Comments on: Advice Needed-please comment. http://surgegirls.com/archives/150 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:05:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: angeldazie http://surgegirls.com/archives/150#comment-124 angeldazie Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:17:17 +0000 http://surgegirls.com/archives/150#comment-124 Those are such great thoughts and words, and definitely the truth. Jesus met so many people and went out into the world and did so many things, and his main motivation was loving people and brining them to believe in Him, in addition to experiencing all the struggles that we experience. Matthew 6, such a good passage to dwell on. Thank you for the reminder. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you." Those are such great thoughts and words, and definitely the truth. Jesus met so many people and went out into the world and did so many things, and his main motivation was loving people and brining them to believe in Him, in addition to experiencing all the struggles that we experience. Matthew 6, such a good passage to dwell on. Thank you for the reminder. “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.”

]]> By: Halifax_girl http://surgegirls.com/archives/150#comment-123 Halifax_girl Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:08:10 +0000 http://surgegirls.com/archives/150#comment-123 Hey, I've been reading and thinking about Matthew 6 lately. (Mostly verses 19-34.) I guess they have challenged me to think about whether I am seeking God and His righteousness first. I have been reminded though that when I am seeking Him first- He promises that all these other things will come. He knows what we need and desire and loves us...so seeking Him should give us assurance that He is taking care of all this. I wish I could tell you that this was easy...and that reading these verses would immediately take away all the distractions.. The truth is that it is hard.. Since you asked for stories here's a bit of one: Not long ago I was reminded of these verses a couple time on the way to a friends Bible study. I knew I hadn't spent much time seeking Jesus that day...and my reasons for going weren't really all that they should've been. (I really was seeking friendship and relationships) It's not that it was wrong for me to seek these things...but somehow I knew that what God wanted for me then was to go home and spend time in His word alone. (It was hard to turn the car around...but in it I think I grew) On another occasion I was on my way to a party...(also after not having spent time seeking Jesus or reading His word that day) I knew that I hadn't given God much time that day...but prayed through it and still felt a peace about going to the party..I think my motivations changed as I prayed through it... but seeking God doesn't mean giving up all the other things..I think it just means being willing to put Him above them.. Then when He does bring these things into our lives we can trust that they are good. Hope this helped. You seem to have a sweet and sensitive heart that desires to love Jesus more than the distractions...and that makes me believ that He will strengthen you and draw you near to Him throughout the distractions. Hey,
I’ve been reading and thinking about Matthew 6 lately. (Mostly verses 19-34.) I guess they have challenged me to think about whether I am seeking God and His righteousness first. I have been reminded though that when I am seeking Him first- He promises that all these other things will come. He knows what we need and desire and loves us…so seeking Him should give us assurance that He is taking care of all this.

I wish I could tell you that this was easy…and that reading these verses would immediately take away all the distractions..

The truth is that it is hard..
Since you asked for stories here’s a bit of one:

Not long ago I was reminded of these verses a couple time on the way to a friends Bible study. I knew I hadn’t spent much time seeking Jesus that day…and my reasons for going weren’t really all that they should’ve been. (I really was seeking friendship and relationships) It’s not that it was wrong for me to seek these things…but somehow I knew that what God wanted for me then was to go home and spend time in His word alone. (It was hard to turn the car around…but in it I think I grew)
On another occasion I was on my way to a party…(also after not having spent time seeking Jesus or reading His word that day) I knew that I hadn’t given God much time that day…but prayed through it and still felt a peace about going to the party..I think my motivations changed as I prayed through it… but seeking God doesn’t mean giving up all the other things..I think it just means being willing to put Him above them.. Then when He does bring these things into our lives we can trust that they are good. Hope this helped. You seem to have a sweet and sensitive heart that desires to love Jesus more than the distractions…and that makes me believ that He will strengthen you and draw you near to Him throughout the distractions.

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