I am mindful of this at Christmas time, but truly I have been awakened and aware, so aware, of this for the past two years, ever since I took my first trip to Africa.
Pondering this for two years now, I have come to the realization that I truly believe the major problem with most Christians today is severe discontentment. We are in a real crisis in America and the church today and what many do not realize is that at it's root is discontent and greed. It's a problem with most all Americans, Christians or not, however I believe it's worse with Christians because we should know better. Many who do know better simply don't do better in this area.
Unfortunately the lack of contentment has caused a lot of people to make very bad decisions in their personal lives ~ their relationships, home, family, church, job, you name it...the contentment crisis has damaged many lives.
I used to be one of the people who, had this issue not gotten in check in my own life, could have gone careening toward some kind of a crash.
When I came home from Africa the first time, my husband thought I needed counseling. However deep inside I realized, it wasn't me who was upside down...
I was right side up, for the first time.
More on this tomorrow... I will be preaching on this subject the next two weeks on Wednesday night and will post my notes after each message.
The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
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