The title says it all! You can make a list of things right now that you do and probably cross off 3/4 of it as unnecessary clutter that keeps you from doing the few things God called you to do well.
We had our Nuggets of Faith Women's group this past Tuesday and we discussed setting priorities.
first off the Bible tells us to
"love the Lord your God with all your heart ans with all your soul and with all your strength" Deuteronomy 6:5
God is supposed to come first, all of our heart, soul, and strength should be committed to loving God, making him the first priority, the first one we consult.
The Bible also states, " Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and every thing else will be added"
Matthew 6:33
Most of the time we are busy trying to make a good life for ourselves and neglect our relationship with our Father. Setting priorities means that we don't have to work ourselves into total insanity, the simple formula? Seek God first and then we won't have to be so busy trying to make things happen. After all this place is not our final home, it is only temporary, we should strive to take care of the eternal goal and the temporal stuff will line up...it's a promise! Now how you interpret your blessings is up to you, but remember the flesh is never satisfied and will always want more, we have to learn from the Apostle Paul and "learn how to be content in whatever state you find yourself in."
"For we are God's handiwork created in Christ Jesus to to good works, which God prepared in advanced for us to do."
Ephesians 2:10
God has already prepared in advanced the work that we are to do on this earth and none of it is going to jeopardize our relationship with Him or our families. The error comes from our own mismanagement of task and time.
Yes, I said our relationship with Him, because a lot of times, we get so busy doing for Christ, that we forget about spending time with Him, we don't pray as much, or forget to read and fast. Ministry busyness does not replace the relationship you are to have with Him.
Well there is so much more to go into, but that all was done during our Group and lots of questions and advice was given. Perhaps if you are in the Columbus area, you can attend our meetings that are once a month on a Tuesday @6:30pm locations TBA.
To request a copy of the worksheets given during any of the groups email me at
olingerfam@gmail.com or
inbox Nuggets of Faith Ministries on www.facebook.com
We had our Nuggets of Faith Women's group this past Tuesday and we discussed setting priorities.
first off the Bible tells us to
"love the Lord your God with all your heart ans with all your soul and with all your strength" Deuteronomy 6:5
God is supposed to come first, all of our heart, soul, and strength should be committed to loving God, making him the first priority, the first one we consult.
The Bible also states, " Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and every thing else will be added"
Matthew 6:33
Most of the time we are busy trying to make a good life for ourselves and neglect our relationship with our Father. Setting priorities means that we don't have to work ourselves into total insanity, the simple formula? Seek God first and then we won't have to be so busy trying to make things happen. After all this place is not our final home, it is only temporary, we should strive to take care of the eternal goal and the temporal stuff will line up...it's a promise! Now how you interpret your blessings is up to you, but remember the flesh is never satisfied and will always want more, we have to learn from the Apostle Paul and "learn how to be content in whatever state you find yourself in."
"For we are God's handiwork created in Christ Jesus to to good works, which God prepared in advanced for us to do."
Ephesians 2:10
God has already prepared in advanced the work that we are to do on this earth and none of it is going to jeopardize our relationship with Him or our families. The error comes from our own mismanagement of task and time.
Yes, I said our relationship with Him, because a lot of times, we get so busy doing for Christ, that we forget about spending time with Him, we don't pray as much, or forget to read and fast. Ministry busyness does not replace the relationship you are to have with Him.
Well there is so much more to go into, but that all was done during our Group and lots of questions and advice was given. Perhaps if you are in the Columbus area, you can attend our meetings that are once a month on a Tuesday @6:30pm locations TBA.
To request a copy of the worksheets given during any of the groups email me at
olingerfam@gmail.com or
inbox Nuggets of Faith Ministries on www.facebook.com
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