1 Timothy 6:6-10 What is most important to you?

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time, God is good!  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!

  So often we worry about where we are, what is going to happen, our finances, our lives, our children/grandchildren and tend to forget what is really important.

   So what is really important to you?  Money?  Auto?  Home? Children/family? or is GOD number 1?  Listen to what Timothy tells us.

  1 Timothy 6: 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

         Here are some questions to ponder and answer!

  What is great gain? __________  What did you bring into this world?________ What happens when we want to get rich?_____

Is this a trap?______  Where does it lead?______ What is the true root of evil?_______  When that ($$$) is our love this leads us to what?_____

   I heard this early in the A.M. and thought about us, Americans, and as a whole what is important to us as a nation!!  OR to you personally????

                    GOD  or STATUS ?????

Thank you for reading with me today. Love y'all.

 

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

Be a servant to the Living God!! Learn the ten commandments with hand signs!!

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!

  Okay, for the last "10" days I have been going through the 10 commandments. Click on this link to get a clue of how to remember the commandments.

   Today I was listening and studying about being a servant for the Living God. In Matthew 20:26-28 just  Jesus says: "......whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wa28nts to be first must be your -- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

   We can only serve one master.  Luke 16:13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  So often in our society it is all materialistic, money, and status.

  If we do what God tells us to do, are obedient, pray, read and study our Bible, share the gospel then Jesus will say in

  John 15:15 "I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

   Today, be a servant to 1 person, or 2 or many. Share what God has done for you; OR, if nothing else share a smile or a positive word.  It is easy to say hello to someone, when they smile and respond just tell them they have a nice smile.  That little bit may give their day a positive direction.

   Be Jesus in the flesh today. Love y'all. Thanks for reading.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

Commandment # 10 - Coveting

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!

  Commandment # 10 is about coveting.  To covet, according to Webster, is to intensely want something that someone else has.  Deuteronomy 5: 21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

   This is pretty clear about coveting.  Basically, I want what you have and I may do anything necessary to get it.   Your wife is better, your house and land are better, the servants are great--- I want it all.

   Also, to me, when this says his ox or donkey, they were the transportation and work horse of the ancient world.  I am guessing that would be like our automobiles and machinery today.

   Satan likes to tempt us by seeing what someone else has and then we start thinking. Hmmm, that would be nice to have.  Whoa up there turbo!  Be content with where you are and what you have. 

 Look at Hebrews 13:5, "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.

  We need to remember this.  Also, Paul tells us to be content is all circumstances, he has been in need and has had plenty- Philippians 4:11-12.

  Look around, are you content with where you are?  This is a great lesson for me today as the past 3 weeks many things have needed repaired or replaced at my home and it does cost money to repair/replace.  However, God has me in His hands and all is well.  

  Thank you for reading with me today. Love y'all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

Commandment #9 Do not bear false witness

 Good morning everyone. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

GOD IS GOOD, GOD IS GREAT, GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!

   Here is the 9th Commandment.  “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

   What exactly does this mean?  The main meaning of this is about honesty, integrity, and being of good character.  Also, it deals with gossiping and not knowing the whole story.

   I once heard about a man who had a serious accident, then one of the neighbors said "he was probably drinking and under the influence of alcohol."  Huh?  Because the man might have an alcoholic beverage occasionally does not mean he had been drinking or under the influence.  This was an assumption or we can label it under GOSSIP!

   If you are not there, you don't see or know the complete story, then why repeat or assume something.  That is false witness.

   In law, if you see something, then you tell me, and I go to court and repeat what you told me it is considered "HEAR SAY" and not valid.  Think about that for a moment.  Well, I heard.........STOP..... do not repeat what you heard, know the facts before spouting off as if you know everything.  Food for thought.

 Thank you for reading today. Love y'all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

Commandment #8 Stealing

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  A WONDERFUL DAY TO BE ALIVE IN JESUS CHRIST!!!

   Stealing.  Text in Exodus and Deuteronomy. Often we don't think of different things as stealing.  If at a retail store and they ring up an item that was listed at, oh, say $20 and they ring it up as $5 and you notice.  Do you say something, or mark it up to the error of the cashier?

   If you give $10 for an item that cost $3.78 and they give you change for a $20---do you say something? (you get $16 back instead of $6)

   At work do you take things that are there for company use only or do you take some home for personal use?  Let's say a ream of paper, or markers for the white board.  Is this stealing?

   Here is the big one.  Do you spend hours surfing the internet or watching facebook, or creating a tik tok video instead of spending time with God?  Is that stealing?

  Food for thought for today.  Am I stealing time from God?  Love y'all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

Commandment #7 Adultery

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!

  As in Exodus 20:14 and Deuteronomy 5:18 "You are not to commit adultery."

And what does this mean? It means we are not to go to another for sex when you or they are married.   Proverbs 6:27-29 tells us not to "go into" another man's wife and if he does he will not go unpunished.

 Jesus coined more than just the act. 

 In Matthew 5: 27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  So, if a man sees a beautiful woman, or if a woman sees a handsome man, the thoughts that resonate with us should be "he/she is a beautiful person" and not a lustful thought.

   I heard a preacher one time talk about this and he had trouble with lust, prayed about it, then one day he felt that God told him it is okay to see the beauty, and he need not lust.  After that he commented that he could see a beautiful woman for her beauty and the lustful thoughts did not come.

   I feel this is where we all should be, seeing the beauty God has created, whether it be man, woman, earth, skies, or whatever, just see the beauty.  Thanks for reading today. Love y'all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny

Commandment #6

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

  The 5th commandment is very clear.  "You shall not commit murder."  So some people say that the military who go to war commit murder.  This commandment is not referring to war; it refers to intentionally or even accidentally killing someone.

  This could be using a weapon, a blunt object, car, rock, or anything used to attack a person.  Exodus 20: 13 “You shall not murder.

  Deuteronomy 5:17 “You shall not murder.

Webster says murder is: the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of a person.  

  Jesus tells us that our thoughts, as in adultery, if we look at someone with lustful intent we have already committed adultery in our heart. Would this be the same for murder?  If I want someone "taken" out in my mind, am I committing murder, since it is in my heart?

  Just food for thought.  Do you remember the 7th commandment?  Coming tomorrow. Love y'all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny