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Today's prayer - May we all take the time to stop and heart the voice of God. That we would pause, stop and smell the roses, and ponder all that He has done. We must learn that being "busy" is not an achievement. We all decide how we spend our time and we can decide to slow down, schedule downtime, and schedule quiet time with God. Let's go my friend! Love you guys, Ryan (@ryan.maher)
I’d ask what you think, but I think that defeats the purpose
Seriously though...a proverb. “It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord, you are safe.”
Proverbs 29:25 GNT
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quote is from @craiggroeschel .
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Credit @kinglordjesus - I absolutely love this! Verse 2b: “May I never forget the good things He does for me.” This is my prayer, my heart. Let’s live our lives in thankfulness of what He has done for us. We are so quick to forget. It’s great to write down all the amazing things that God does in your life, that way in difficult seasons, you will stay encouraged. Verses from Psalm 103:2-5.
Fear of man can be one of the greatest road-blocks to serving the Lord. Most of us have it deeply rooted in our natures. It shows itself in different ways in different personalities, but it’s there.
It can become like a form of slavery! It can be especially binding with people on whom I really want to make a good impression. It can get to the point where I become a virtual “shape-shifter,” changing my opinions, personality, etc. according to who I am with. That’s not the glorious freedom that is in Christ!
What can people’s words and thoughts about me really do to me? Cause some awkwardness, maybe some humiliation, and for sure some uncomfortable moments. In short, my pride, my ego, is hurt. But the truth is that I need my pride and egotism to be broken down, so that I can concentrate on becoming like Jesus who is gentle and lowly of heart, and at the same time, zealous for the Lord!
The first important thing that I need to do in order to overcome is acknowledge that I have fear of man. I need to seek such a deep love for Jesus so that what becomes most important is to please and honor Him.
Then, step-by-step I make the choices to do and be free to act in obedience to the faith, instead of according to the approval my flesh craves. I pray for help and strength to overcome the thoughts of “What do they think?” and stand on the Word of God as my weapon. Slowly but surely my thoughts will be trained away from being bound by wanting honor from people to serving the living God. Then I will experience freedom!
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