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

Mon Oct 31 13:18:32 UTC 2011

Wow! thanks so much for the devotion. Definitely to be remembered.

On 10/30/11, karin <karinjhar at att.net> wrote:
> Thank you for this devotional.  Many blessings to you
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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
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>   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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