NCarolinian

I am teaching today on developing the mindset and lifestyle, as Christians, to overflow into the lives of others what God has freely and abundantly given and blessed you with. Many believers have no issue with receiving and unfortunately that's where the blessing stops, they have no outlet for pouring into the lives of others. Being a citizen of The Kingdom of God, being a Disciple of Christ and Child of the Living God is spelled out several times in Scripture in this regard - "freely you have received, now freely give." (Matt. 10:5-8) Matthew 13:31-32 cites Jesus telling about the smallest of its kind of seed, the mustard seed. When this seed is planted and is nurtured to full health - the smallest seed becomes one of the greatest trees in the area, providing shade, shelter and security for birds and other wildlife. If a seed, not being human, can be given or planted, then give back through what it becomes - how much more can God bless His own and His own should reflect...

“If we do not believe in decent behavior, why should we be so anxious to make excuses for not having behaved decently? The truth is, we believe in decency so much – we feel the Rule of Law pressing on us so – that we cannot bear to face the fact that we are breaking it and consequently we try to shift the responsibility.” “These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way. They know the Law of Nature; they break it.” (p.21, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis) Within the human is what many old time scholars used to call The Law of Nature. This term was updated to The Law of Human Nature to reflect a moral compass that directs humanity’s decisions on right and wrong. If anyone studied the world civilizations of history, the shared common moral compass; an agreed upon standard of decent behavior fo...