More Than You Know
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life--in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. Phil 2:14-16
If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the millions who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.
If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back,
a roof over your head
and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet
and spare change in a dish someplace,
you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare, especially in the United States.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand,
hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch.
If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.
It's all how you look at things...
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Pet 1:6-9
Rejoice is an action verb; God expects those after His own heart to do it.
Need further proof? Go and read the Psalms, especially the ones written by David, a man who God deemed "a man after My own heart." You will find more references to rejoicing there than any other place in the Bible.
It's all about attitude.
What has you rejoicing lately?
If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the millions who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.
If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back,
a roof over your head
and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet
and spare change in a dish someplace,
you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare, especially in the United States.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand,
hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch.
If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.
It's all how you look at things...
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Pet 1:6-9
Rejoice is an action verb; God expects those after His own heart to do it.
Need further proof? Go and read the Psalms, especially the ones written by David, a man who God deemed "a man after My own heart." You will find more references to rejoicing there than any other place in the Bible.
It's all about attitude.
What has you rejoicing lately?
Labels: Faith
posted by Shalee at 8:42 AM
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