not everyone's financially savvy

Thursday, April 18, 2024

What's with 2030?

James 4:13

King James Version

13 Go to now, ye that say,

To day or to morrow

we will go into such a city,

and continue there a year,

and buy and sell, and get gain:

Why are organizations, institutions, and nations focused on 2030?

What's with 2030?

What's supposed to happen?

Do these folks have a crystal ball?

Or they plain have an "agenda"?

We shall find out as we explore this 2030 thing.

I expect it to be a series of articles.

For the second article's already on my mind.

But first, let's start with these organization and nations' plans:

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

2030 Bilingual Nation

China 2030

Egypt Vision 2030

Kenya Vision 2030

List of Saudi Vision 2030 Projects

Shared Prosperity Vision 2030

Qatar National Vision 2030

Saudi Vision 2030

National Development Plan 2030

What about you?

What has your country planned?

Does it have a plan for 2030?

Why specifically 2030?

Do you believe in your government's plan?

A question also remains:

Will these bear fruit?

We shall find out here.

Related material:

The 17 Sustainable Development goals

Sustainable development

Sustainability

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Saturday, April 29, 2023

NO shame in being childlike

Matthew 18:2-4

King James Version

2 And Jesus called a little child unto him,

and set him in the midst of them,

3 And said,

Verily I say unto you,

Except ye be converted,

and become as little children,

ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself

as this little child,

the same is greatest

in the kingdom of heaven.

JESUS asked we become "as little children".

To be childlike; not childish.

To love GOD, with all our hearts.

To trust Him.

To delight in Him.

To obey Him.

Yes, even to fear Him.

Only a child could do that.

A child is always pure, and first base.

Either he likes you, or he doesn't.

Either he believes in something, or he doesn't.

Either he likes to do something, or he doesn't.

Kids are transparent.

Kids have good instincts.

Kids like simple things.

We don't believe in complexity.

Or making things difficult for others.

We like transparency.

We like being fair.

We love play.

We love fun.

We love kind people.

We like everyone to have a slice of cake, too.

We're happy, when we see others happy.

We don't like seeing anyone left out.

We're not busy hatching schemes and traps.

We like to be with people we can trust.

The true born again is not ashamed to be childlike.

It's the most fun thing in the world.

We're not financially savvy.

We're not pretentious.

We like simple math.

Addition?

Fine.

Multiplication?

Great.

Subtraction?

We become sad.

Division.

We panic.

Don't make us figure out sophisticated schemes.

We wonder the need for all that.

We know fun.

Adults have lost all fun.

They try too hard.

And fail.

We can sense real.

JESUS loves kids.

JESUS protects kids.

For all those wonderful reasons.

He warned us all:

Matthew 18:5-7

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5 And whoso shall receive

one such little child in my name receiveth me.

6 But whoso shall offend

one of these little ones which believe in me,

it were better for him

that a millstone were hanged about his neck,

and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 Woe unto the world because of offences!

for it must needs be that offences come;

but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

You can't hide a childlike heart.

Joy and play oozes out of you.

Age has nothing to do with authenticity.

Preserve that childlike heart of yours.

And change the world, through the WORD.

WISDOM over wealth

2 Chronicles 1:1

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1 And Solomon the son of David

was strengthened in his kingdom,

and the Lord his God was with him,

and magnified him exceedingly.

How do you know you're praying for the right thing?

Surely you've heard about king Solomon.

I have, since I was a child.

How he asked for something unusual.

Here's what he asked from GOD:

2 Chronicles 1:7-10

King James Version

7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon,

and said unto him,

Ask what I shall give thee.

8 And Solomon said unto God,

Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father,

and hast made me to reign in his stead.

9 Now, O Lord God,

let thy promise unto David my father be established:

for thou hast made me king over a people

like the dust of the earth in multitude.

10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge,

that I may go out and come in before this people:

for who can judge this thy people,

that is so great?

How did GOD respond?

Scripture tells us:

2 Chronicles 1:11-12

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11 And God said to Solomon,

Because this was in thine heart,

and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour,

nor the life of thine enemies,

neither yet hast asked long life;

but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself,

that thou mayest judge my people,

over whom I have made thee king:

12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee;

and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour,

such as none of the kings have had

that have been before thee,

neither shall there any after thee have the like.

How about you?

What would you ask GOD?

What would you pray for?

I knew what I prayed for.

And it certainly wasn't about wealth.

I asked to know ULTIMATE truth.

On, and on I hounded GOD about it.

When GOD finally saw my heart was right, He answered.

It was a very, very long wait -- almost all my life.

But I've always been tenacious, and persistent.

GOD knew all that.

It was only when I started addressing my sins, that He finally answered my prayer.

After that, there was no turning back to my old ways.

I'd be shamefaced to do so.

GOD put me on the right track.

In His own, perfect time.

In His own, perfect way.

In His own, perfect love.

After 84 blogs, and counting, I believe my prayers were answered.

I couldn't share my Scripture discoveries fast enough with you.

It's been a wonderful, fulfilling journey with the LORD!

Friday, April 28, 2023

When you know GOD's laws

JESUS assured us:

John 14:27

King James Version

27 Peace I leave with you,

my peace I give unto you:

not as the world giveth, give I unto you.

Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let it be afraid.

When you know GOD's laws, you tend to sleep peacefully.

You trust GOD completely, for only He sees the bigger picture.

You understand that everything is for GOD's purpose.

Only He has infinite wisdom.

We trust GOD fully.

Psalm 118:6

King James Version

6 The Lord is on my side;

I will not fear:

what can man do unto me?

Proverbs 3:5-8

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5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,

and he shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:

fear the Lord,

and depart from evil.

8 It shall be health to thy navel,

and marrow to thy bones.

Hebrews 13:5-6

King James Version

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness;

and be content with such things as ye have:

or he hath said,

I will never leave thee,

nor forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say,

The Lord is my helper,

and I will not fear

what man shall do unto me.

It is wonderful being born again.

Living by Scripture each day.

Believing in JESUS completely.

GOD's laws are clear to me.

SPIRIT makes all that possible.

Peace lies through JESUS alone.

SPIRIT teaches us about the LORD.

And we marvel at His magnificence.

Having fellowship with Him each day.

Who's financially SAVVY?

Proverbs 22:7

King James Version

7 The rich ruleth over the poor,

and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Many glory in being financially savvy.

But who's really financially savvy?

A former president of a first world nation wrote that he won't play the slot machines.

He'd OWN the slot machines.

That's pretty much how the rich make their money.

Own EVERYTHING, on sight.

And keep the unsavvy enslaved forever.

Truly a diabolical world scheme.

Would you be party, to such a scheme?

It certainly is not of GOD.

Luke 16:15

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15 And he said unto them,

Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;

but God knoweth your hearts:

for that which is highly esteemed among men

is abomination in the sight of God.

But that's how the world makes money.

From the misfortune of others.

From the ignorance of others.

From the enslavement of others.

I cannot be party to such scheme.

I don't have the heart for it.

GOD made me born again.

We live by GOD's laws.

I only care to share with you what the Bible says.

Much of which are warnings, and prophecies.

It's time we listened to the HOLY SPIRIT.

Who taught me everything I needed to know.

The objective being:

1 Thessalonians 5:23

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23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;

and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body

be preserved blameless

unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

JESUS alerted me to the RAPTURE in early 2020.

All I do now is alert you, too.

That JESUS can gather His faithful anytime.

What good is being financially savvy?

When our souls are at stake?

Matthew 16:26-27

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26 For what is a man profited,

if he shall gain the whole world,

and lose his own soul?

or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come

in the glory of his Father with his angels;

and then he shall reward every man

according to his works.

I only care we be with JESUS.

Never mind not being financially savvy.

It is of the world.

And JESUS would not have any part of it.

Isaiah 55:8-9

King James Version

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,

saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

PRAISE long OVERDUE

Psalm 150

King James Version

150 Praise ye the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary:

praise him in the firmament of his power.

2 Praise him for his mighty acts:

praise him according to his excellent greatness.

3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet:

praise him with the psaltery and harp.

4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance:

praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals:

praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

Praise ye the Lord.

There's money that's overdue.

But far more important than money?

PRAISE that's long overdue.

We need to praise the LORD.

Who gave us life, breath, existence.

Who we owe everything to.

But have we praised Him?

Have we remembered Him?

Have we thanked Him?

Have we given our lives to Him?

Or are we too obsessed with the world?

Too caught up in the things of the world?

Too caught up in ourselves?

Too beholden to the world?

Unable to extricate ourselves.

Enslaved by it.

May it not be so.

May we all turn our hearts to the LORD.

May we be born again in CHRIST.

May we obey His commands.

Where the faithful will be going, there will be no need for money.

No need for financial knowledge.

No need for worldly sophistication.

No need for man's approval, or acceptance.

Only a life of pure joy with JESUS!

Which no amount of money can ever compare with.

Revelation 21:4

King James Version

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;

and there shall be no more death,

neither sorrow,

nor crying,

neither shall there be any more pain:

for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21:22-27

King James Version

22 And I saw no temple therein:

for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb

are the temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of the sun,

neither of the moon, to shine in it:

for the glory of God did lighten it,

and the Lamb is the light thereof.

24 And the nations of them which are saved

shall walk in the light of it:

and the kings of the earth

do bring their glory and honour into it.

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day:

for there shall be no night there.

26 And they shall bring

the glory and honour of the nations into it.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it

any thing that defileth,

neither whatsoever worketh abomination,

or maketh a lie:

but they which are written

in the Lamb's book of life.

We believers long for such a life!

Where there's peace, love, joy, and JESUS.

All our efforts aim to share that joy with you.

In PLACE of money

Mark 10:23

King James Version

23 And Jesus looked round about,

and saith unto his disciples,

How hardly shall they that have riches

enter into the kingdom of God!

Money comes; money goes.

Fame comes; fame goes.

Life comes; life goes.

Where to put your faith in?

Put your faith in that which lasts.

And which you can put your whole heart in.

GOD's WORD alone.

Isaiah 40:8

King James Version

8 The grass withereth,

the flower fadeth:

but the word of our God

shall stand for ever.

Luke 21:33

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33 Heaven and earth shall pass away:

but my words shall not pass away.

Trust JESUS alone.

Let Him be your SOURCE of strength, spirit, and salvation.

Everything was created for Him.

John 1:1-3

King James Version

1 In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him;

and without him was not any thing made

that was made.

Colossians 1:16-20

King James Version

16 For by him were all things created,

that are in heaven, and that are in earth,

visible and invisible,

whether they be thrones, or dominions,

or principalities, or powers:

all things were created by him,

and for him:

17 And he is before all things,

and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body,

the church:

who is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead;

that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father

that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace

through the blood of his cross,

by him to reconcile all things unto himself;

by him, I say,

whether they be things in earth,

or things in heaven.

Colossians 2:10

King James Version

10 And ye are complete in him,

which is the head

of all principality and power:

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