Refocused

Scripture: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34 NIV

Observation: Jesus is giving warnings and encouragement to a gathered group.

Application: I just got back from a short vacation to celebrate my anniversary. We went to a beautiful area of the Ozarks and we were pampered for four days. As I was in the midst of that time of relaxation I found myself envying the people fortunate enough to be able to live there. I know what I have in the way of possessions and I know that the prospect of that increasing in the future is not great. I began to feel blue that I will never be wealthy enough to just relax by a lake full-time. So the Lord gave me this scripture today. What do I truly value? Is it possessions and property or is it that God loves me enough to continue to bring me back to my senses and refocus me toward real treasure? I think I probably value God’s love for me more than a cushy life at the lake.

Prayer: Father, thank you for the reminder of what is of real value. The world that you created is full of so much beauty but none of that compares to the beauty of the salvation plan that you had Jesus fulfill for me. Thanks again for refocusing me. Amen

Doug

Purpose

Our blog is written from our life experiences in hope of helping others know and believe there is love, forgiveness, and deliverance found in Jesus Christ. No matter where you have been or where you are headed Jesus provides hope and freedom from the challenges we face living in this world. Through the power of the Holy Ghost we are anointed and gifted to carry out the work of our Lord Jesus Christ has set before us. Jesus has put a song in our heart and a story to tell about His great love and how He wants to free you from spiritual, emotional, and financial bondage put upon you by the world. It is our prayer that our blog will help those searching for answers find them in Jesus.

Doug and Laurie

Life Scripture #2

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-5 NIV

Life Scripture #3

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long...we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ROMANS 8:35-39 NIV

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