Helping Others Isn't Helping

I've heard it, you've seen it, everyone has known about it from somewhere; the cliche that if you're feeling down and out, helping someone will make you feel better. While it is true you'll get a junkie rush from your shot of "I did my good deed", whatever you were feeling prior to that fix doesn't go away. 

Blessings Aren't Earned

Do you worry that if you make the wrong decision, the Lord will be displeased with you and withhold blessings from you? Though there are multiple scriptures I'll reference here, I can sum this entire article up with one sentence: The Lord blesses us for one reason; because He loves us; not because we earned it.

Have You Given Up on Your Gift?

God gave EVERYONE their desires, passions, and gifts; believers AND non-believers. True, they are ultimately for His glory, but He wants us to ENJOY them! If there is a passion inside of you, it is there for a reason, but there is NO reason to feel guilty for indulging! Whatever passions and gifts were given to you, it was knowing you would be good at and enjoy them. Why in the world would a Daddy who created us for the sole purpose of loving us, give us desires with no plan to carry them out?

Do You Help Out of Love or Approval?

How many people have you heard say they refuse to give money to someone on the street because they don't want to enable alcohol or drug abuse? How many times have you seen a fellow believer in need and the church turned them away because of "protocol"? How many of you are guilty of these things yourselves? How much longer will we help others based on whether or not WE think they are worthy of it? How many times will we request "time to pray about it" when the Lord presents us an opportunity to give?