Weekly Devo

 1 Corinthians 3:3   When we feel discontented because of another’s success, that is just our fleshly selves ruling our heart (Galatians  5:19-23 ). We cannot resent someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. That is their life, and this one is yours. The correct attitude is to be supportive and rejoice with them. That is the loving attitude that God wants us to embody. This caring attitude enriches your life and theirs.   On the other hand, envy rots you from the inside out (Proverbs 14:30). Look at Moses’s attitude in Numbers 11. Moses was glad when Eldad and Medad were prophesying in the camp. Moses didn’t see it as a threat, nor did he envy them receiving attention. No, he just reveled in the idea that more were doing the work of the Lord (Numbers 11:26-30). Don’t forget to remember that because something good is done doesn’t mean it’s void of envy. Paul made that clear in Philippians  1:15-18  when he said, “Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife.” We cannot be t

2 Peter 1:7          A Christian grace is kindness. However, we need to make sure we do not swap kindness for niceness. Niceness is being in such a way that you are pleasant to those around you. Kindness does not always equal that. A drug addict may not think its kind of you to put them into rehab. Yet that is the more kind and caring thing you can do. As Christian’s our love is to be kind. We are to be kindly affectionate to one another (Romans 12:10). We are to be kind to unkind people (1 Peter  2:18-20).  God says that level of kindness is commendable. Even to our enemies we are to show kindness (Luke 6:35). The Proverbs 31 woman had a tongue that was the law of kindness. Look at the strongest brotherly example we have, David and Jonathan. Their love provoked a covenant that kindness was to always be shown (1 Samuel  20:14-17).  We need to have this kind of kind love toward one another and the lost.                   

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not!”  (Romans 6:1, 2) NKJV What is freedom in Christ? It is the freedom to live. Whether you agree or not, sin is bondage. Sin enslaves us and destroys us (Romans 6:16; James  1:13-15 ). Sin rots us from the inside out. It requires our life here on earth and in condemnation hereafter. Look at Judas as an example of what sin does, how blind it makes us, and how much it can destroy us. It can harden our heart so much there is no good left (Hebrews 3:13). We become bondservants to Christ and slaves to righteousness by choice because we choose to obey. Then how is freedom? We get to choose it. We become more in Christ. We become who God created us to be. Studies show that simple things like giving to or serving someone else brings us more joy than being selfish. That would mean the fruits of the spirit would bring us more joy than the fruits of the flesh. We are free from death, corruption, sin, disease, an