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Your life is truly blessed to have a good believing husband and two children. It is clear that the Lord has also blessed you with material things to be able to spend on what you desire. It is great to have financial blessings. If you feel your spending is out of control perhaps you can meditate on the following.
a) Being a good financial steward of God has blessed us with. EVERYTHING we have or "own" is actually given to us by the Lord to be stewards while on earth. God is watching how we manage our possessions. Being a good steward includes blessing others that are in need or to give towards the spreading of the gospel. There are many good Christian ministries that can do great exploits for the Lord with more financial support. Every soul they reach or bless will mean dividends for you for eternity!
Remember one day we have to give an account of all that God entrusted us with while during our life here.
b) The bible warns us against "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life". When we are tempted to buy things we do not need, it is usually to feed the lust of the eyes and because of the pride of life. It makes us feel good that we can "afford" to buy what we like (pride) and to show off to visitors our possessions. We should rejoice and be proud of being a child of the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings and not need possessions to give us a sense of achievement.
I have been walking with the Lord for 28 years and have learned much. The Lord has blessed me tremendously both spiritually and financially and is still teaching me that He has blessed me to BE A BLESSING! God bless you and your family as you desire to live to please Him.
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Posted 12/24/2006 02:37am
Author: panir
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