Principal purpose!
(II Chronicles 31:21 NKJV)
What is your principal purpose? What are you good at? What holds your interest, to the point that you forget to eat? What do you think about all the time, even while laying in bed, trying to go to sleep?
Is it God?
You who know the stats for your favorite team back 20 years; you whose house get remodeled every year; you who shop every opportunity and will buy something new, because it's on sale, even though it is not a need; you who work in the yard every free moment; shouldn't you all be giving the same if not more attention to the things of God?
Do you even think about the things of God, when you are away from church?
You call yourself a Christian and believe, (because you were told by your denomination) that you are going to heaven, yet only call on God when you are facing a storm!
That is not making God a priority! That is not dying to self! He is not your "Principal Purpose"!
You have made the god you worship in your own image!
The reason I know; - I'm describing myself a couple of years ago! I was there! But then God opened my eyes, when I began to daily read my Bible. The more I read, the more I wanted to read, and the more I began to change. He put a hunger and a thirst in me, for Him. The more I surrendered to Him in obedience to His commandments, the more of me, He received! I became His. He is my desire!
The God in the Old and New Testaments IS a jealous God and will not be second, to your fleshly wants or desires!
As a friend reminded us in Sunday School, a couple of weeks ago, about the bumper sticker that said "God Is My Co-Pilot"; if that's you - you need to change seats! Cause if He's NOT flying your plane; you are "off course"!
The very best; most important, and hardest thing I have ever done in my life, was to listen to The Power of Forgiveness, make my list and then follow through, by meeting with friends and confessing my sins!
It changed my life!
In obedience to Scriptures, I humbled myself; I chose to forgive those who had hurt me; and I repented for holding onto that unforgiveness and judgments for sooooo many years; now I'm free!
Now, He is my "Principal Purpose" and I am prospering in all my ways!
If you are tired of the same ol'grind, if there's no end in sight for your hopeless situation - repent and seek God!
"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33 NKJV)
If you would like a copy of The Power Of Forgiveness, private message me your mailing address and we will send you a cd at no cost to you! We will even pay the shopping!
God will do for you, what He did for me!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 4/14/14, 1/28/17
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