The Tinder Bundle

Todays Chapter Reading: Colossians 3 Focus Text: Colossians 3:1-5 NKJV If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which   are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind   on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is   hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also   will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are   on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and   covetousness, which is idolatry. Devotional Thought: THE APETITE OF LUST Here is one of the most dangerous and infectious corruptions many of us struggle with in our hearts. This is a desire that needs to be tamed and controlled from the time of entering puberty. The challenge is, it is over emphasized in our society, and has its influences in everything, from clothes, shows, to food; and many of us were introduced to it well before our proper time. This sin, and desire of the flesh, in which we speak of to empty out, is the appetite for lust.

Todays Chapter Reading: Proverbs 6 Focus Text: Proverbs 6:9-12; 1 Timothy 5:7-8   NIV How long   will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your   sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and   poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. Give the people these instructions, so   that no one may be open to blame. Anyone who does not provide for their   relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith   and is worse than an unbeliever. Devotional Thought: SLOTHFULNESS It is one thing to have not have any self control, it's another thing to not give any effort or concern to achieving goals or getting things done. But in Christ, we are called to be people of service, and to be idle without reason, is to dishonor the image and likeness of God we were created in.

Todays Chapter Reading: Ecclesiastes 5 Focus Text: Ecclesiastes 5:10 NIV Whoever   loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their   income. This too is meaningless Devotional Thought: GREED AND GLUTTONY There is an evil that can come from the unsatisfied heart. A corruption that does not know when enough is enough. This is the heart driven by Greed or Gluttony. Now both Greed and Gluttony are very similar in principle, but different in application. Gluttony normally refers to one's lack of self control to food or drink, where as Greed is one's excessive desire for money and material wealth; both are a form of idolatry. In one case we have turn food into our god, and in the other, we worship the things of the world we desire to obtain. But at the very end of the road, we become one whom was willing to try and gain the fruits and treasures of the world, in exchange for our soul. This brings us to the story of Ananias and Sapphira found in the book of Acts chapter 5.

FASTING and PRAYER FOCUS: EMPTYING SELF Day 1: Envy and Resentment Focus Text: James 3:14-16 NIV But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. Devotional Thought: EVNY AND RESENTMENT We begin looking into our proverbial closet with the sin that is the stepping stone to all sin, the sin of covetousness. It is through covetousness, aka envy, we are led to lie, steal, and kill, among other things. But if we are brave enough, when we open the hidden closet of our mind and heart, one of the first things we find that needs to be emptied out is envy - which sooner or later develops into resentment. Envy is the first stage of all our future challenges. It may be that you are envious of a friend, a colleague, hey, it may even be your partner or spouse. The thing is, when you can no longer be satisfied with what you have been blessed with, you begin to desire what is not rightfully yours. From there, it is very easy to fall into a dark pit, bearing fruit to more chaos, and creating a further distance between you and your creator.

Welcome to The Tinder Bundle, where believers come together to kindle their flame of faith. I am your host the Wandering Evahd, And this will be a bible study series focused on: READING THE BIBLE IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT. We continue our study in looking into Day 7 of the Creation account recorded in Genesis 2:1-3