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Weekly Bible Verse – 2010 New Year’s Edition
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.“ John 10:10 (NASB)
To kick off the new year, I chose another verse that is not really directly related to your finances. It is however, related to your life, and I might argue that is even more important than your personal finances. This also ties in closely with one of my new year’s resolutions, so please humor me. Before last year, I had not done new year’s resolutions in many years (I can’t actually remember how long it’s been). I did do one last year and I’m actually doing two this year. And here they are…
- Discover what it means to live the abundant life that Jesus spoke of living through the power of the Holy Spirit – I had a realization lately that not many of us are doing this whole Christianity thing correctly. I know that many people view Christians as weak people who just can’t handle life so they rely on this religion stuff as a crutch. And I’m sure that you’ve experienced some people who might give off this vibe. But I do not believe that is how the Christian life is supposed to be lived. As in this verse, Jesus came to give us to give us a life that we can live “abundantly!” God is omnipotent and we are imbued with the Holy Spirit so shouldn’t we be living lives of power and abundance? I know some people who live like that and I want to live like that from now on. Thus my first resolution is to gear my Bible study towards investigating this topic in the Bible and discovering what this really means and how I can take part in it!
- Continue to become a more generous person – This was my resolution last year and I’m repeating this year. I think I’ve made some strides in becoming a bit more generous over the past year. I feel like I am thinking more about how I can be generous to those around me, but I am nowhere near as naturally generous and some people I know (like my wife, for instance). Therefore I will continue developing this part of my disposition and strive to make it one of my personal characteristics.
Did you create any new year’s resolutions? Like I said, I haven’t gotten into this thing for years and years. I guess I just didn’t think the standard resolutions (stuff like getting out of debt, losing weight, etc) were really worthy of taking the time to do (or maybe I just realized that it wouldn’t stick anyway so why bother!). I do feel that my two resolutions for 2010 are worth expending time on (not that getting out of debt or losing weight are bad ideas – in fact, I’d like to lose a little weight and get rid of my mortgage too!).
God bless and have a great 2010…
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In John 10:10 the word abundantly that Jesus used, means in the Greek, excess or excessive. In other word more than enought or more than is needed. Isn’t that wonderful that God wants us to live a life of excess so that we have plenty to live on, plenty to fund the gospel and plenty to give.
@Pastor Jim – thanks for that insight, that truly is very encouraging. Is that the same word that is used in Ephesians 3:20-21:
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
I always think of the Elisha and the widow (and her oil) from 2 Kings 4 when I read this verse in Ephesians. She asked for help with her debts and received not only that but also enough to live on after paying the debts off. I think “abundantly” is a good word for that story.