Did you know that your money is the clearest barometer of your soul, more than anything else going on in your life? Imagine your wallet or your 401k, or your purse. Now imagine a chain connecting it to your heart, so that wherever your money goes your heart goes too. Our money reveals our priorities, our values, and where our heart is.
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God shows us His faithfulness in the way that He shapes our life. The way He intervenes in our lives when we are weak, when we are tempted, when we sin, and when we utterly fail.
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Everybody is desperately looking for love and wanting to be loved. From the moment we come out of the womb, we are looking for someone to hold us, feed us, protect us, and love us.
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Check the news on any morning and you’ll see stories of bad things happening to good people — or good things happening to bad people. Life is not fair! The age-old question is, “If God created life and life is unfair, then, is God fair?”
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Theologians teach that God’s wisdom takes the long view. The very long view! It is God bringing about the best possible ends, by the best possible means, for the most possible people, for the longest possible time.
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These days, it’s common for believers to view Jesus as a friend. Although it is true that when we have a relationship with Jesus, He is accessible and calls us “friend,” too often we forget that He is also holy.
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The truth is: Nothing will come into my life or your life today that God did not either allow or decree for our ultimate good. He’s in control even in our fallen world where terrible things happen and people do terrible things. He’s in control even when there are things we don’t understand.
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A theologian named J.I. Packer wrote that at the heart of God’s goodness is generosity. He wants us to have what we need to be happy. But do you think of God as generous? Does He want you to be happy? Or do you think of Him with crossed arms, inventorying all the things He disapproves of about you?
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We are designed to seek God. How we picture Him affects how we seek Him — and whether we find Him. And that affects every aspect of our lives.
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