131106 PM The Things I Can Control
| ** The Things I Can Control ** 1 Matthew 6:27 (NKJV) 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 2 Matthew 5:36 (NKJV) 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 3 Ecclesiastes 9:11 (NKJV) 11 I returned and saw under the sun that — The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. 4 James 4:13-15 (NKJV) 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 5 Matthew 24:36 (NKJV) 36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. The Things I Can Control 6 My enjoyment of God’s physical gifts (Jas. 1:17;Eccl. 2:24; 8:15; 1 Tim. 6:6-8) 7 My enjoyment of my marriage(Eccl. 9:9; Prov. 5:15-20; 18:22) 8 My enjoyment of being single(1 Cor. 7:7-8, 32-35) 9 My determination to work hard (Eccl. 9:10;Col. 3:22-24; Eph. 5:15-16; Eccl. 12:1) 10 The content of my thoughts(Phil. 4:8; Psa. 119:9-16; Luke 6:45) 11 My response to temptations(1 Cor. 10:13; Eph. 4:26-27; Jas. 4:7-8) 12 My response to God’s love (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; John 3:16; Acts 17:32-34; Acts 2:37-38) 13 My course of action right now (2 Cor. 6:1-2; Acts 24:24-25; 22:16) 14 God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. 15 –Reinhold Niebuhr 16 Prov. 3:5-6 – 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. |