[Ukemeobong Michael]

I’m always humbled and awed reflecting on Jesus attitude to suffering and service. He came to serve not to be served.

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Lord I give you my heart 💝

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Amen!

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Insightful

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Powerful and inspirational but much more thought-provoking. We’ll not be judged by what we do but by what we are called to do.

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This is a call to the church collectively and we as individuals to clean up our excesses. The world should see God through us in our marketplaces. Let our light so shine that men will see our good works and glorify God.

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Insightful discussion questions. In my opinion if jesus walked into our churches today He would have more tables to flip from pulpit to the pews. From our selfish prayers, greed, deceptive messages seeking for financial gain than true salvation. Our miracle moneys, miracle seeds, handkerchiefs, oils and other items commercialised to exploit the needy.

Personally, the bible says to judge ourselves so we won’t be judged. Flipping laziness, procrastination on God’s instructions, secret sins, lies, dishonesty are things I daily scrutinize in my heart. It’s not enough to claim righteousness but we need to examine myself daily lest after preaching to others we become outcasts from God.

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Amen! We pray for peace, clarity and true spiritual awakening in North America. May the old in faith be strengthen, may the young be enlightened and the children be led aright in righteousness and justice.

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Jesus is my master, Lord and Saviour. He directs my life.

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Powerful narrative, interesting to see how politics and religion intertwined and played a role in Jesus crucifixion.

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Inspiring perspective. Financial giving very important but there are things money cannot buy. Knowing we have more to give is liberating.

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Aptly put. Thank you Blandine

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I love this. A reminder that God owns everything and I am only a custodian of the blessing for the benefit of the people I come in contact with and my community. Everything we have was given to us for the profit of God’s glory. Our reward is determined by how profitably we use the resources in our custody.

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Amen!

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Interesting question. I’ll give my opinion because there’s that extreme where some would say “Take the world and give me Jesus” which is right in one sense but could be used to justify laziness.

According to our focus this month of resourcefulness, God demands fruitfulness. Living lean for me is about cutting down on greed, envy and insatiable desire to accumulate more at the expense of others, family or even our health or mental wellbeing. Sometimes we want to accumulate or achieve more out of unhealthy competition and comparison.

God wants us to be high achievers but we should do so in a spirit of gratitude, selflessness and most importantly, contentment. As Apostle Paul puts it, “Godliness with contentment is great gain”.