Command of Christ - Seek God's Kingdom

" But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. " (Matthew 6:33)

• " Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. " (1 John 2:15)

• " ... There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. " (Luke 18:29-30)

• " Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. " (Matthew 5:6)

• " Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. " (John 6:27)

• " But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, " (Philippians 3:7-8)

• " Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? " (Matthew 6:25)

Developing Character - Initiative vs. Idleness

Initiative is acting on the rhemas that God gives to us in His Word.