​Where’s your treasure – hopes, dreams, money, degrees, business, etc.? Jesus said, “My Kingdom is not of this world…” (John 18:36)
 
In a devotional (Oct 19) Oswald Chambers says:
 
“The system of the world…insists upon endless energy and activities, but no private life with God.
 
We must get rid of the plague of the spirit of this religious age in which we live. In Our Lord’s life, there was none of the pressure and the rushing of tremendous activity that we regard so highly today…and a disciple is to be like His Master. The central point of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is a personal relationship with Him, not public usefulness to others.
 
If you waste your time in over activity, instead of being immersed in the great fundamental truths of God’s redemption, then you will snap when the stress and strain do come."
 
If you’re rooted and grounded in Jesus (which often looks stupid to others), you’ll remain true to Him whatever happens. Definitely remain aware of the world you’re in…but have your primary focus on Jesus.
 
Don’t have your treasure here, have it with the Lord while you’re here! All else will fall into place.
 
Remember…He’s not in a hurry…YOU are! Slow down and stay in step with Jesus – He IS your treasure.
 
Scripture references: Luke 17:20-21; Romans 5:8; Exodus 33:14; Philippians 4:8

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​Other “faiths” deal with “sins” – the actions/thoughts of mankind. God deals with “sin” – which is the very nature of mankind. To me, that is best explained by Oswald Chambers when he says, “I have a heredity in which I had no say or decision; I am not holy, nor am I likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is tell me that I must be holy, His teaching only causes me to despair. But if Jesus Christ is truly a regenerator, someone who can put His own heredity of holiness into me, then I can begin to see what He means when He says that I have to be holy…the moral miracle of redemption is that God can put a new nature into me through which I can live a totally new life…through Jesus Christ I can receive a pure and spotless heredity, namely the Holy Spirit.”

That’s why I can say, “Your best day with me…is when I’m not me!” It’s when I have voluntarily given myself over to the nature of God and let Him rule and not my sin nature…so that you will get the very best from me. And that goes for any wife, husband, brother, sister, worker, boss, etc. You don’t have to stay “you”! In Jesus Christ, you will have a NEW ability to do what is right, pure and holy.

Read Galatians 4:3-7, Romans 5: 8-10, Romans 6:22-23

Oh Linda, how boring…I already know all that. YEAH – WELL WHY AREN’T YOU DOING ALL THAT?!

•    Every argument between husband and wife, parents and children, neighbor to neighbor is because, at that moment, the heredity of Adam is ruling – and whether you like to hear it or not, it’s because YOU LET IT RULE…and that is sin.
•    All of that ends…when you crucify that flesh and let the new nature of God that you have in Jesus Christ rule and reign in that moment.
•    Do it…go moment by moment in the awareness of A NEW NATURE, A NEW INHERITANCE…A NEW AND LIVING WAY

Let’s make everyone’s day a great day…don’t be you…live the Jesus in you!

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​I am sure you’ve noticed the unstable situation in our world today, including our country’s moral decline, the war-torn Middle East, our turbulent immigration and border problems, the flux of immigrants fleeing the Middle East and inundating European resources, the inability of countries to ferret out terrorists who may be pouring over their borders (including ours), the economic and energy crises that loom in the distance, etc.

That is somewhat bleak, but not really! I can hear your scream now …“Wha-a-at? Kind of bleak, but not really? You have to be kidding!” Nope, I’m not. My comfort regarding these issues is not in money or security, it is in the Lord. How about you? As the world squirms, do you?

With the above-mentioned, though, I do have a sense to prepare:

•    To gather more control of my money and not the bank
•    Water, food, clothing and supplies at the ready
•    May be increasing times of loss of power or water for various reasons, and being prepared will be most helpful

So, with all this in mind, I want to review Psalm 27, which I have been reading each day all this past month. THIS IS MY FOUNDATIONAL PREPARATION FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD – AND I HOPE IT IS YOURS.

Read Psalm 27.

God is with us.

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