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Sheet Of Life
Your Financial Balance Sheet MUST
balance, what about your Balance Sheet of Life?
Take a look at the items below
and 'balance' your Balance Sheet of Life. When
God calls for the "Final Accounts" -
how would our Closing Balance look, what is our
"Net Worth" (ie Assets minus Liabilities)?
Positive or negative?
Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Asset
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts
Award.
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Very
Good And Very Bad Things
The most destructive habit......................Worry
The greatest Joy...............................Giving
The greatest loss................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work...............Helping
others
The ugliest personality trait.............Selfishness
The most endangered species.........Dedicated
leaders
Our greatest natural resource...............Our
youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"..........Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.................Fear
The most effective sleeping pill........Peace
of mind
The most crippling failure disease............Excuses
The most powerful force in life..................Love
The most dangerous pariah..................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer........The
brain
The worst thing to be without...................
Hope
The deadliest weapon.......................The
tongue
The two most power-filled words..............."I
Can"
The greatest asset..............................Faith
The most worthless emotion..................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire......................Smile!
The most prized possession................Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication.....Prayer
The most contagious spirit.................Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life..................God
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A
Student's Prayer
Lord, grant me a quiet heart,
before exams start.
Lead me to use my leisure hours,
to invigorate my powers.
My mind from daydreams liberate,
give me the will to concentrate.
From all distractions set me free;
that in my studies I may be
a student with a sole fulfillment,
to make my work a sacrament.
From my faint heart in love expel,
all failures fears that therein dwell.
And from my pillow drive away,
all dark foreboding of the day.
Help me in faith to rest so deep,
that I may have untroubled sleep.
While notes and lectures I prepare,
may I not lost my zest for prayer.
And may I not forget to look,
for guidance in Thy Book.
And may I ever grateful be,
to all who daily pray for me.
While for myself I intercede,
for other students too I plead;
so may exams find
each one alert in heart and mind.
Thus inward joy and peace possessing,
May exams prove a source of blessing.
Amen.
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Leadership
That Frees
Wives, in the same way be submissive
to your husbands so that, if any of them do not
believe the word, they may be won over without
words by the behavior of their wives, when they
see the purity and reverence of your lives. 1
Peter 3:1-2
"I am having a real problem
with something that I need input from you guys,"
said the lady in our fellowship group. "My
husband wants to make a major purchase that I
am opposed to. We cannot afford it right now.
I understand what the Bible says about headship
in the home, but what do I do when I totally disagree
with his decision?" The men in the group
looked at each other, realizing the sensitive
nature of such a question, especially in today's
society.
Then someone said, "You really
only have a few options if you adhere to the principle
that God has entrusted the man as the leader in
the home. God has placed you under the umbrella
of His protection as well as your husband. There
are times when he will not make the right decision.
Does that mean God is not protecting you? No.
There may be several things working here. God
may be testing your own obedience to this principle.
He may use you to open up your husband's spiritual
life due to your obedience and submissive spirit.
Your obedience may cost your family something,
but it will be beneficial in the long term. Your
alternative is to rebel and pay him back for his
decision by withholding your love from him, which
is often what a wife does in this situation. It
becomes a vicious circle of paybacks. My suggestion
is to tell your husband how you feel about his
decision and the impact you feel it will have
on you and your family. If he still wants to make
the purchase, you must let him do it and support
him. What happens next will rest in God's hand
as your ultimate protector."
A few weeks later our sister in
Christ came to our meeting. "I have some
wonderful news. We did make the purchase. However,
we were able to make it in such a way that we
did not go into debt and I was able to support
my husband. I have already seen a change in his
attitude toward me by the way I responded to him
in this. It has been a real lesson for me. I see
him much more open to spiritual things since I
made this decision and supported him, even though
I disagreed with it."
God has made man and woman equal
in His sight. Yet He has given each a different
role to play in marriage. Husbands must answer
to God for their leadership in the home. They
will be judged for that leadership. When a wife
submits to that leadership, God protects her from
wrong decisions of that husband, although sometimes
it may not appear that way at first.
You can trust God to protect you
in your decisions that are made in obedience to
His Word.
The one who calls you is faithful
and He will do it (1
Thessalonians 5:24).
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