HOW DO YOU SEE THINGS?

November 22, 2008

Matthew 6: 22 & 23
The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

How do you see things??

According to Jesus, the difference between a life filled with light or happiness and a life filled with darkness or unhappiness depends on how you answer this question. He taught that if our eye, or the way we see things, is healthy our life can be filled with happiness. But if the way we see things, if our outlook or mindset is messed up, there is no end to how dark our life can be.

If you are one of the millions who have lost big in the stock market it’s so important for you to have the right attitude toward your losses. When we suffer a loss we have two options: we can focus on what we have lost and be depressed, or we can focus on what we still have and be filled with gratitude.

The next thoughts Jesus shared were that we cannot serve two masters. We cannot and we should not try to serve God and money. Is money the driving force of your life? Are you trying to serve those two masters? Are you serving God and money? Is your life filled with light or darkness – with happiness or unhappiness?

How do you see things?

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Where is Your Heart?

October 15, 2008

Where is your heart? (Matthew 6: 19-21)   Jesus told us we should not lay up treasures on earth where they depreciate and thieves steal them from us.  He told us we should lay up treasures in heaven, or in the spiritual dimension, where they will not depreciate or be stolen.  He added that our hearts will be where our treasures are.  In other words, Jesus told us, “If you really want to know where your heart is, show me your treasures.”

A practical application of this, if you really want to know where your heart is, look over your old check stubs and calendars for the past five years.  Consider how you are spending your money and time.  Then you will know where your treasures are, and where you heart is.

Millions of people are crushed and depressed these days because they have lost their treasures on Wall Street where greedy and corrupt men have stolen them.  If their hearts were in their treasures on earth, and the way they were laying up treasures on earth, they need to listen to and understand Jesus as He tells them where their heart should be.

Where is your heart?

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The Lord is my Shepherd, BUT. . .

August 14, 2008


“The Lord is my Shepherd…(Psalm 23)

These are some of the most familiar words in the Bible. They are loved by Jews, Catholics, Protestants and devout people everywhere. According to the Shepherd Psalm of David, the key to the real blessings of this life and the next is a relationship with God. The green pastures, the still waters, the table of provision, the blessing of God described as anointing oil and the cup that runs over all the time are all conditioned on that relationship. David tells us how that relationship is established in the second verse when he writes that, “He makes me to lie down”.

However, the spirit in which these words are often recalled can be something like this: “The Lord is my Shepherd—but I have a health problem”. Or, the Lord is my Shepherd—but I have marriage problems!” Or, “The Lord is my Shepherd—but I cannot control my children”.

When we say “The Lord is my Shepherd—but” we are putting our “but” in the wrong place. We need to get our “but” in the right place and recall the precious promise these words this way: “I have a health problem, BUT the Lord is my Shepherd! I have marriage problems, BUT the Lord is my Shepherd! I cannot control my children, BUT the Lord is my Shepherd!”

One way the Lord makes us lie down is to use health problems, marriage problems, problems with our children, financial problems, career and professional problems and any other kind of problems we can imagine to teach us about the relationship which is the key to all the blessings profiled in these beautiful words.

Will you let the Great Shepherd use problems to establish the relationship with you today David described so beautifully three thousand years ago?

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Welcome to The Four Spiritual Secrets

August 14, 2008
Thank you for visiting this blog. May God bless you!

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