I'm enjoying how reading the bible doesn't feel like a chore. Pastor Jae told us to hunger for the word and I feel like God has granted me that prayer for now. Let's hope it sticks. I read Gen 9-12 last night, so i'll be ahead 1 day today after Gen 13-16. My goal is to try not to miss any days, so reading ahead is OK.
Nov 3: Gen 13-17
Abraham was crazy blessed. In almost each of these chapters, God is just throwing unimaginable blessings Abraham's way saying he'll make his offspring like the dust of the earth, or saying that if he can count the stars, so shall his offspring be. The last blessing God grants him at the end of these chapters even makes Abraham laugh and almost shrug it off in disbelief. This blessing of course was that Abraham and Sarah would bear a child at the age of 100 and 90 respectively. But God indeed does promise them a child and the result is Isaac. A lot of times I neglect how blessed I really am. It's easy to get caught up with always comparing your life from others and seeing the nice things they have that you might not. But I still have an amazing family, awesome gf, awesome friends, and best of all I have God.
"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'"
What more do we need?
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Absolutely nothing else.
ReplyDeleteOur insecurities cannot possibly be covered by anything else- everything else is too temporary and fragile. Once we have a firm foundation in the Lord, we cannot be shaken :)
nothing. :)
ReplyDeleteI love verses like that one you posted. It makes me so confident to pursue anything for the kingdom. Who can be against us?...When God is with us?
ReplyDeleteyeah it's hard not to be consumed by this world...what the world says you need to have, to do, and to be. we just have to remember that we don't live for this world and this life. we live for Christ.
ReplyDelete...and i love how we are all hungering for the Word together as body of Christ!! like in church of Acts :)
ReplyDeleteActs 2:46-47
"Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."