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Just some Godly motivation

I was at home for the long heritage day weekend, So I was watching my pastor on t.v and I heard him say this.

During a bad economy, whenyou get a job, God gets all the glory, whereas in a good economy when you get a job, its the economy that gets a job.

Amazing, I needed to hear that, I'm sure youd did to.

love you all.

2 Corinthian 12:9

Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

The grace revolution

I hear many grace centered preachers talking about " Jesus has done it all, stop trying to peform in trying to please God, Jesus has already done that, there's nothing left for you to do, Jesus has done it all"

Well I'm a bit of a peformer and wana please, so this got me thinking... must I stop cause Jesus has done it all.

Then I remembered that God is my father in heaven, now which child doesn't want to make their father happy through doing things. We wana get good marks so I parents can pat us on the back, from experience there's nothing more devastating to a child than when they try to please their parents and they don't recognise it.

I know that as christians we've gone through stages in life where we feel that God hasn't recognised our good efforts, but he does all things in his time, and we just have to respect his wisdom cause he's an all knowing God. He knows whats best for us, than we do, we just have to trust him.

Now back to that point of trying to please God, I'm reminded of James 2:17 which says: " So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead)."

See it's biblical even in the new testament to please God with works of obedience. James in the second verse talks about how even demons know God,but to just know God means nothing if we aren't doing good works of God.

So don't be shy or scared to please your father in heaven.

However what I've realised is that it's hard to please God, no matter how much we try we sometimes fail, but thanks to Jesus we have been given grace, it's through grace that we can overcome sin and do what God wants us to do.

2 Corinthians12:9

"Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me."

Now you know why they say grace is amazing, God has given us the power to make him happy.

Unbelief, it seems so small but it has hard consequences

http:www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/1158

Click the link above to read about unbelief.

Only one new commandement

So many things can hold us is bondage and steal our freedom in christ. Like the people whom Paul talked about in the new testament who were taking away the gentiles freedom in christ by requiring them to be circumsised,there are also freedom stealers today.

I know God will teach me more about this topic.

Right now all I can say is that the new commandement tht Jesus gave us was love.Thats the rule he wants us to follow, to love another.

Be blessed.

Don't base your life on other people's experiences

Before I moved to Johannesburg people would tell me not to move up here cause you're always stuck in traffic and that you can't survive in Johannesburg without a car.

Well guess what, I've been here for over a year and I've never experienced traffic and I survived here for for nine months without a car.

Don't get me wrong, there is traffic in Joburg and to some, living without a car is hard, but that was their experience not mine.

So don't allow people's experiences to stop you from living out your dreams. Do a little research as to how you can avoid their horrible situations.
Like in my case I stayed close to work so I could just walk there, therefore I didn't need a car cause the nearest mall was also very close by. I only bought a car when I was finacially capable of doing so.

Oh they'd go on about that it's faster than my hometown, people will influence you into doing bad... seriously the people I've met so far are the most down to earth and the nicest people in the world.

Yea that's just my lil lesson learn't :)