Monday, July 27 – “Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.” (Matthew 25:27) What you do will always reveal what you believe. If you do less than the least, it’s simply the result of you believing that the situation doesn’t merit anything greater. In this story the servant had the wrong perspective of his master. Which caused him to do less than the least, for his master.
Tuesday, July 28 – “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” (Matthew 13:44) What you do will always reveal what you believe. If you’re willing to trade everything for one thing, it’s simply the result of believing in the current value, as well as the potential value, of that one thing. So, here’s your question for today: What’s the one thing for you, that would inspire you to trade everything?
Wednesday, July 29 – “I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.” (Psalm 40:10) To “hide” or “conceal” is like digging a hole and burying something in the ground. It’s an intentional action of not being who God has created you and gifted you to be. And that action is simply a response to what you believe about God and yourself. It has nothing to do with who God actually is.
Thursday, July 30 – “But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.” (Matthew 25:18) To dig a hole and bury something in the ground is a representation, of an intentional action, of not being who God has created you and gifted you to be. A lesson about what you’re invited to do with the gifts that God has given you. For you have the ability to bury God’s gifts. But you also have the ability to use God’s gifts. The ability to be the best you that you can be.
Friday, July 31 – “Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.” (John 4:37) Does this surprise you? Does this seem fair to you? Is this reality? Yes. No. Yes. Everything you do in your life is the result of the gifts that God has given you. Combined with your experiences of the gifts that others have given you. Life is about doing, so that others can be blessed. Blessed, so that they can bless others. Wash, rinse and repeat. This is who God is inviting you to be.
Saturday, August 1 – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:2) You’ve been given a trust – Your time, talents and treasures. Now you’re invited to get to work, using your gifts, to be who God has created you and gifted you to be. This is a full-time job and nowhere in the job description does it say to compare your gifts to anyone else’s gifts. Be the best you, that you can be. Not the best you, that you think the world, your family and friends or your community, wants you to be.
Tuesday, July 28 – “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” (Matthew 13:44) What you do will always reveal what you believe. If you’re willing to trade everything for one thing, it’s simply the result of believing in the current value, as well as the potential value, of that one thing. So, here’s your question for today: What’s the one thing for you, that would inspire you to trade everything?
Wednesday, July 29 – “I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.” (Psalm 40:10) To “hide” or “conceal” is like digging a hole and burying something in the ground. It’s an intentional action of not being who God has created you and gifted you to be. And that action is simply a response to what you believe about God and yourself. It has nothing to do with who God actually is.
Thursday, July 30 – “But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.” (Matthew 25:18) To dig a hole and bury something in the ground is a representation, of an intentional action, of not being who God has created you and gifted you to be. A lesson about what you’re invited to do with the gifts that God has given you. For you have the ability to bury God’s gifts. But you also have the ability to use God’s gifts. The ability to be the best you that you can be.
Friday, July 31 – “Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.” (John 4:37) Does this surprise you? Does this seem fair to you? Is this reality? Yes. No. Yes. Everything you do in your life is the result of the gifts that God has given you. Combined with your experiences of the gifts that others have given you. Life is about doing, so that others can be blessed. Blessed, so that they can bless others. Wash, rinse and repeat. This is who God is inviting you to be.
Saturday, August 1 – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” (1 Corinthians 4:2) You’ve been given a trust – Your time, talents and treasures. Now you’re invited to get to work, using your gifts, to be who God has created you and gifted you to be. This is a full-time job and nowhere in the job description does it say to compare your gifts to anyone else’s gifts. Be the best you, that you can be. Not the best you, that you think the world, your family and friends or your community, wants you to be.
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