tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674167365375303591.post6599888350126431300..comments2019-11-14T12:55:18.582-06:00Comments on Sanctuary of Tranquility: Your Christian Stewardhip Can Define You Lori Svobodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774451486909537110noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674167365375303591.post-77366081926302898412014-01-13T16:12:10.439-06:002014-01-13T16:12:10.439-06:00Hey Susan..Thank you for sharing. I guess what you...Hey Susan..Thank you for sharing. I guess what your saying goes to show that we are in fact merely human beings and even though we strive to be more deserving to call ourselves by his Holy name we are only that. I am so thankful to be plugged in with your amazing family and Christs Tabernacle and I am absolutely certain that no one from our church would ever behave the way the Christians you described here did. :) Love u Lori Svobodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774451486909537110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674167365375303591.post-85313947683712920182014-01-13T16:06:29.763-06:002014-01-13T16:06:29.763-06:00Thank you Mike, I so love and appreciate your inpu...Thank you Mike, I so love and appreciate your input on all things. I am attempting to be Loaded with Christ as you say and I have some mighty awesome teachers, including you dear friend, I have learned so much from you. God has me plugged into a marvelous church and I am changing each day. Many days I surprise myself by the very transformations in my thought process, and the things I do and say. I pray to learn and grow in Christ more each day. Love you too Mike Lori Svobodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774451486909537110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674167365375303591.post-69233872853571046022014-01-13T00:34:21.743-06:002014-01-13T00:34:21.743-06:00Lori Jesus is owner of all things
Colossians 1.16b...Lori Jesus is owner of all things<br />Colossians 1.16b “all things have been created through Him and for Him.”<br /><br />Think of the way we as humans think of our possessions as “ours.” The world has taught us especially Americans that we have the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. But life comes from God and belongs to God. Happiness is found in God. Property is created by God. All that we have and all that we are belongs to God. It amazes me that God could discard me at anytime? Yet he doesn’t, even though I act as though I am the masters of my own destiny, Jesus is the true master of all that we are.<br /><br />Jesus sustains things visible and invisible. He holds the smallest atomic particle together. He holds the stars and planets in space. Stars that hang on nothing hang at His command. He makes it to rain on sinners; he allows oxygen to flood the lungs of those who live in unbelief. He grants food to the faithless. He holds together all things. <br /><br />This is what should be our response to all that we see Jesus is? To bow to His authority. To accept our responsibility as His caretaker of all that He has in love, and grace blessed us with. We cannot merely offer him part of our time, money, abilities, attitudes, Lori we are to offer him all that we are as a living sacrifice to Him Holy and acceptable to Him.<br /><br />Stewardship is not about percentages it is about principles. Once we recognize that Jesus is creator, owner, and sustainer of us completely and All we have. <br /><br />And here Lori is How we can know that we have done it. <br /><br />When Jesus is first in your thoughts, When Jesus is first in your conversation, When Jesus is first in your decisions, When Jesus is first in your planning, When Jesus is first in your life in everything.<br /><br />Lori God has given me so many things, He’s allowed me to have so many things in my hands, and I have lost so many of them; and through all the losses not only material things. The Holy Spirit so Clearly and Cleverly has shown me It’s our precious moments with each other, our Love that He has put in us that is our greatest possession Lori.<br /><br />When we acknowledge Jesus’ Ownership and Lordship of our lives and admit our responsibility as a steward/manager/caretaker to God and accept our responsibility of managing everything the best that we can for the Glory of God. The words (that we can) are the key words Lori. All we can do. We will step across Lori into the eternal life, and then we are complete. And all we can do is show others by your actions what we have learned from the Master. Its how I know you’re so Loaded with Christ.<br /><br /> Love you Lori. That was a great article.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551852603002072036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674167365375303591.post-35650023167797833352014-01-12T19:43:07.067-06:002014-01-12T19:43:07.067-06:00So true, Lori! I have a cousin who used to work at...So true, Lori! I have a cousin who used to work at a grocery store in Central Florida. He said that working Sundays was the worst because all the Christians would come in on their way home from church and they were the worst shoppers of the week! <br />I believe that even the way we shop, or the way we order our food at the restaurant, or even the tip we leave the waiter/waitress, can greatly affect our witness and testimony. We are to live above reproach.<br />Thanks for sharing! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855063292875737117noreply@blogger.com