hey Rue , wc week is practice starting ?
On 10/03/2009, Rutendo Chabururuka <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> GREAT WORD PAIDA!
>
> Guys I feel very encouraged whenever I get to open my gmail account becoz
> of the content that I read. This message resonates with Pst Jeff's message
> last week. We must learn to trust God with our destiny, with our lives and
> our ambitions. I have beef with a lot of motivational speakers who preach a
> self centredness gospel that is divergent from our Christian principles of
> trusting God and believing God for provision.
>
> By the way this must not be mistaken by foolishness as was discribed by Ps
> Justin Machibaya yesterday at Bus Fellowship. he spoke of a certain brother
> he gave a lift to after evening service on Sunday. In the conversation that
> they struck in the care, he asked the guy what he is doing in life and he
> said he was at home. That was a bit of a surprise and then he asked him what
> he would like to be in life to which the guy confidently affirmed that he
> would like to be a Doctor. Next question was what was his highest level of
> qualification which surpisingly was an O Level whose results he has not even
> collected. Now Ps Justin then asked him how he was hoping to study Medicine
> by being at home and not haveing collected his Os and the guy confidently
> said BY FAITH!!
>
> I mean guys kuita here uko??? I think that is a bit off the mark, we need
> to be practical with our faith. This scripture on God's provision does not
> mean we must sit on our laurels and just pray that SOMETHING will happen
> like win the lottery or something absurd like that.
>
> Anywhere VIBERS this Sat was a BLAST just as Nkosie expressed!!! By the
> way, i hope ya'al know about the Tribal challenge and that practice starts
> next week. I would like to be in the soccer team so who wants to do
> what???????
>
> Luv ya VIBERS!!
>
> On 3/10/09, paida motsi <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> *i don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow.*
>>
>> Obviously, we have no way of knowing what our future will be; however, as
>> Christians, we know the one who knows--God.
>>
>> We should not worry about the future, because our times are in His hands
>> (Psalm
>> 31:15 <http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Psalm+31%3A15>). In other
>> words, *God will give you what you need when you need it.*Therefore, it
>> is no surprise that Jesus repeatedly tells us not to worry: *"Do not
>> worry about tomorrow"* (Matthew
>> 6:34<http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Matthew+6%3A34>).Again,
>> Jesus emphasized that God loves and cares for us, and we therefore should
>> not worry about our life: *"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your
>> life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.
>> Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than
>> clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away
>> in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more
>> valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his
>> life?"* (Matthew
>> 6:25-27<http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Matthew+6%3A25-27>).Although
>> you don't know what God has in store for you, be assured that He has a good
>> plan for your life (see Romans
>> 8:28<http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Romans+8%3A28>).
>> *Because He has such a good plan for you, there is no need to worry about
>> life.* Although you don't know what tomorrow holds, you have the
>> opportunity to know the one who holds tomorrow!
>> *I don't want to get to the end of my one and only life and realize I've
>> wasted it.***
>>
>> Probably everyone wants his or her life to count for something and to
>> matter; there are certainly very few people who want to waste their
>> lives.But what does it mean to waste your life? And what does it mean for
>> your life to count, to matter, and to be meaningful? Really, both of those
>> questions boil down to this: *Why do you exist? What are you here for?*
>> Isaiah
>> 43:6-7 <http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Isaiah+43%3A6-7> makes it
>> clear that God created us for this purpose: to glorify Him. Humanity was
>> intended to reflect praise and honor to God; we were designed to make much
>> of God. In other words, *you exist to point praise and glory to God.*If
>> your life doesn't fulfill its purpose, then it was wasted. Specifically,
>> *a wasted life is one that fails to make much of God.*Given the purpose
>> of our lives—as stated in Isaiah 43:6-7—it should be no surprise that Paul
>> gives this command: *whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God* (1
>> Corinthians
>> 10:31<http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=1+Corinthians+10%3A31>).
>> In other words, everything you do should be done to fulfill your purpose,
>> which is giving glory to God.The Apostle Paul determined not to waste his
>> life; instead, he set his heart on glorifying God by spreading the message
>> of Christ: *I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish
>> the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of
>> testifying to the gospel of God's grace* (Acts
>> 20:24<http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=Acts+20%3A24>).Paul
>> was determined not to get tangled up in little dreams and small visions; he
>> knew that *the single purpose of telling everyone about Jesus is greater
>> than every distraction.* Because of his vision, passion, and purpose,
>> Paul's life was not wasted. Compare what Paul said in Acts 20:24 about his
>> desire to "run the race" with what he wrote decades later in 2 Timothy
>> 4:7 <http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=2+Timothy+4%3A7>: *I have
>> fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
>> faith.*Paul's life was not wasted; he lived every day purposefully for the
>> glory of
>> God.Take Paul's example and try writing a "mission statement" for your life.
>> Then, live a life driven by that mission. When you get to the end of your
>> life, don't let your reflection on life be "I've wasted it." Instead,
>> leverage your life in every way possible for the glory of God.
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>> As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a
>> rent-free space in your mind."
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>> -* Isabelle Hollandlle Holland *
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>> --
>> 'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.'
>> - Jim Rohn
>> >>
>>
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'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.'
- Jim Rohn
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