Yeah do you live in the United States? Go to winco and buy quinoa by the bulk. Or rice and bean and beans in bulk… Any fast food is horrible for you. It processed and proven to cause all kinds of diseases. But either way I think you would be good because you're doing it for the Lord, and I know He will bless you.I work as an optometrist's assistant. Really? I can save more money by not eating the 1 dollar fast food meal and eating healthier? how so?
I'm actually in poverty due to my dedication to God. I have a full time job and work 30 dollars per hour, and I only use what I need for minimal living and basic survival. I am actually living in a super low cost apartment in a dangerous neighborhood and donating the rest of my money to church. I walk to the places I need to go instead of driving or taking the bus. I eat those one dollar meals from fast food restaurant for most of my meals only to save money. I could have live the good life, buying my own house and my own car, but I want to give God back even if that includes my living conditions.
There is a reaping part. God is not mocked, you must reap what you sow. Just as you have faith to live with less and give, you must also have the same faith for the other part of it......... That is to expect to receive abundantly.
If you do what I do, then you can balance things a bit more. I always ask God before buying anything like a TV or something major, and I always ask God if I am suppose to have something to use that I have not gotten., I also just don't buy things based on the fact I have money to do so.
God wants us richly blessed and since my source is from sowing into the Kingdom, and reaping, then what I make no matter how much or little does not matter.
We want to obey the Word, not in a place where we never give, and not in a place where we never expect to recieve back. It's through the law of seed time and harvest we get blessed.
This is why Jesus told the rich young ruler to sell all you have and give to the poor. If the rich young ruler would have stayed to listen, He would have heard Jesus also say that nobody has given everything for the gospel sake and not recieved 100 fold now in this time.
What we make, no matter how much is not anything close to what God can do when we also expect a return. The increase causes us to do more and more for the Kingdom.
But the fact that god have given so much to me, wouldn't it make sense I give most of what I own to him even if that is very little to him? My parents have raised me for 20 years by themselves. They probably spent like 50,000 on me. My parents would be much happier if I can give as much as I can to them even if that is little to none to them. Let's say I can make 1000 dollars in a life time, they would be much happier if I give them 950, and use 50 for myself, rather than giving them 400 and using 600 for myself. It shows that I appreciate them a lot. After I die naturally, I am planning to give God my soul as my final gift. I don't like people who choose to not give god most of their paycheck after what god have done for them. That is very messed up. I feel those people who don't give most of their paycheck to church and don't live minimally (no car, basic apartment, no usage of bus, buying only what is needed to minimally maintain yourself), are spoiled and don't want to give god as much as they can.
How do you even know if you still have lots of room to receive stuff? If you are given 1 million dollars, how would you determine if you still have large enough room to receive stuff. Since God owns my body, soul, and spirit, how do I relinquish the ownership of my body, soul, and spirit so I don't have a soul to call my own?
Your rewards in life will be in equal proportion with your ability to serve others.I have never asked this question before of anyone. Partly because I find it embarrassing and shameful. And it relates to my other post, and is the reason I am struggling to find a job.
I wasn't "saved" until late November of 2012, when I was in school, and the second to last semester was nearing its finish. I had about 2 more weeks of classes before the finals, and then after that just one last semester of graduate school. Before I found God I was a wreck. I was a lazy person who did not try her hardest. I barely tried at all. Life was meaningless and I admit here (for the first time) that i really let everyone down as far as how I was as a worker/student. My family thinks that I was this studious and hard-working, ambitious person but I wasn't. I was depressed and barely did enough to get by. I did the bare minimum, and read the cliffs notes version of the reading assignments (it wasnt actually cliffs notes but it was the equivalent in my field). I am very ashamed of myself. But when I look back on it I think, well if I was saved and a follower of Jesus then, I KNOW I would be a diligent, conscientious student. That's because my final semester I actually got semi-decent grades (not the best - I think part of that has to do with building on what I learned in previous semesters, and since I didn't learn much, my grades the final semester reflected that. My hard, yet joyful work the final semester could only help so much)
I once saw this 700 Club episode in which this guy was a drug addict / homeless guy, and he found God and became saved and applied for this job, and he said he definitely wasn't qualified, but he got it anyway, even though there were other applicants that didn't share his troubled background.
But I just don't understand how employers are going to hire me since my record represents how I was before I was saved. I simply am not qualified, and my record shows that I was a terrible student who got terrible grades. I guess I'm trying to ask - I know that if you try and pray and have faith and all that, you can have anything you want - but what happens when the thing you want will be based on your past efforts, on what you did BEFORE you came to know Christ? These employers all ask for my transcript, and once they see it, I know i'll be out of the running. This is part of why I get so depressed
Does my question even make sense. Please ask for clarification if you don't get the question. I am really wondering about this and have been for some time.
I obviously cannot go back in time and change it, but if i could, i'd have found Christ sooner, much sooner in my life, not just in grad school but before that! but i am happy I finally found him. I clearly needed him to get through grad school and was in SERIOUS danger of failing.
Your rewards in life will be in equal proportion with your ability to serve others.
I dropped out of school in the 7th grade but I have made millions of dollars.
People do business with their friends. If you believe that your ability to serve your client/boss/community is the most valuable asset you have then you will succeed. If you have an education then that enhances your ability to serve if it applies to what you are trying to do.