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How To Live Free Of The Next Best Thing

February 18, 2022

The Greek storyteller, Aesop, told of a father who took his son and set off to market.  The son rode a donkey, and the father led the animal.  When they passed through the first town, people commented, "What a lazy boy.  Imagine, riding while his father walks."  The father heard the criticism and changed places.  At the next town, people called out, "Old man, how dare you ride and let your son walk!"  The father again responded to the criticism by getting off the donkey, and then both walked.  Coming to a third town, the father heard people whisper, "How crazy can you get?  Two people walking and letting the donkey carry nothing!"

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Abraham was God's man.  The Bible shows Abraham as obedient to God and yet, still human. God told Abraham, "Leave your native country, your relatives and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you" (Genesis 12:1).  But, then we read that he departed, as God instructed, "and Lot went with him."
February 17, 2022
No matter where you live in this world, you're probably interested in a better life--being a better version of yourself.  That's why the global personal development market is valued at over $13 billion a year!  God weighed in on the subject thousands of years ago in the Bible, inspiring a man named Paul to encapsulate the formula. He wrote:  "One thing I do:  Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14).  In three words, here's his secret:  Concentration, forgetfulness, and anticipation.          
February 16, 2022
We know when we've done wrong.  Even your dog tucks his tail between his legs after he's helped himself to your sandwich sitting on your coffee table when you stepped away. The world's three largest religions: Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism, all recognize a concept of sin.  Christianity is unique, in that its entire message is based on man's redemption from sin through the person of Jesus Christ.
February 15, 2022
If you're married, are you getting what you want and need from your relationship?  Single and want to be married?  People couple-up for many reasons, including companionship, someone to share long nights and difficult seasons with.  But there's one thing that marriage or a love-relationship won't ever do for you and that's complete or fulfill you.                
February 14, 2022
Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus, was a man who was asked by God to take on a huge responsibility. God picked him out to marry the pregnant Mary and be the early father Jesus grew up with.  God's very specific instructions to Joseph came via dreams. 
February 11, 2022
If you have kids or grandkids, you know that they can be frustratingly oblivious to the messes they create. My friend Ming shared that one of her biggest pet peeves is having to constantly remind her kids to lean over their bowls when they eat. Ming wants to train them not to waste food or create more work for others through carelessness. She confessed that she tells them this so often, it comes out harshly.
February 10, 2022
The Bible is full of people whose crimes made them guilty under God's laws and most human laws, too. Moses murdered a man, King David sexually exploited a woman, and the Apostle Paul oversaw the persecution of minorities. Yet they sought and received forgiveness. God's forgiveness toward each of these men didn't undo their guilt. Instead, Jesus transferred the ultimate consequences of their guilt onto Himself so that they could be released from shame.
February 9, 2022
When the apostle Paul was counseling the Romans on how to determine what thoughts and actions were in keeping with Jesus' teachings, he wrote, "stop being conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds" (Romans 12:2). The fact is that we are constantly being transformed by something. Renewal is what ensures that the life of follower of Jesus, practically demonstrates a focus on Jesus, not other people, or "the world." Paul's instruction to stop conforming to the world is often interpreted as "don't be like other people."  But the real goal is aiming at being more and more like Jesus. The more you study the ways of Jesus, the more profound this instruction is.
February 8, 2022
Most, if not all of us, are not going to get out of this life without at least one broken heart.  Without unrequited or lost love, artists, writers and musicians would have to scramble for material.
February 7, 2022
"I'll give some money and volunteer." Most people think that's what God wants out of us.  If we can do that without pain, fine. But Jesus said, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.  If you try to hang onto your life, you will lose it" (Matthew 16:24-25).
February 4, 2022

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We all need a daily reset!  Bonnie Sala shares 2 minutes of daily encouragement that will help you connect the way you live with what you believe.  Learn how the truth and grace of God’s Word can reset your thinking, relationships, attitudes, habits and more!

About Bonnie Sala

Bonnie is the president of Guidelines International Ministries, which exists to shine the light of the Gospel in places of spiritual darkness through audio messages that encourage, equip and bring hope to new believers, the unreached, and those living under persecution.

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