[Faith-talk] FW: FW: [thefamilyoffaith] I Don't Care - by Dr. LarryOllison

[karin]

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  Subject: FW: [thefamilyoffaith] I Don't Care - by Dr. Larry Ollison
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  10/30/2011 11:31:47 AM



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  From: "thefamilyoffaith" <TheFamilyofFaith at tampabay.rr.com>
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  Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] I Don't Care - by Dr. Larry Ollison
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  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:31:16 -0400



  I Don't Care 
  by Dr. Larry Ollison 
   
  Some people have everything. But I don't. I don't have a care and I don't
  want one!

  In Webster's 1828 Dictionary, the main definition for care is to be
  anxious and the variations of the definition all have to do with a degree
  of anxiety. But as Christians, we are told in Philippians 4:6 that we
  should be anxious for nothing. 

  We know there are certain things that are always sin. Pride, adultery,
  covetousness, and fornication are always sins. There is no such thing as
  good adultery and bad adultery. Adultery is always sin. There is no such
  thing as good pride and bad pride. Pride is always sin. I have heard it
  taught that care is always sin. But how can that be when First Peter 5:7
  tells us God cares for us and God does not sin?

  The reality is, the care we cast upon Him (gr. merimna) is different from
  the care (gr. melo) He has for us. The synonyms for the care we are to
  cast
  upon Him are: affliction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, anxiety, distress,
  encumbrance, fear, handicap, hindrance, hardship, oppression, pressure,
  sorrow, stew, strain, stress, sweat, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness,
  vexation, woe, and worry. As a Christian, you cannot walk in this type of
  care. 

  Every definition of this word (gr. merimna), which is only used six times
  in the New Testament, is anti-faith. Three of the references (Matthew
  13:22, Mark 4:19, Luke 8:14) talk about how this type of care will choke
  the Word and make the Word and the one who has it unfruitful. Walking in
  care can literally destroy your ministry, your health, and your family. On
  the other hand, the care that God has for us (gr. melo) simply indicates
  that we matter to Him. 

  In the current economic crisis, we must take all of our anxieties,
  stress, and worry and cast that care upon Him. We must continue to live
  our
  lives from a position of faith and give no entrance to the cares of the
  world. Remember, the cares of the world choke the Word and we are Word
  people. 

  During the time of Isaac, the economy was in total devastation. There was
  a famine in the land. But Isaac sowed in this time of famine and became so
  prosperous that he was envied by the Philistines. The Bible tells us that
  he harvested a hundredfold even though his sowing was done during a time
  of
  economic crisis. (Genesis 26)

  During the Great Depression of the 1930's countless people lost their
  life savings. But what has often gone unreported is this. Many
  millionaires
  were made at the same time. There is no less or no more wealth in the
  earth
  today than there was a year ago. It's only in different places. The
  difference between Isaac and the others of his day is that he would not
  allow the conditions of the world to affect his determination to sow and
  even though there was poverty all around him, he became exceedingly
  wealthy
  because he did not abandon the principle of sowing and reaping. 

  As believers in these last days, we must be examples. Instead of drawing
  back because things look bad, we must continue in faith and cast all of
  our
  fear and anxiety upon Him. The result will be great victory and increase
  when it looks like failure.

  When your back is against the wall and it looks like imminent defeat, God
  has a better plan. It's called imminent victory.

  Scripture References:
  "Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and
  the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,
  and
  he becomes unfruitful." (Matthew 13:22.)

  "And the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the
  desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes
  unfruitful." (Mark 4:19.)

  "Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard,
  go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring
  no fruit to maturity." (Luke 8:14.)

  1 Peter 5:7 (in different versions):

  "Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you." (New Century
  Version)

  "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens
  to you." (New Living Translation)
  "Casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you." (New
  American Standard Bible)




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