Scripture

…for the joy of the Lord is your strength. – Nehemiah 8:10

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My Pondering

Nehemiah was encouraging the people of Israel under his governance when we encouraged them with this bold statement. We serve and are loved by the very same God.

It doesn’t mean we should never be sad, lament or grieve for ourselves or others, but that grief should not dominate us for long….for we have hope! For since God is with us, who will ultimately be against us?

Hoisting God’s interest, name and glory up high and foremost is vital to receive this strength. It comes from trusting and obeying God and drawing upon His sustenance at all times.

Bible translations

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Q: Why are there so many Bible translations?

My Pondering A: Same reason there are so many denominations, languages, trees, animals, etc

Same species, different styles

Once you jump ship and move to a different species, then you have a heretical cult.

Demand unity in principles and encourage variety in preferences.
Love in all ❤️

For non of us lives to himself alone… Romans 14:7

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”For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.“
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Romans‬ ‭14‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭BSB

My Pondering

We weren’t designed to be loners. God desires an active dynamic relationship with each of us first and foremost. We each have innate talents and gifts He has bestowed for mutual edification. It is our responsibility to engage, interact and connect with others in humility, peace, service and love…as possible.

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body.
So it is with Christ.

1st Corinthians 12:12

We aren’t called to be ‘people pleasers’ but ‘people lovers’. Our responsibility isn’t to ‘like’ and be friends with everyone but to ‘love’ and be neighborly with everyone…as possible.

For God tells us:

For where two or three gather in my name,
there am I with them.”

Matthew 18:20

Live a life worthy… Ephesians 4:1

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My Pondering

If you are alive, and presumably you are since you are reading this, then you have been called by God for a purpose. He created you. He allowed you to be born at a certain time and place. He knows you from the inside out better than you know yourself. In all reality, you are His as is everything else under the sun.

Yet, He saw it fit to give us a free will and to create us humans with many of His own attributes which the rest of creation doesn’t possess in the level we do.

Here we have choice within His sovereignty by our own free will. What will do with our life, with the TTT He has bestowed to each of us.

How shall we use our Time, Talent and Treasures?