Discipleship Training Course

DTC- DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING COURSE
Genesis 1:26-28 And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all
the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
Let‘s not get confused that in Gods original plan, God wanted His
people to prosper. And certainly still does. However sin has kept us
from that fullness. The fall of man has distorted Gods plan in our
hearts. For where God was Adam and Eve‘s fullness, and the earth
merely a by-product, now having eaten from the tree of
knowledge of good and evil, the desire of self-satisfaction has
crept in. And instead of having great fellowship with God in the
midst of the earth that we should have dominion over, we are led
by the lust of the flesh and selfish desires. This is keeping us in
bondage and away from freedom. For now instead of being
driven after God, we are driven after money.
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate
the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and
despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Let‘s challenge our human pride a bit. The way we think things are.
One of the most fundamental and crucial elements we have to
realise is that we don‘t have ownership of our finances or anything
for that matter, but rather stewardship.
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