James 1:11-12 NLT
(11) The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
(12) God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
When I push my own agenda, when I craft ideals and methods, when I ignore the needs of the many to fulfill my own, who receives glory? Though I label myself “Christian” the one I deceive is not the one I intended. I can live my whole life thinking I am in control but that doesn’t mean it’s so. Be glad that you face trials and test for it is a process, God accepts you the way you are but loves you too much to leave you that way.
Hebrews 12:6-9 NLT
(6) For the LORD disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child."
(7) As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as His own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?
(8) If God doesn't discipline you as He does all of His children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really His children at all.
(9) Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
(11) The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
(12) God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
When I push my own agenda, when I craft ideals and methods, when I ignore the needs of the many to fulfill my own, who receives glory? Though I label myself “Christian” the one I deceive is not the one I intended. I can live my whole life thinking I am in control but that doesn’t mean it’s so. Be glad that you face trials and test for it is a process, God accepts you the way you are but loves you too much to leave you that way.
Hebrews 12:6-9 NLT
(6) For the LORD disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child."
(7) As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as His own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?
(8) If God doesn't discipline you as He does all of His children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really His children at all.
(9) Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
If we cannot love and respect our earthly fathers, even with all their faults, at some level our ability to love and respect our Heavenly Father is limited because we have not understood what real love is and therefore what we call love is soiled and stained and not worthy of that which is holy.
1 John 4:20 NLT
(20) If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
And if we do not love our brothers and sisters how should our achievements prosper us? Let it be known God’s hand will lead and correct if we are truly His. Those who say God blesses without correction are blind and do not know God, for to say this would indicate that this person does not understand their own need for Christ Jesus and though they say that they accept the work Jesus did on the cross they cannot see it is their own crooked heart that put Him there. They have their cake and eat it too, loving themselves because of what they have achieved but rejecting the call of the Holy Spirit to surrender, yet expecting God’s blessing at every corner. This cannot be and therefore they allow themselves to be blinded by the enemy of God so that they might satisfy their own selfish desires. If I toil for the temporary then the accolades I receive will also be temporary but if I toil for what is eternal then thief, nor moth, or rust can take it away.
1 John 4:20 NLT
(20) If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
And if we do not love our brothers and sisters how should our achievements prosper us? Let it be known God’s hand will lead and correct if we are truly His. Those who say God blesses without correction are blind and do not know God, for to say this would indicate that this person does not understand their own need for Christ Jesus and though they say that they accept the work Jesus did on the cross they cannot see it is their own crooked heart that put Him there. They have their cake and eat it too, loving themselves because of what they have achieved but rejecting the call of the Holy Spirit to surrender, yet expecting God’s blessing at every corner. This cannot be and therefore they allow themselves to be blinded by the enemy of God so that they might satisfy their own selfish desires. If I toil for the temporary then the accolades I receive will also be temporary but if I toil for what is eternal then thief, nor moth, or rust can take it away.
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