Monday, October 12 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Philippians 4:6) There’s a catch (There’s always a catch.) Untrusting worry, which will separate you from God, can disguise itself as simple responsibility. Something that you, as a follower of Jesus, are called to practice. How can you know the difference? Prayer. Go to God with everything and allow God to direct your anxiousness.
Tuesday, October 13 – “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:39) These are the words of Jesus to his disciples. As a follower of Jesus, you submit your life to the care and control of Jesus. Just as if you were a follower of money, you’d submit your life to the care and control of money. The catch? (There’s always a catch.) Finding your life requires you to first lose it. For you’ll never find anything, if you don’t already believe it’s lost.
Wednesday, October 14 – “Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” (Mark 7:15) These are the words of Jesus. Your problem isn’t what’s all around you, in this life. The temptations of money, sex, drugs, power and the like. Your problem is what you choose to do, with what’s all around you, in this life. Your life is about your mind and heart. Who you choose to be, not what you choose to do.
Thursday, October 15 – “Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” (Luke 12:24) No raven worries about retirement, what’s on the calendar or what to wear to mahjong. But, you aren’t a raven. What this verse means is that you worry about all of these things, to your own demise. For your worrying is preventing you from being who God has created you and gifted you to be.
Friday, October 16 – “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.” (Matthew 6:28) The average American throws away about 81 pounds of clothing a year. That means the United States generates about 17 million tons of clothing waste each year. Why? Because we worry so much about clothes. Why do we worry so much about clothes? That’s your question for today.
Saturday, October 17 – “Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” (Mark 10:21) Jesus ran into a man who worshipped and served money. His invitation to sell everything and give his wealth to the poor isn’t a call for all followers of Jesus to be poor. But an invitation for all followers of Jesus to surrender their lives to the care and control of Jesus, instead of money.
Tuesday, October 13 – “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:39) These are the words of Jesus to his disciples. As a follower of Jesus, you submit your life to the care and control of Jesus. Just as if you were a follower of money, you’d submit your life to the care and control of money. The catch? (There’s always a catch.) Finding your life requires you to first lose it. For you’ll never find anything, if you don’t already believe it’s lost.
Wednesday, October 14 – “Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” (Mark 7:15) These are the words of Jesus. Your problem isn’t what’s all around you, in this life. The temptations of money, sex, drugs, power and the like. Your problem is what you choose to do, with what’s all around you, in this life. Your life is about your mind and heart. Who you choose to be, not what you choose to do.
Thursday, October 15 – “Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” (Luke 12:24) No raven worries about retirement, what’s on the calendar or what to wear to mahjong. But, you aren’t a raven. What this verse means is that you worry about all of these things, to your own demise. For your worrying is preventing you from being who God has created you and gifted you to be.
Friday, October 16 – “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.” (Matthew 6:28) The average American throws away about 81 pounds of clothing a year. That means the United States generates about 17 million tons of clothing waste each year. Why? Because we worry so much about clothes. Why do we worry so much about clothes? That’s your question for today.
Saturday, October 17 – “Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’” (Mark 10:21) Jesus ran into a man who worshipped and served money. His invitation to sell everything and give his wealth to the poor isn’t a call for all followers of Jesus to be poor. But an invitation for all followers of Jesus to surrender their lives to the care and control of Jesus, instead of money.
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