Thought for the day
A couple of weeks ago, I received the following message:
"You have just received the Gauteng Virus.'"
As we ain't got no programming experience, this virus works on the honor system." Please delete all the files from your hard drive and manually forward this virus to everyone on your mailing list.
"Thanks for your cooperation,"
Gauteng University Computer Engineering Dept.
(incidentally, feel free to substitute the city/town or province of your choice when you pass this on to your friends)
I thought this was humorous and passed it along to several of my friends. Shortly thereafter, I received the following brief message from one of them:
"Done. Is that all?"
The thought that someone might take the above joke seriously and follow its instructions caused me a moment of concern (after all, she is blond). Fortunately, she didn't erase any files and was just having fun with me in return. But that caused me to think about the many people who make the same mistake spiritually.
Solomon speaks often in the book of Proverbs about the need to listen to the advice of others. He is a fool who refuses to listen to others. But, he is also a fool who believes everything others say without evaluating the truthfulness of what is said. The Bible refers to this process of evaluating as "discernment."John warned, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (I John 4:1).
My prayer for each of you is the same one that Paul offered on behalf of the Philippians: "And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment..." (Phil. 1:9)
Verses
1 John 5:4
Everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. It is our faith that wins the victory against the world.
Luke 9:11
But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.
Luke 6:35
"But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
John 15:7
If you remain in union with me and my words remain in you, you may ask whatever you please and you shall have it.
Deuteronomy 8:18
but remember your God Jehovah, because it is he who gives you power to acquire wealth, in order to make good his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as he is doing today.
Prayer
Father, we serve You with our heart loving You above everything and everyone. We serve You with our soul, as it lives for all eternity. We serve You with our mind acknowledging that You are the Dispenser of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. We serve You with our strength, knowing that when our strength weakens it is then that we truly find strength. We serve a supernatural God, so help us not to be drawn into the natural way of thinking or acting, but to walk in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
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