Money is more likely to cause the downfall of a spiritual leader than anything else. Money is necessary to live. It is a great blessing in the work of the Lord. And yet it is responsible for more evil than any other single thing. How can anything be so good and evil at the same time.
God is concerned about how you use the money He puts into your hands, no matter how much or how little. To a very large extent, how you handle money will determine success or failure as a leader.
We must learn to be careful about the use of money because through it Satan destroys many leaders.
Money has great spiritual significance. Jesus taught a great deal about money and how it affects a man's relationship to god. Possibly the most familiar passage in this regard is, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also....
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon" (Matt 6:19-21;24).
Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Friday, February 08, 2013
Decide To Stay Pure
Make your final decision that you will not commit fornication or adultery.....that you will stay pure in your service to God. Men who study psychology say that once a man has firmry made up his mind about something, he will never change it!
The Bible talks about this when it speaks of a "repentance not to be repented of" or a "repentance without regret" (2 Cor 7:10)
Once we make a firm decision to turn from sin to such a degree that we won't change our mind, we have made a repentance without regret.
Mnay of us believe that adultery and fornication are sins not to be played with, but we often reserve a small corner in our minds to toy with the idea. We don't totally banish the thought of it from our minds nor do we challenge Satan any time he brings the suggestion to us.
Brethen, in so doing, you are sowing seeds of your own destruction. No matter how small or insignificant you thingk those thoughts are, they are large enought to give Satan all the foothold he needed.
Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng
The Bible talks about this when it speaks of a "repentance not to be repented of" or a "repentance without regret" (2 Cor 7:10)
Once we make a firm decision to turn from sin to such a degree that we won't change our mind, we have made a repentance without regret.
Mnay of us believe that adultery and fornication are sins not to be played with, but we often reserve a small corner in our minds to toy with the idea. We don't totally banish the thought of it from our minds nor do we challenge Satan any time he brings the suggestion to us.
Brethen, in so doing, you are sowing seeds of your own destruction. No matter how small or insignificant you thingk those thoughts are, they are large enought to give Satan all the foothold he needed.
Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Be Faithful To Your Wife
No matter how successful your ministry, please note that the girl you married is still your top priority. You will ultimately fail if you forget your God-given responsibility for your wife.
Proverbs is unyielding about this kind of a situation: "The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; he who would destroy himself does it. Wounds and disgrace he will find, and his reproach will not be blotted out.
"For jealousy enrages a man and he will not spare in the day of vengeance. He will not accept any ransom, nor will he be content though you give many gifts" (Prov 6:32-35).
God will forgive and forget the sin of the leader who falls and truly repents. But, the people will not. They will remember the rest of their lives - and many will never forgive the man who let them down by his moral failure. Such leaders will be haunted day and night by thoughts of "what might have been - had I not sinned"
Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng
Proverbs is unyielding about this kind of a situation: "The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; he who would destroy himself does it. Wounds and disgrace he will find, and his reproach will not be blotted out.
"For jealousy enrages a man and he will not spare in the day of vengeance. He will not accept any ransom, nor will he be content though you give many gifts" (Prov 6:32-35).
God will forgive and forget the sin of the leader who falls and truly repents. But, the people will not. They will remember the rest of their lives - and many will never forgive the man who let them down by his moral failure. Such leaders will be haunted day and night by thoughts of "what might have been - had I not sinned"
Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng
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