He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
Tertullian (160-240, Roman Christian author and polemicist)
Romans 14:5-6 (HCSB)
One person considers one day to be above another day. Someone else considers every day to be the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind. Whoever observes the day, observes it to the Lord. Whoever eats, eats to the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is to the Lord that he does not eat, yet he thanks God.
A common denominator that we find when we value certain days above others is selfish desire. We value certain days because life is all about us, about what makes us happy and what makes us sad. It is an inward seeking of self-gratification. There is nothing that we cannot enjoy as Christians, as long as we take Christ along with us, and if Christ wouldn’t go there, neither should you and I.
The difference is that I ask myself each day that I live this one question, “whose day is this?” the simple answer is that it is God’s day, and our Father says that we need to be fully convinced of this fact. The reason being is that we can be satisfied with weak and small emotional gratifying experiences and miss the Grandeur of God in our days.
It is getting up every day excited because God is with you, and you recognize that fact, and you give Him the Glory for whatever you have in that day. If you have nothing, you thank Him, if you have plenty, you thank Him. If it’s a special day, you thank Him, and if it’s a Monday morning …you get up and give Him praise for Monday…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Tertullian (160-240, Roman Christian author and polemicist)
Romans 14:5-6 (HCSB)
One person considers one day to be above another day. Someone else considers every day to be the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind. Whoever observes the day, observes it to the Lord. Whoever eats, eats to the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is to the Lord that he does not eat, yet he thanks God.
A common denominator that we find when we value certain days above others is selfish desire. We value certain days because life is all about us, about what makes us happy and what makes us sad. It is an inward seeking of self-gratification. There is nothing that we cannot enjoy as Christians, as long as we take Christ along with us, and if Christ wouldn’t go there, neither should you and I.
The difference is that I ask myself each day that I live this one question, “whose day is this?” the simple answer is that it is God’s day, and our Father says that we need to be fully convinced of this fact. The reason being is that we can be satisfied with weak and small emotional gratifying experiences and miss the Grandeur of God in our days.
It is getting up every day excited because God is with you, and you recognize that fact, and you give Him the Glory for whatever you have in that day. If you have nothing, you thank Him, if you have plenty, you thank Him. If it’s a special day, you thank Him, and if it’s a Monday morning …you get up and give Him praise for Monday…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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