't make us happy we can discard it, whatever it is? It does not make me happy to spend money on car repairs but if I expect the car to take me to a happy place or do the work I require, unhappy for awhile must be. Heck man, marriage isn't always happy but sometimes the unhappy moments build us for the happy ones. If we respond to always being happy we set ourselves up for unhappiness. Does it make you happy to discipline your kid? We do it because we want to train a child and instill wisdom so they can function in society but it is no fun to watch those kids cry and sulk. What would be the alternative? An unruly, self serving obnoxious person would be the result. Someone who does what ever with no boundaries. Is this how things work and is this how we want to live? If I want happiness it is up to me to learn the importance of things, the good and the seemingly bad. There will be seasons of unhappiness but should I toss all away because I am unhappy for a season? When we are unhappy we must pause and reflect. We must ask a few questions of ourselves. Is this a natural progression? Have I goofed up? Has someone else goofed up? Your and my happiness can not depend on our circumstances or we will end up chasing that happiness and never being happy.
Ephesians 1:18-19
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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1 Peter 5:7-10
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
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2 Corinthians 4:17-18
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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remember Sebastion and family...remember Natalie...remember Brandon's son...remember Lori's Dad...remember Anna...remember Chris and Kat
Heavenly Father,
Lord we ask your presence in our lives. We ask for wisdom to recognise momentary unhappiness and respond wisely. We praise your name and ask for your presence be so real in our heart today. Touch us all in a way that only you can. Teach us to be content and recognise when we are attacked spiritually. We lift those struggling with this world today, keep us safe from the enemy, in Jesus name, amen
Ephesians 1:18-19
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
NAS
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
NAS
1 Peter 5:7-10
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
NAS
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
NAS
remember Sebastion and family...remember Natalie...remember Brandon's son...remember Lori's Dad...remember Anna...remember Chris and Kat
Heavenly Father,
Lord we ask your presence in our lives. We ask for wisdom to recognise momentary unhappiness and respond wisely. We praise your name and ask for your presence be so real in our heart today. Touch us all in a way that only you can. Teach us to be content and recognise when we are attacked spiritually. We lift those struggling with this world today, keep us safe from the enemy, in Jesus name, amen
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