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

King James Version

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.

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The HOLY SPIRIT and 2 BABIES

GOD's LOVE for children

At EASE with self

the cat's guide to his galaxy

Not everyone's FINANCIALLY savvy

When you know GOD's laws

BORN AGAIN benefits

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WISDOM over wealth

 

2 Chronicles 1:1

King James Version

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

King James Version

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!

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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

King James Version

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.

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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

King James Version

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

King James Version

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

King James Version

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.

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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.

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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

King James Version

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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NO shame in debt

 

Proverbs 29:25

King James Version

25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: 

but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord 

shall be safe.

Can't pay your bills?

Can't pay your loans?

Creditors on your back all the time?

We're not alone in our battle.

You think the LORD has forgotten you?

Take heart, for SPIRIT gives us comfort.

He led me to the bigger picture today.

Such as world debt.

And I thought to myself:

"If nations cannot pay,

how much more can one man pay?"

"If those in the know fail,

how much more can everyday people succeed?"

"Is the world economic system rigged,

that the rich remain rich, 

and the poor remain poor?"

"Is the world designed

for but a few

to live, thrive, and succeed?"

"Do the few entitled elite

wish to keep everyone in ignorance?"

"Is debt an instrument

to keep people poor,

and controlled?"

Legit questions, right?

We're not the only ones with debt.

The world has a US$305 trillion debt.

Yes, that's a mind-boggling 305 trillion in debt.

Check these findings:

Global Debt Reaches A Record $226 Trillion

List of countries by external debt

List of countries by corporate debt

List of countries by household debt

List of countries by government debt

National debt of the United States

Government debt (public debt)

Relevant financial institutions:

World Bank (WB)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Bank for International Settlements

International Finance Corporation

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Asian Development Bank

New Development Bank

Related links:

United Nations

The Swiss constituency

Bretton Woods Conference

Bretton Woods system

Global financial system

Gold standard

Outline of finance

Credit theory of money

Debt deflation

Causes of the Great Depression: Debt deflation

Debt

The debt of one, becomes the profit of another.

The debt of many, becomes the profit of a few.

That's how the world works.

For it is NOT of GOD.

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Updated 28 April 2024

The world is NOT financially savvy

 

Proverbs 16:18-19

King James Version

18 Pride goeth before destruction, 

and an haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, 

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

The everyday person is not expected to be financially savvy.

And that's very okay.

But shame on those who are supposed to be in the know.

The banks, economists, policy makers, world leaders.

They've messed up.

And they do mess up BIG time.

Not only do they lose their own money, worse still, they lose that of their investors' money.

They expect their citizens to pay up.

And they keep the lies going.

They, who are supposed to know, show they don't either.

Why feel bad about yourself, then, if you're not financially savvy?

No one is privy to finance.

At any moment, GOD can humble us all.

He can take away everything, in an instant.

Only GOD has control over everything.

Proverbs 19:21

King James Version

21 There are many devices in a man's heart; 

nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, 

that shall stand.

Proverbs 16:4

King James Version

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: 

yea, even the wicked 

for the day of evil.

We've all looked to the wrong thing -- man.

We must start looking to the RIGHT thing -- GOD.

Psalm 118:8-9

King James Version

8 It is better to trust in the Lord 

than to put confidence in man.

9 It is better to trust in the Lord 

than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 146:3-5

King James Version

3 Put not your trust in princes, 

nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, 

he returneth to his earth; 

in that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 

whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Jeremiah 17:5-7

King James Version

5 Thus saith the Lord; 

Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 

and maketh flesh his arm, 

and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, 

and shall not see when good cometh; 

but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, 

in a salt land and not inhabited.

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 

and whose hope the Lord is.

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NO shame in being poor

 

Deuteronomy 15:11

King James Version

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: 

therefore I command thee, 

saying, 

Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, 

to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

There is no shame in being poor.

There is no shame in not knowing finance.

There is no shame in falling into debt.

Not knowing how you'll be able to pay.

If at all.

Know GOD's WORD instead.

Look to JESUS.

Look to the way He lived His life.

Look to the way He conducted Himself.

Did the Bible say He was garbed in rich threads?

Or lived in luxury?

Look what the Bible says:

Isaiah 53:1-10

King James Version

53 Who hath believed our report? 

and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 

and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, 

smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, 

he was bruised for our iniquities: 

the chastisement of our peace was upon him; 

and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; 

we have turned every one to his own way; 

and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, 

and he was afflicted, 

yet he opened not his mouth: 

he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, 

and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, 

so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: 

and who shall declare his generation? 

for he was cut off out of the land of the living: 

for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, 

and with the rich in his death; 

because he had done no violence, 

neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; 

he hath put him to grief: 

when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, 

he shall see his seed, 

he shall prolong his days, 

and the pleasure of the Lord 

shall prosper in his hand.

Mark 6:4-6

King James Version

4 But Jesus, said unto them, 

A prophet is not without honour, 

but in his own country, 

and among his own kin, 

and in his own house.

5 And he could there do no mighty work, 

save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, 

and healed them.

6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. 

And he went round about the villages, 

teaching.

Luke 9:58

King James Version

58 And Jesus said unto him, 

Foxes have holes, 

and birds of the air have nests; 

but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Philippians 2:5-8

King James Version

5 Let this mind be in you, 

which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, 

being in the form of God, 

thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, 

and took upon him the form of a servant, 

and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, 

he humbled himself, 

and became obedient unto death, 

even the death of the cross.

The true born again looks to the LORD JESUS.

For strength.

For supply.

For support.

For SPIRIT.

For salvation.

Only the LORD can make us truly wealthy.

For we shall be with Him during the RAPTURE.

And we shall have eternal life.

That, for us, is true wealth.

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