Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...Be Lenders and Not Borrowers.

During the peak of this recession you have heard or seen a lot of people suffering. Many are still losing jobs, many are still going through years of savings just to get by, many are sick with no health insurance and some are still losing homes they have worked so hard to obtain. Now on the flip side, we have also heard pastors giving messages on Christians not experiencing recession and stories of Christians prospering through the recession. A message meant to encourage us to not be fearful of what is taking place around us and to fully trust God to provide our each and every need. But with those messages comes the responsibility of using wisdom in our everyday lives. My immediate family has not had to suffer through these times as many others have and I thank God for it. We’ve actually been blessed to be a blessing in some cases. And we bless God for that as well. But we also have cut back in certain areas, so we aren’t affected or even affected as much. Things we can’t afford, we don’t buy until we can afford them. Things we don’t need, we don’t buy until there is a need. Having a mind like Christ, is to operate as He would. Using wisdom with the knowledge we have of His grace and mercy, will get us all through the recession. That’s why it’s important to teach our children to be prepare their minds to be the lenders and the borrowers. There is no need for any of us to be slaves to debit or consumption. One of God’s promise and desire has always been to provide us our every need.

If you are lead, try reading Deuteronomy 28, to rediscover or discover the blessings of obedience and Genesis Chapters 37 to 45, the story of Joseph.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it’s a choice. ~ Delphine

2 Tim 1:7 -- For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

Phil 4:19 -- “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”