Luke 3:14

Luke 3:14

What should we do? asked some soldiers. John replied, Don't extort money or make false accusations. And be content with your pay.

We live in a world where money rules everything for it is the essences of living in the world. People are consumed by gaining money and working day and night just for a little extra. But money is the root of all evil. For if we let money consume us live a worldly life of money we will die. That doesn't mean you shouldn't make money but if you live a life through knowing and giving all to christ he will provide for you you just need to put all your faith in him and live the life he has for you. The other part of this verse say do not make false accusations. Lying can destroy relationships and your life. many times people feel obligated to lie to boost there own life  and make it seem they are perfect or they bring others down and hurt them sometimes ruining the lives of people they have spread lies about. We are tough by Jesus to love one as he has loved us so love everyone. sooner or later God shines the light in the darkness of lies and reveals the truth for you can lie to your friends family and everyone you meet but you cant lie to God for he is all knowing and he just truly wants you to live a life for him and be accepting of what he has shown you for so many times we as Jesus so much put he has already provided and we are just to blind to see it and we often demand more then we are already need and not being content with what Jesus has offered for he has offered the most amazing gift an internal life with the Father in heaven.

Application- i will right a thank you letter to Jesus for what he has done for me. 

 

Romans 15:1

Romans 15:1

We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves.

When we grow in our faith we tend to have strong thoughts and opinions on things that we believe. But that doesn’t mean we can go around screaming and yelling at people who are weak in there walk or just new believers. We should lift those people up and be brought down to the low point and then build them up. God calls us to love your neighbor like yourself. You wouldn't yell or scream at yourself. You would want someone to talk to you and have them meet you where you are at and then grow together. a lot of people today leave christianity because of judgmental christians that just tell people they are going hell and all this other harsh things and don't even ask the other person where they are at. to first preach the gossple to anyone you must first form a relationship with that person then grow with them together. We cant just focus on us, Jesus himself came down to earth to serve others and he was the one person we should be serving. And we can serve him by serving others and loving others and forming unity with everyone cause if we don't then thats when the enemy gets control and dived us which will lead use into sin and we couldn't grow in God but instead grow further away. Thats why we need to unite all together those in strong and new faith to be one body in Christ.

Application- I will ask three people how they are doing with there walk and pray with them for unity.    

Ephesians 5:21

Ephesians 5:21

And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

This verse is talking about husband and wives listening to one another and respecting each other and glorify God. For in verse 22 it says that wives should submit to the husband as to the Lord, For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the church. And in return in verse 25 its says that husbands should love there wives for just as Christ loves the church and gave up his life for the church. What this means to me is that you must always submit to Jesus and what he as called us to do as husbands are called to love there wives and wives listen to there husbands. Gods authority is absolute and we should take that to fear of heart for everything he has said is true and if we disobey and rebel against Him we draw further away from him and cant be with him in eternal heaven, but if we follow and listen to his rules and teachings we can be with him in heaven.

Application- pray for chris for he will be are overseer for kenya  

Matthew 20: 26-28

Matthew 20: 26-28

But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant. 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. 28 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and give his life ransom for many.

Leadership is want everyone drives to be in someway. People like to do what they want and not be told by others what to do. But Jesus says right here that if you want to be a leader and have people serve you. You must serve others first. You don't just wake up a leader and go lead a business or country. You have to first serve people and build relationship with one another. No one will follow someone who doesn't treat others well or someone who has never submitted to authority. But with that said we can never actually be are own true leaders for we have the ultimate leader God! God gives us the ultimate authority we must always be listening to him and what he wants us to do and Jesus is the perfect example of being a leader because he came down to serve. God in human form came down to serve us that is just insane! And not only did he serve us he did the ultimate sacrifice by dying on the cross and he already knew it would happen and knew that there was no other way. Think about the Son of Man came down to serve us and even in serving us wasn't enough so he went a gave up his life for us that just blows my mind away. We can never serve Jesus like he has served us but what we can do is just grow in Him and go spread his word and love your neighbor for if you want to be a leader you must be willing to go to the lowest of low and serve.

Application- I will serve my teammates this week    

Hebrews 5:8

Hebrews 5:8

Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from things he suffered

Jesus was the perfect person who never sinned or did something wrong. But we often forget that Jesus himself went through the same struggles as we people do. He was tempted many times and was living the life as a normal person. Most times when we hear Jesus we think of God’s Son, most holy, God in the flesh, and much more, but he learned through the average life that we as man go through. Jesus did not come down doing everything on his own. It even says in the bible that Jesus only did what the father had instructed. Jesus took all his suffering and used to grow more obedient. As us humans can sometimes take these sufferings and grow further away from obedience and get wrapped in the world and sin which ends to death. Jesus wants us to grow in him through our suffers. Instead of staying hurt and angry at the challenges that we face Jesus is waiting for us to come to him and be obedient in him and live the life he has planned for us. Even though Jesus was God’s Son he still went through the same sufferings of man so we can actually relate to it more and actually go to Jesus for advise and help for he has gone through the same things.

Application- this week i have Kp and I will do what ever I'm asked to do without any complaint and give all glory to Jesus in it. 

Philippians 4:11

Philippians 4:11

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with what ever I have.

This verse hits deep for me for I use to be not content with what God had given me. I would always compare myself to my friends and would always see what they are good at at just shoot myself down and say I'm not good or I could never do that. It wasn't till I accepted christ and really looked at what God had given me and the talents and gifts that God knitted in me before i was even born and I began to accept my own skills instead of putting myself down and wishing had the skills of others. So many times we feel like we are not good enough or not content with what we can do and what we are given but God has given and made us they way we are for a reason and to use those abilities to grow within him and glorify him and spread his word and love. Seeing others do something we cant do can intimidate use or cause us to not even try cause we feel like we will just be laughed at but God loves us enough to single handedly craft each one of us to be different from one another. So we should be content with what God has given us as individuals following christ and use that to spread the gosspel.

Application- I will make a list of what traits and skills God has given me and thank him for it.

1 Timothy 6-8

1 Timothy 6-8

Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all we bought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we cant take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

So many times people think you have to have the biggest most amazing cars, house, and many other materialistic things. They live life working for all the money they want and end up actually more lonely and sad then people see there lives as. Have you ever heard money doesn’t buy happiness? Well its true. We can only have true peace and happiness through living a life of loving christ. If we live a life where its not are lives but living for the king of kings and loving the life he has known about since the begging of time we will life a rich life of love with the holy spirit and be provided ten folds when we return home. People tend to get trapped in the materialistic things that in the end mean nothing for when you get to heaven and are being judged its just you and God. Not you and your bags of money big house or fancy car. Me personally I have never been driven by materialistic things, but i do like having things like my computer and games and I do like having nice cloths. But I'm starting to understand that i should find more liking and wealth in being content with God and his word and learn to be content with what God provides for you and not the extra things become the center of our lives.

Application- I will write a list of what God has blessed in my life