Friend or Foe?

Me and my wife received this package in the mail from our insurance company and for some weird reason it came with a coloring book which was entitled “Friend or Foe?” and it has a picture of a family with their dog on the cover. The whole book was geared towards children about how they should be careful around dogs because not all of them are friendly but God used this book to show me how certain things around our lives that are our “friend” but can actually turn out to be our worst “foe”.

It showed me how we are able to use such things as twitter, facebook, and myspace or msn, blackberry, Iphone, etc to be our “friend” that makes communication easier which it does, but it all comes down to the fact that are you utilizing it or is it utilizing you. Are you using these things to further you walk or is it using you dragging you back from the call God has on your life. Is the amount of time you spend with it more time you spend with God? Are you allowing it to become a god of your life and making into an idol that hinders your walk? Are you gonna let these materialistic things control you? Or God? I for one wanna choose God as the person who controls my life. Ask God to show you if there are certain things in your life if there are things in your life that are disguised as friends but are actually your foes.

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You May Have Been Set Up… (Part 2)

Sometime we get setup Because God is getting ready to move in a mighty way and you will be blessed in the process. Maybe He is wanting to make Himself known to others around you but it will take you to be setup in order for Him to show Himself through your trials.

God is always looking for someone to shine through. If asked by God, would you be willing to go through the hardship in order for Him to shine? Is your financial income more important than for God to shine? I believe that God is ready and willing to bless each and everyone of us, if only we will let His light shine through the process!

Are you willing to be setup?

Tags: Blessing, Hard Times, Jesus, Life, Persecution, Set, Up

You May Have Been Set Up… (Part 1)

Ever been at a point in life where everything was just hard? It seems like life is falling apart. Friends are leaving you, you get fired or laid off, money doesn’t easily get around for you, etc… What ever the situation that you went through or are currently going through, I want to challenge you today with a thought!

I want to specifically address the hard time that we are experiencing financially. I was just having a meeting with one of my worship leaders and the subject of trials and persecution came up. Then we went on the subject of the financial state that we are in as a nation. Maybe you are reading this and you have lost your job for what ever reason, I know that this may be hard to believe or to think about. You may say, well that is easy for you to say Phil because you still have a job. Please just try to hear me out.

What if… God is trying to set you up?

Honestly, just take a second and think about it. Wha if God is trying to set you up for a blessing. What if in order to bless you, God had to remove you from where you were? What if He’s got something better for you? What if you dare to believe that God is a good God? What if…?

Tags: Blessing, Hard Times, Jesus, Life, Persecution, Set, Up