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(03/19/2001) not what I don't have


Hello prayer warriors, 1. Prayer note: not what I don't have I recently talked on perspective, on how we are to see change in our lives. Some of these revelations came from Dr. John Lim's tape and I find that they have impacted my life. I've mentioned before that the most important element of stewardship is faithfulness. The next is probably this ... that we are to be stewards over what God has given us. We can only be good stewards of what God has given us when we focus on what we have and not on what we do not have. This is probably one of the first important revelation on perspective: FOCUS on what you have and not on what you do not have. Let us look at the parable that Jesus gave of the talents. [Matthew 25:14-18] 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, & made them other 5 talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. Why did the person with the one talent dig into the earth and place his money there? Probably because he was not focussing on what he had but on what he did not have. He got the least of the talents. He could have looked at the other servants and questioned why he got less than the others. He could have been bitter and envious and decided that his master was not fair. [Matthew 25:24-25] 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. Look at his reply to his master. It was one of anger and of bitterness and of negative emotions. He chose in the end to hide his talent in the ground. He saw his master as a hard taskmaster and reacted to what he thought was an unfair situation. If he has focussed on what he had, he would have had been a good steward and be able to multiply what his master has given him. How do you see God now? Is He the hard taskmaster who has been unfair to you? Is your portion in life going to be small and insignificant because Your Lord is just not fair to you? Or is He the loving Father who gives you all good things ... who places you in places where He can prosper you? If we learn to focus on what we have, God can cause the smallest grain of seed that He has placed into our hands to blossom and grow into a fruitful vineyard. It is all a matter of having the right perspective and changing your mind to focus on what you have and not on what you do not have. 2. New prayer requests: i. Car sale -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1733&table=prayer ii. Deliverance -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1735&table=prayer iii. Prayer for My Job -- gmles http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1738&table=prayer iv. Pray For my Need, Mom in Texas -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1739&table=prayer v. Prayer for my Sister-In-Law -- susankayphillips http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1740&table=prayer vi. Love, Unity, Togetherness! -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1741&table=prayer vii. God is opening Doors for Me! -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1742&table=prayer viii. Pray for a friend who accidently may have come in contact with HIV -- capguy http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1743&table=prayer 3. Number of prayer warriors: 740 We welcome nikkilynn, danny, bja, drumania, nancyjh, miss ellie, hutain, belandden, judy2, blue_bird02, carolyn mitchell, happymattie, ybeerens and humbelani into our prayer group. Three emails have become invalid. in Christ, Wai Hun
Monday, March 19, 2001 8:48:50 AM waihun
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