[Faith-talk] FW: FW: [thefamilyoffaith] I Don't Care - by Dr. LarryOllison
Danielle Antoine
singingmywayin at gmail.com
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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