And let our own [people really] learn to apply themselves to good deeds (to honest labor and honorable employment), so that they may be able to meet necessary demands whenever the occasion may require and not be living idle and uncultivated and unfruitful lives. – Titus 3:14, Amplified Bible (AMP) The Bible is filled with verses that teach against idleness.… Continue reading A hard day’s work fulfills the two Great Commandments?
Category: Relating to Others
Into Thin Air
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: – Jeremiah 5:21, KJV In 1996 twelve mountain climbers perished when a fierce storm enveloped the summit of Mount Everest. Among the victims was 31-year old Andy Harris, one of the guides of the expedition. According… Continue reading Into Thin Air
How much do you love your neighbor?
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. – Romans 14:17, Amplified Bible (AMP) The Bible is clear that we are to… Continue reading How much do you love your neighbor?
To command the respect of the outside world…
11 To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you, 12 So that you may bear yourselves becomingly and be correct and honorable and command the respect of the outside world, being dependent on nobody [self-supporting] and having need of nothing. – 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12Amplified Bible (AMP) When people consider… Continue reading To command the respect of the outside world…
What name would you be known by?
Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which interpreted means Son of Encouragement. – Acts 4:36, Amplified Bible (AMP) The movie Dances with Wolves, starring Kevin Costner, was released in 1990. It was a hugely successful film, making $184 million in U.S. box office sales and $424 million… Continue reading What name would you be known by?
Are you up to walking 7 miles in the dark?
And rising up that very hour, they went back to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them. – Luke 24:33, Amplified Bible (AMP) Many times over the years I have heard pastors and Sunday school teachers talk about Jesus’ appearance to the two disciples on the road… Continue reading Are you up to walking 7 miles in the dark?
According to your ability…
To one he gave five talents [probably about $5,000], to another two, to another one—to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country. – Matthew 25:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) God knows what abilities we have, for He is the one who gave them to us. At different stages… Continue reading According to your ability…
18 Signs You Have A Terrible Boss
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. – 1 Corinthians 13:4, KJV In her article 18 Signs You Have A Terrible Boss, Jacquelyn Smith listed the following as signs that you and your boss may not be on the same wavelength: Your boss is never,… Continue reading 18 Signs You Have A Terrible Boss
Watch your mouth! Better yet, watch your heart!
You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks. – Matthew 12:34, Amplified Bible (AMP) Have you ever felt like telling someone off? Maybe you didn’t just feel like it. Maybe you did! Maybe… Continue reading Watch your mouth! Better yet, watch your heart!
Neutrality is a myth.
He who is not with Me [definitely on My side] is against Me, and he who does not [definitely] gather with Me and for My side scatters. – Matthew 12:30, Amplified Bible (AMP) According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, the word “neutral” refers to “a person, country, etc., that does not support either side of an… Continue reading Neutrality is a myth.