Raise your standard of living

How can you raise your standard of living? 

Simple:

“Live right,

speak the truth,

despise exploitation,

refuse bribes,

reject violence,

avoid evil amusements.

This is how you raise your standard of living!

A safe and stable way to live.

A nourishing, satisfying way to live.”

Isaiah 33:55-16 MSG

Now you know!

So raise your standards: Live out God’s word.

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Away with evil, greed, and gossip!

"... If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry, satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday.  The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs... you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." Isaiah 58:9-11

WOW - These verses in Isaiah give us the secret to getting out, and staying out, of ruts in life. I'm in!! Are you?  I hope so!

So, let's put the steps in a nutshell, so that we can easily remember:
Rid ourselves of any and all evil within us - How? By forgiving ourselves and others and giving it, and/or them, to God;
Help the hungry, the needy, the lonely, the oppressed;
Finally, keep our mouths shut if any derogatory, or negative, or slander-type words are about to come out of it, which is, more or less, gossip, hate, dislike, slanderish, offensive, hurtful, or negative words. 

Yep, three simple steps - steps we should easily be able to do, to turn our lives around.  So, begin with me today to hold ourselves accountable to this, because if we truly want a blessed, amazing, abundant, fulfilling life, then these steps are a must, God's Word wouldn't say it if they weren't.
I know my life is never going to be the same!  How about you?  Are you ready? If so, then, grab hold, and let's do this together in Christ - we will not be disappointed.

Don’t waste your money

“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and not your earnings for that which does not satisfy? …come to Me; hear, and your soul will revive… seek, inquire for, and require the Lord while He may be found… for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon.”  Isaiah 55:2-3, 5-6 (+AMP version and a little of my own version)

So, why do we spend our money on things that do not satisfy our souls? This is a great question to start asking ourselves on a regular basis.

Take a look around, what have you spent your time and money on lately?  Are they things that really aren’t worth the money spent? Did it, and does it, truly satisfy you?  Probably not!  Most of our most wanted possessions often seem to lose their luster pretty quickly once we have them in hand. 

 

Therefore, let us take time to call on the One who truly satisfies our innermost souls and gives us the spark that ignites the life within us – Jesus, our Lord.  Yes, the more time we begin to spend with Him, the fuller our mind, body, and souls will be! Hey, and our bank accounts might be fuller too – hallelujah. 

 

So, choose to let God fill you with all His glory and soon you will find yourself filled with His abundance that never loses its luster and never, ever, comes to an end.