God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, has this solemn counsel: “Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me – Isaiah 30:15-17 (Message)
Sometimes, especially in a crisis, just being still and waiting on God to reveal the right course of action IS the right course of action.
– fritz
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“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” – 1st Thessalonians 5:18
It’s easy to think we are thankful, until we try to nail down specifics.
Here is a revealing exercise – Write down ten (10) things you are, specifically, thankful for, and don’t get “churchy” (we all know you are thankful for God, Jesus, etc.). Try it, you may be surprised.
Put that list where you normally stop to pray, it will be a blessing.
Here is my list, in no particular order:
1. My wife, children, and family
2. A good job
3. A good vehicle
4. Lack of pain
5. A CPAP machine and the ability to sleep
6. Air conditioning
7. A good home
8. My orange tree
9. Our friends
10. Freedom to Worship.
– fritz
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“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.” – Psalm 104:23
“Though we may not always understand the circumstances or hardships that we will face, our attitude should be one that says: ‘No matter what I am going through today, this work that I am in is a gift from God'” – Don Meyer1
“If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
– fritz
1 – Elim Bible Institute’s Bell Tower, Spring 2009, Finding Satisfaction in Your Work, pg 10
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