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5-21-19 Tuesday

 

You ever find yourself wanting to do something bad because you think it will make you feel good? And then after doing the bad thing… you felt good… for a while and then you felt bad? 

 

 

List of topics for money matters- pick a few and let me know!

 

 

The history of money

Social Security

Investment Philosophies

Behavioral Finance…anchoring, etc

Financial Advisor types and fees

Accumulation phase of life

Distribution phase of life

Socially responsible investment choices

Estate Planning 101

Money in marriage

Money as a single guy

Insurance Planning 101

Charitable Giving 101

Getting debt under control

Buying a home

Buying a car

Separating financial news from noise

Considerations for small business owners

Considerations for those with stock options

Considerations for inheriting money or winning the lottery

The 5 W’s and H of Savings

 

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Rebellion is a false sense of power.

 

About four centuries before the time of King Saul, the Amalekites had "ambushed [Israel] on the way when he came up from Egypt" (I Samuel 15:2; see Exodus 17:8-13), and with God's help, the Israelites prevailed in the ensuing battle. In response to this cowardly and odious act, God Himself says in Exodus 17:14, "I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." Years later, He gave to Saul the task of punishing the Amalekites, telling him to "utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them”

There is a bit of irony in the fact that, when questioned about sparing Agag and the livestock, Saul frames his disobedience as a way to honor God: "[The people] have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed" (verse 15). The prophet Samuel says… uh not so fast there Mr. King Saul… I ain’t buying it!

 

The prophet than declares that rebellion is the same sin as witchcraft…

 

What does he mean? Is King Saul bending over a cauldron of witches brew chanting some spells? NOPE! 

 

rebellion is nothing more then willfully choosing to be led of by any other spirit than Gods spirit. It’s choosing to do the will and the work of the enemy in direct opposition to that of God’s. 

 

Saul for some inexplicable reason wanted to appease his people rather than God. Maybe he felt his power among the people was waning and in question… so he acts out of the will of God. Trying to win the approval of man rather then God… Danger Danger Danger! 

 

Why do you rebel? Where do you feel weak, and powerless… that’s the real question. That is typically where you will rebel.

 

When I was a kid my mom got after me about something…I got scolded and I am sure I deserved it. Now at the time all I wanted to do was rebel. So I went outside, found a half smoked cigarette and smoked the rest of it. Now my mom didn’t know, I sure didn’t tell her… but I felt empowered… for a little while. Then I felt guilty, then I felt miserable.

 

Here is the warning from the beginning of time. Satan and a 3rd of the angels rebelled against God. Satan thought he was greater than God and wanted to rebel to prove the point. he was cast out of heaven and forever doomed to hell! Separated from God forever.

 

Our rebellion great or small are simply steps away from Gods presence, away from what is best for us. it is choosing to follow another voice, spirit or influence other than Jesus. 

 

C.S. Lewis in regards to man and rebellion said

All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.