“Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds. “
Matthew 6:26 (NCV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about ACTION! I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
* Do you what step you need to take to get things moving in your life? What’s holding you back?
“We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character, and character produces hope. And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.“
Romans 5:3-5 (NCV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about finding joy when we are struggling. I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
* How have you seen God work through struggles in your life?
“In a large house there are not only things made of gold and silver, but also things made of wood and clay. Some things are used for special purposes, and others are made for ordinary jobs. All who make themselves clean from evil will be used for special purposes. They will be made holy, useful to the Master, ready to do any good work.“
2 Timothy 2:20-21 (NCV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about being obedient to God so that He can use us for special purposes. I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
* How are you striving to live an obedient life, a life pleasing to God?
* How is God using your obedience for special purposes?
“So I tell you: Live by following the Spirit. Then you will not do what your sinful selves want. Our sinful selves want what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against our sinful selves. The two are against each other, so you cannot do just what you please. But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not under the law.“
Gal 5:16-18 (NCV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about seeking Him when we’re feeling restless. I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
“Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Cor. 12:7-10 (NIV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about God’s strength and our weakness. I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
* Are you in a weak place? How is God providing strength for you?
“Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness’”
1 Cor. 3:18-19(NIV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about God’s wisdom vs. human foolishness. I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
* Have you found yourself questioning God’s wisdom or comparing it to human “wisdom?”
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139:13 (NIV)
Thinking Through It All
Today we talked about finding the unique talents and qualities that God has hidden within you. I’d love to discuss the following in the comments section below:
* What talents has God revealed to you that you didn’t know were within you?
* Are you willing to trust that God that there are hidden talents, gifts and qualities within you?
