The Simple Life

Daniel 4:34 (NIV) 34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. Sanity- a state of soundness of mind, reason, rationality, sensibleness, and reasonableness. This comes when I raise my eyes. This comes when I praise my God and honor and glorify Him. This comes when I recognize what actually is. It is time…..now raise your eyes to our King and allow your sanity to return.

Does God hate what brings us to sin as much as the sin itself? The Scriptures seem to indicate that God does not just view murder as wrong, but the hatred that leads to murder is equally wrong. Sexual sins are wrong, but the thought of sexual sins, lust, is equally wrong. Being greedy is wrong, but coveting is equally wrong. Gluttony is condemned, but what is it that leads to gluttony? Drunkenness is a sin, but what is it that leads to drunkenness? Laziness is a sin, but what is it that leads to laziness? Could it be that under the banner of freedom and our fear of legalism, we often condemn the sin but ignore what brought us to the sin, when if we eradicated what brought us to sin, we would not be in sin? Could it be that we are concerned about the wrong end of this problem, and are more like modern -ay Pharisees than we would like to admit? Perhaps we need to adjust the end of the problem we are addressing. Perhaps we need to adjust the path in order to change the ultimate destinati...

  Satan is the author of confusion and lies. If God is the originator of truth, Satan is the force behind fantasy. It seems as if our nation is living in a kind of fantasy world. There are many who live with enormous amounts of debt. They live a life that cannot be supported by the "reality" of their income or status. If they "need" something and have the ability to put it on credit, they do so. Our President seems to understand this fantasy world quite well. When he came to office, he did whatever he could to make sure the source of our fantasy, money, continued to flow. In fact, he decided to bankrupt our nation and then use this bankrupt government to bail out a bankrupt baking system. For some reason there is this idea that spending more money that we do not have in order to support a lifestyle we cannot have will eventually bring about success and prosperity. The young people who have not created this financial fantasy have been living a fantasy life of their ...