I have found in my life that I tend to be an all-or-nothing type of person. I am either going to only eat health food or eat any junk food I want. I am either going to be completely on top of our financial situation with stringent budgets or just spend freely. I was considering just today the positive power of some.
Today I only had about half an hour to mow part of the lawn and everything within me said that I either had to mow the entire lawn of mow none of the lawn - all-or-nothing. The thought came to mind that I could mow the part of the lawn which grows the most quickly and is most visible to the public eye. "Nay" my inner all-or-nothing voice said, "you should probably just go watch Netflix!" I started wondering if that was God talking to me or someone else. I realized that I would get a little exercise, I would feel good about my property and myself, my lawn would look better and my wife would be happier if I just mowed some of my lawn over the next half hour.
As the sun was setting I was wrapping up the aforementioned section of lawn and I felt great! I did some of the lawn and it was a positive experience. How many times does God ask us to take a step of faith and the evil one sneaks in with an all-or-nothing hint. Why read some of the Bible? Read all of the Bible today! Why talk about your faith with your nephew? You should gather the entire family and preach a sermon! Why spend some of your commute to work in prayer? You should wake up at 4:30am and pray for an hour before you do anything else!
In 1 Timothy 4 the apostle Paul is writing to his spiritual son Timothy and he gives him this advice in verses 7 and 8 "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." Training - physical or spiritual - can only be accomplished by recognizing the positive power of some. No marathon runner has trained for a marathon by running a marathon their first day of training. They have to run shorter distances consistently so that they are building themselves up for something greater - the positive power of some.
Today I only had about half an hour to mow part of the lawn and everything within me said that I either had to mow the entire lawn of mow none of the lawn - all-or-nothing. The thought came to mind that I could mow the part of the lawn which grows the most quickly and is most visible to the public eye. "Nay" my inner all-or-nothing voice said, "you should probably just go watch Netflix!" I started wondering if that was God talking to me or someone else. I realized that I would get a little exercise, I would feel good about my property and myself, my lawn would look better and my wife would be happier if I just mowed some of my lawn over the next half hour.
As the sun was setting I was wrapping up the aforementioned section of lawn and I felt great! I did some of the lawn and it was a positive experience. How many times does God ask us to take a step of faith and the evil one sneaks in with an all-or-nothing hint. Why read some of the Bible? Read all of the Bible today! Why talk about your faith with your nephew? You should gather the entire family and preach a sermon! Why spend some of your commute to work in prayer? You should wake up at 4:30am and pray for an hour before you do anything else!
In 1 Timothy 4 the apostle Paul is writing to his spiritual son Timothy and he gives him this advice in verses 7 and 8 "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." Training - physical or spiritual - can only be accomplished by recognizing the positive power of some. No marathon runner has trained for a marathon by running a marathon their first day of training. They have to run shorter distances consistently so that they are building themselves up for something greater - the positive power of some.
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