Here Are Some Things We've Done - Part 2b

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REACHING HIGHER #9

Here Are Some Things We've Done - Part 2b

... Continued from Reaching Higher Message #9 - Part 2a

Okay, on to THE SECOND RUNG OF THE LADDER IN ALL OF THIS. QUESTION: what do we do with the money we SAVE by living much more simply? -- We give it to the Lord! The more we can AVOID spending, the more He gets! Last Christmas we were able to give $1,041 to Dalit "Untouchables" in India (like the two dear little Dalit gals in the pics above) AND Indian Missionary Work there - all via Gospel for Asia (GFA), in our opinion one of the most incredible Mission works in the world! Here: http://gfa.org/

So not only are we more and more OBEYING two of the Lord's great COMMANDS: 1) Minister to those in need, and 2) Get the Gospel to all peoples - we're doing this by becoming LESS AND LESS WORLDLY!! Whoo-hooooooo!!! So is all of this hard? Well, yes, it's often difficult, no question, and it can and does 'COST'!! - just as the New Testament says that it will and should! But it's ultimately SO satisfying and feels SO good and SO right - and less and less we consider difficulties when we think of THE COST JESUS PAID that we (supposedly) remember and seriously consider at Eastertime!!!!

In seeking to become unworldly you don't need to do anything the same as us, of course. As you're changing your ATTITUDE, let the Lord be your guide to what is right for YOU! Oh, and you NEVER lose by any of this. God really is NO MAN'S DEBTOR. I hasten to add that we NEVER give so that we can GET (more), like some churches teach (how worldly this can be, and self-serving...) But we do keep seeming to have MORE left out of our meagre Pensions to enable us to give more to the Lord. We're now up to $50 a month going to GFA, every cent of which GETS to the Mission field! We specify each month what it's to go towards. More on this later.

SUMMARY: Our attitude to things and ease and comfort and the 'good life' is to do without them all wherever we can! This can cost! - but it STOPS us from conforming to the world like most everyone else lives. With the money this saves we can give LOVE GIFTS TO THE LORD - to help others! Will we ever go back to before? NO WAY! With every passing month our sights get less and less on this world, and more and more on being with the Lord for eternity!

So finally, this is GREAT for your Spiritual Growth!! (much less 'stuff' to hold it back!) For CHRISTIANS reading this we HIGHLY endorse moving towards a similar ATTITUDE of living amongst the dreadful and destructive worldliness of a Western World. Bless you as you pray about and consider this!

Continued in Part 3 "Is Living Less Worldly Perhaps Simpler Than We Thought"...

With ALL our love!!

- BM and Beloved