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Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, July 27, 2020. Today’s Podcast is Episode #30 in Series 2020 and is titled “Are You Majoring in the Minors?”.
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In the first of his three letters, the Apostle John wrote: “Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.”
The problem today is that most people are not obeying this command not to love the world. They are so attached to this world and to what it can offer them that they are not paying attention to what is really happening in this world and to where they are headed.
To love the world is to major in the minors, for this world will soon pass away. And so will you!
So, perhaps it’s time you shift your perspective and start majoring on the majors. But what are the majors? And how can you know if you are majoring in them?
Here are some clues:
1. Is the word “busy” the most often used word in your vocabulary? Are you constantly saying you’re busy? Too busy? Are you focusing on your to-do list to the exclusion of your relationships, especially your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you even have a relationship with Jesus? One of Satan’s chief tactics is to keep us too busy for a relationship with God. Don’t fall into that dangerous trap.
2. Has distraction taken over in your life? Have you become too distracted to think about spiritual things, like where you will go after you die? Does that even matter to you? When the thought of death comes, do you brush it off?
4. Do you refuse to listen when Christ-Followers warn you of what’s coming ahead? Do you find that kind of discussion too overwhelming, so you tune them out, branding them as crazy alarmists? Denial of reality is one of the ways human beings cope, but we cannot and must not deny the truth of what Jesus predicted would happen in the last days. We must prepare for it. In fact, we have already begun to live it through the current lockdown and increasing assault on our Constitutional rights and religious freedom.
6. Are you obsessed with social justice here on this earth? Are you focused on saving the planet? It sounds so good, yet it keeps you focused on this world and not on the next. This world is not our permanent home. Don’t try to make it so, for you will only end up spiritually destroyed.
7. Are you ignoring the Lord’s convictions and corrections? Would you rather tune Him out than think about His return? Beware of ignoring the Holy Spriit’s promptings. You do so to your own spiritual detriment.
I trust that you will.
But, if you are not sure, please pray this simple prayer with me now:
Lord Jesus, I have been majoring in the minors. I have been focused on this world and not on the next. Please forgive me. I want my priorities to be right. I want to major in the majors. So I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. I embrace Your priorities for my life. I turn my back on this world and choose to focus on You. Thank You for accepting me. In Your Name I pray. Amen.
If you prayed this simple prayer, please write to me at drmaryann@maryanndiorio.com. I would like to send you a little booklet that will help you get started in your walk with Christ. I also encourage you to get yourself a Bible and read it every single day. The Bible is God’s love letter to you, His manual for your life. In the Bible, God reveals Who He is, and He instructs you how to live.
Finally, ask the Lord to lead you to the church of His choice for you where you can learn about Him and have fellowship and encouragement with other Christ-Followers.
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Thank you so much for listening. This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, novelist and life coach, reminding you that God loves you just as you are and just where you are, and that He will help you to keep on Winning with the Word.
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