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Stephen Altrogge had a great post on the easiest ways to ruin your devotional time. Great post Stephen!
This is a topic that’s bugged me for awhile now.
Saying “good luck” to someone as a means of expressing support or solidarity with that person in a venture has bothered me as of late. Should we as Christians be saying it to begin with?
Yes, as Christians we affirm that all things are ordered to Gods plan and providence. We know nothing on earth or in heaven happens without the express allowance of God. I personally do not “believe” in good luck. But it’s a little catch phrase that I’ve been saying since I was a kid…it’s practically a knee jerk reaction to say to someone as they go for a job interview or are about to take a test or whatever.
By saying it we are saying, “I wish you the best”, or “Go get’m” or something like that. We do not mean to convey this arbitrary idea of luck to the person, we just want them to know we wish them the best.
What do you think? What do you say?
I’m undecided at the moment…..
Don Whitney had some great questions we need to ask ourselves to help focus our time here on ol’ planet earth and make the most of this Christian walk. Some great suggestions lie within. Here are the top ten:
1. What’s one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?
2. What’s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?
3. What’s the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?
4. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?
5. What is the single biggest time-waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?
6. What is the most helpful new way you could strengthen your church?
7. For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?
8. What’s the most important way you will, by God’s grace, try to make this year different from last year?
9. What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?
10. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in ten years? In eternity?
Justin Taylor had some stellar posts (Post 1 and Post 2) on how the working Christian glorifies God in his vocation. All to often us working class Christians are made to feel like second class citizens in some ministerial circles because we are not “in Christian ministry”. Well worth the read if you punch a clock for a living.
