July 2009
The Authority of all Authority
The Bible is God's Holy Word. It is the Authority of all Authority and is totally accurate (Proverbs 30:5-6). No one has ever, nor ever will, prove anything otherwise (Proverbs 28:30). Every decision that is made, should be made to concur with the Word of God (Psalm 119:105). This book will keep you away from sin, and sin will keep you away from this book. Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee (Psalm 119:11). The Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested (Isaiah 8:20). The Bible tells a person how to have eternal life by accepting Jesus Christ into their heart (John 14:6), and that no person will have eternal salvation any other way (Acts 4:12).
Prospering Decision
To make a prospering decision means using the principals of giving. "Giving people do prosper; Selfish people don't prosper". It comes from Proverbs 11:24. This is something my wife and I have taught our kids since they were yea high. When someone is a giving person, then good things will come their way because of the giving. The giving type of life is so much better than being selfish. I have found it to be so true that I like to go through the house, shop, and storage buildings deciding what to give away next and who to give it to.
Why am I telling you? So you can have more blessings in your life. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:8 "that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of The Lord, whether he be bond or free". There is somebody, somewhere, that is in need of something that you have, and the power is in your hand to help them out with it. The facts are, that if you will adopt the giving living principals that are laid out here, you can count on much more good coming your way than what would have been, if you had not given (Second Corinthians 9:6).
No, I am not trying to get rich from another's hurt, nor am I someone who is trying to beat someone out of something. Giving people are happier more of the time, and selfish people are grumbling and are unhappy much of the time. The Bible says in Psalm 41:1-3 "Blessed are you who consider the poor: the Lord will deliver you in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve you, and keep you alive: and you will be blessed on the earth: and the Lord will not deliver you to the will of your enemies."
