need?

[BlackRain]

something the Lord is really teaching me lately is how much i don't need what i think i need. i tend to over exagerate what i need all the time. i'm working on it, but i don't know what i truly need, well, i know i need Jesus Christ, that's a FACT! but really, when it comes down to it, i don't really need anything but him. he can so easily be my everything. he can fill me, sustain me, cover me. john piper wrote a paragraph on this in his book Don't Waste Your Life:

When Paul promised, "My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus," he had just said, "i know how to be brought low, and i know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, i have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. i can do all things through him who strengthens me." (Phil. 4:12-13, 19) "All things" means "I can suffer hunger through him who strengthens me. i can be desitute of food and clothing though him who strengthens me." that is what Jesus promises. He will never leave us or forkake us (Heb. 13:5). if we starve, he will be our everlasting, life giving bread. if we are shamed with nakedness, he will be our perfect, all righteous apparel. if we are tortured and made to scream in our dying pain, he will keep us from cursing his name and will restore our beaten body to everylasting beauty."

he will provide our needs. he will take care of his children, even if it seems like he's letting us go. it's written plain and clear in his word for us to read.

-just a thought.

just a thought.

 

[Evie]

something the Lord is really teaching me lately is how much i don't need what i think i need. i tend to over exagerate what i need all the time. i'm working on it, but i don't know what i truly need, well, i know i need Jesus Christ, that's a FACT! but really, when it comes down to it, i don't really need anything but him. he can so easily be my everything. he can fill me, sustain me, cover me. john piper wrote a paragraph on this in his book Don't Waste Your Life:

When Paul promised, "My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus," he had just said, "i know how to be brought low, and i know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, i have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. i can do all things through him who strengthens me." (Phil. 4:12-13, 19) "All things" means "I can suffer hunger through him who strengthens me. i can be desitute of food and clothing though him who strengthens me." that is what Jesus promises. He will never leave us or forkake us (Heb. 13:5). if we starve, he will be our everlasting, life giving bread. if we are shamed with nakedness, he will be our perfect, all righteous apparel. if we are tortured and made to scream in our dying pain, he will keep us from cursing his name and will restore our beaten body to everylasting beauty."

he will provide our needs. he will take care of his children, even if it seems like he's letting us go. it's written plain and clear in his word for us to read.

-just a thought.

just a thought.

yep, this life is not about us. It's about Him. We don't need the best homes,cars,clothes,jewelry or any of that stuff. Having a roof over my head and food to eat makes me happy because I know that "He will supply all my needs."
MY GOD IS SUFFIENT ENOUGH FOR ME

 

[Richard]

Philipians 13-14(New International Version)

12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

This is my life verse and a great verse that goes along with what your saying. It's the secular world that tells us "we need this, we need that" If we could only realize that all we need is our wonderful savior Jesus Christ, Christians as we know it would become so powerful for the Lord and able to witness to the ends of the earth.....