Daily verse and quote Posted March 5, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.67 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted March 5, 2020 “At the moment I have all I need—more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me when Epaphroditus came. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that pleases God well.” Philippians 4:18 You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. Vernon Howard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted March 5, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 962 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,708 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 9,106 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Daily verse and quote said: You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. Vernon Howard I think I am never fully successful though I have all that I need. God always provides the perfect provision amount to motivate me on, on to strive harder in running the race in order to finish well. Making gain is not about self, but about being able to give generously from an earned share to widows and orphans that they may have opportunity to also strive, gain, store up, and reinvest of themselves and their capital in service of our Lord with the then gained ability to share of the "fruits" of corners of the fields at the very least. For me to store up that which I have in physical or fiscal gain is not to do what my LORD will reward at the end of this race. To sit in satisfaction just holding on may allow me to finish and win the race, but it will have done so in an unmeritorious manner, bringing shame upon even victory. So I, even this moment, think upon what must I do with the "capital" God has granted me. How do I make gain with it is the question. Then working the answer I am led to is the labor that I am to perform to God's glory. Whether it be small glory or large is found in the effort put in to the mission. Shame on me if I conclude I shall coast along because it appears I may be comfortable sitting instead of stretching towards gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sower Posted March 5, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 14 Topic Count: 32 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,269 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5,891 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/09/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted March 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Neighbor said: I think I am never fully successful though I have all that I need. I understand. I receive more than I need. The older I get, the more grateful I become (the little things)....... I am still learning when God bestows blessings upon me, this blessing is to be shared with others. I believe this is easily understood. By the brethren. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Jay Posted March 5, 2020 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 32 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted March 5, 2020 Thank you for a very good idea to think about this morning, and a very good reminder that what I am receiving is what I need and not necessarily what I want. I used to pray for the things that I wanted, and so often God never seemed to answer these prayers. In my selfishness I would get angry because I wasn't getting what I wanted. As I've gotten older I've learned that I really don't like anger. It feels like poison in me. So in order to stop myself from getting angry I have learned to accept the idea that I get what I need not what I want. And I have come to love this saying because it has helped me live more in a state of peace and gratitude from every little thing that I receive, every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted March 5, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 5, 2020 There is quite a difference in what we want and what we need. God provides us with what we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily verse and quote Posted March 5, 2020 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 1,190 Topics Per Day: 0.67 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,316 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/13/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 God seems to always have a way to address our needs/concerns. Through His Word, circumstances, or through other people. I am thrilled that He spoke to you through this morning's post. Blessings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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