Troublesome Topic: SIMPLICITY
Lesson 5 of 6~ The One who knows what is best for me, tells me to keep it simple.
~ It’s not about me or what I want.
~ He wants us to cease from the tyrannical urge to provide for ourselves and accept His provision.
Simplicity requires:
~ Discerning what is “big stuff” Mt 6:33
~ Relinquishing the non-essentials Mt 10:39
~ Relinquishing the non-essentials Mt 10:39
Go to footnote number~ Trusting for God’s provision Mt 6:25-27.
We can choose man’s focus on self, or God’s principle of simplicity and rest.
Self is never satisfied; rest brings joy and peace.
The next lesson is Roadblocks to Simplicity
Footnotes
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Jim Elliot wrote the following statement in his journal on October 28, 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose.”