Sunday, 14 Sept. 2014
WORD OF HOPE FOR TODAY by Bro. Rolly Custodio
The Commandments from Above
(Part-8)
“You shall not covet.” Ex 20:17
Today’s Insight
In the last of the Ten Commandments, God told His people: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house...[nor] your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” Coveting means grasping and craving for things that don’t belong to you. Haddon Robinson said, “Covetousness is simply craving more of what you have enough of already.” It’s why Paul writes, “Godliness with contentment is great gain” (1Ti 6:6).
In his book of sermons, Feminine Faces, Dr. Clovis
Chappell writes: “When Pompeii was being excavated there was found a body that
had been embalmed by the ashes of Vesuvius. It was that of a woman. Her feet
were turned toward the city gate, but her face was turned backward toward
something that lay just beyond her outstretched hands. The prize which those
frozen fingers were reaching for was a bag of pearls. Maybe she herself had
dropped them as she was fleeing for her life. Maybe she had found them where
they had been dropped by another. But be that as it may, though death was hard
at her heels and life was beckoning to her beyond the city gates, she could not
shake off their spell. She turned to pick them up, and death was her reward.
But it was not the eruption of Vesuvius that made her love pearls more than
life. It only froze her in this attitude of greed.” There’s nothing wrong with
wanting more in life, as long as you’re enjoying the things God has already
given you, and you’re sharing them with others.
Today’s Prayer
Heavenly Father, Thank you for your Word today.
Lord thank you for reminding us that we should not be greedy for accumulating
things in our life but we must be content of what we have so that we will not
be looking for those things that we haven’t but instead sharing those things
that I have. Lord teaches me to be content always in my life because Christ is
more than enough against anything that we are looking for. Lord helps me to
overcome in my life not to be greedy but to share of what I have to the needy
so that I can testify how good you are to them your glory In Jesus’ Name. Amen!
Prayer for Salvation
Lord
I admit I am a sinner I repent of all my sins and I receive you into my heart
as my personal Lord and Savior Amen. If you mean that prayer above from the
bottom of your heart you are now saved. It is God’s Word promise in John 3:16
that if you trust His Son Jesus you will not die but you will have Eternal
Life. Welcome to the family of God. In order to grow in your faith with God
please do these consistently starting today; 1. Pray always 2. Read your Bible
Daily 3. Attend Church Services Regularly 4. Attend Prayer Meeting, Bible
Study, Church Seminars and make God first place in your life with your talents
and finances 5. Lastly, witness Jesus to others that they may receive Eternal
Life also.
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