I was reading today's Our Daily Bread and the Bible reading struck me. Everyday there can be any number of things we struggle with and sometimes we think, Oh if I had more money, or a better education, or more friends, or more time off, everything would be better. Faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and love are eight things that the reading lists as attributes, which if we have them in increasing measure will help. And the knowledge isn't necessarily book knowledge, but spiritual. I'm going to try and work on these.
2 Peter: 5-9
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter: 5-9
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
- Tags: our daily bread, religious
- Mood:went gym earlier, need a snack
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