PUBLIC MARKS from maverickchen with tag "christian living"

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

an interesting article I found on http://www.crosswalk.com/ take a look :) Emotionally and physically, we suffer. We wish we didn’t suffer, of course — but we do.So the question for us is: How does being Christian help us with our suffering? Well, here are six truths about suffering that should prove comforting to any Christian in pain: God didn’t cause our suffering.

remember the meeting as if it were yesterday, probably because the dynamic that almost derailed the discussion is one of my pet peeves. I was serving as a consultant in a planning retreat with a business group that was constructing a strategic plan. The company was rich with open opportunities, and it was poised to accomplish a lot of exciting things. Several of us saw the possibilities as endless, and we were really excited about the potential.

Paul uses dozens of metaphors throughout 2 Corinthians. In the above passage, he compares stewardship to farming. In trying to encourage the Corinthian church to give generously to their brothers and sisters in Jerusalem, he instructs the church to view its resources as a farmer views sowing seed.

woman shopping in Houston happily hummed a tune as she col­lected the items she wished to purchase and approached the cashier to pay. The clerk, noticing the shopper’s effervescent personality, lust stared at the shopper for a long moment as though she was wondering what was wrong with her.

Human nature tends to want everything right now. We’re always in a hurry. Most of us get impatient when we miss a turn on a revolving door! When we pray for our dreams to come to pass, we want them to be fulfilled immediately. But we have to understand, God has an ap­pointed time to answer our prayers and to bring our dreams to pass. And the truth is, no matter how badly we want it sooner, no matter how much we pray and plead with God, it’s not going to change His appointed time. It’s still going to happen on God’s timetable.