Boy, this was a good one in my opinion. Here’s your Wednesday Word:
So, what was he saying? One thing he said in there was that, by Children of God complaining, we can look like we are indeed not satisfied with God’s performance. And, in a lot of instances, that’s true. We tend to complain and, a part of it is us thinking we could do a better job.
This video I’m about to show you becomes that more powerful when you read the description for it on YouTube. I’ll share it here:
A POWERFUL excerpt from a message by Pastor Dalton who was taken home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 5, 2014. He was 58 years of age. He laid out the vision for the church during both services that day and then the Lord took the baton out of his hand and gave it to the church only a couple of hours afterward. Pray for Lakecrest Baptist Church and enjoy this short excerpt.
This is some of what he said that day:
It’s another Wednesday Word. This feature has been the most liked on the blog. I don’t know if it’s the video or my commentary or both. Whatever it is, I’m glad it’s touching you. Let’s get to the video:
Wow. You know, I needed that video. I’ve told you my stories of how I tend to run away from God’s calling on my life to serve in various areas of my church. Aaron here talks about Peter denied being with Jesus. In so many ways, we as Christians tend to hide the fact that we are His followers.
Why?
Fear of being ridiculed. Fear of being rejected.
We need to stop.
Another Wednesday Word. We’ll start with the video and then we’ll talk about it:
Good stuff, there. There’s a quote I’ve seen somewhere. Lord knows I don’t know the exact saying of it but I got the gist. A lot of times, when we quit, we don’t realize how close we are to finishing.
The father helping his son finish the race reminds me of Philippians 4:13. We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. This includes running our race. We have the ultimate resource: God. He can help us with anything. On our own, we’re not going to be able to do much. God knows this and He’s made Himself constantly available.
Hey, so, as most of you know, I wrote a book. This is one of the chapters from my book. At the end, you have the option of watching the episode from the video series covering the book. This will be the Wednesday Word for the day.
When we look at money, we think that it’s the only way to function in this world. And yes, we need money to pay for the bills, food, a place to live in and other things. Because of the importance of money, we can end up looking at money as our life line. We start to idolize money. We start thinking money can buy peace and happiness and ultimate success.
That’s just not true.
One of the famous miss-quotes of the Bible is “Money is the root of all evil” Before I explain what the actual saying is; let’s go over how this is wrong. For one thing, God wants us to prosper here on earth, even though our time here is short. While God doesn’t need money, He understands how the world works and is able to supply His children with the resources to survive. And since money is a big necessity, he gives us what we need.
There is no reason why you would have to believe that money is the root of all evil when God himself encourages us to get it.
So then what’s the correct saying?
Okay, a few things about the video. For one, you might just want to listen to it; the camera is shaky. Two, you might want to turn the volume up a little, but even then, the sound quality isn’t the best. Still, this young lady explores what love is. Take a listen:
Great. And she’s absolutely right. I wrote a little on this before so check that out.
