Title When happiness overflows
1 Thessalonians (14) When happiness abounds (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14)
"Fear God"
For the saints, the second coming of Jesus is the first source of hope. In order to overflow with that hope, we must make worship of spirit and truth into our daily life. If you worship well, you will meet the Lord during the worship service, your hope for eternal life will increase, and you will receive great strength and comfort in your life. Do your best to keep the Sunday worship service, the first hour of the day, or the Word and prayer time you have at a certain time. It is difficult to live and protect oneself by only one's own strength.
People are so busy these days that they don't have time to look at the sky properly. Sometimes when I go to the countryside and look at the sky, I am amazed. I had forgotten that there were so many stars. As such, many people today live only looking at the earth. However, you must always look up to the sky. Because that's the home we have to go back to. In an era of temptation everywhere, you need to practice looking upwards a lot to eventually lead a victorious life.
The first spouse of the fortress is called Don Quixote. You have to have money, you have to be tall, you have to be strong, and you have to have technique. By focusing on external things like that, happiness is farther away. Don't fall for Satan's whispers to find Don Quixote. Faith seems to have no power in front of people with money or power, but even now, God is still in control of all situations in heaven. There is only one God to fear. If you truly fear God, you will not be afraid or discouraged by looking at people or circumstances.
Livingston's tombstone reads "He who feared God and did not fear men." Our worship and prayer before God is an expression of our fear of God. Therefore, do not take lightly the place of the Word and prayer that you keep every day. When we fear God, all other fears will disappear, and when we bow down and worship God, all other problems will fall before us.
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Those who long for the Second Coming of the Lord need to know how to control possessions well. In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, Abraham said to the rich man who fell into hell. “You suffer here because you have received the good in the world!” If you take all the things in this world by yourself, you will have nothing in heaven. If you want to have much in heaven, try to give. If you do not enjoy what is given to you alone and do not give it to others, God will not give much to such people.
Reach out more to those in need. When a neighbor complains that it is difficult, it is a time when God gives us an opportunity to plant the seeds of goodness. Some people try to sow a little seed of prayer, a seed of devotion, a seed of mission, and a seed of sharing and receive blessings like a mountain. It's a shameful attitude. When you sow bountifully, you reap bountifully (2 Corinthians 9:6). So, as the opportunity arises, sow many good seeds. Whether someone knows it or not, if you only look to God and plant seeds quietly, one day you will reap abundant fruits.
What are you sharing now? If possible, designate at least one missionary to sow the seeds of missionary work. He is already a happy man when he stops like a good Samaritan to sow the seeds of missionary work in tears even in difficult circumstances and to care for those in need. Those who have worked hard to do what the Lord has told them to do will find that sweating has reduced their misery.
A person's happiness comes from the possibility that he or she can meet the needs of others. As long as he can help someone and is absolutely necessary, he will never despair. There are many difficulties in the world, but in fact, many difficulties are usually difficulties caused by self greed. There is a lot of mental suffering in the world, but in fact, a lot of suffering is usually caused by self-esteem.
If you lived your life to the fullest and worked hard to share, don't be discouraged by any failure. Frustration is an expression of pride that shows that you have only believed in your own strength and lived. It doesn't really matter whether we live well or poorly, succeed or fail, be healthy or sick. No matter how you live your life, commit yourself to being clean and “I want God’s good will to be done on this earth.” And living to the fullest is the happiest life. If you live like that, you will have new courage, you will be given more leisure time, you will have a creative history, and your life will be full of happiness.