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November 10, 2023 · 5:24 AM

God Our Source

There is a difference between a source and a resource. A source supplies something we can’t produce on our own. A resource is something you acquire from a source that use you use accomplish an objective. God is our source and everything He gives us is a resource to accomplish His will in our lives. We’re to be good stewards of all the resources He places in our lives. We often refer to God as our source in terms of money, but He is the source of everything we need. Sometimes the resources He gives are raw and need to be refined. Other things He gives are complete. Take a look at all the resources He has placed in your life, then give Him thanks and honor as your source. He will not withhold any good resource from those who walk uprightly.

Here are some Bible verses on God as your source.

1. God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

John 4:24 AMP

2. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.

Hebrews 5:8-9 ESV

3. I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless.

John 15:5 TPT

4. May God, our source of peace, be with all of you. Amen.

Romans 15:33 GNT

5. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.

1 Corinthians 12:4 NLT

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August 26, 2021 · 5:30 AM

Life Giving Wells

When I was in high school, I went on my first mission trip. We went to a small village in Mexico to finish building a church and to host its opening service. About a month before we went, we got word that a donkey had fallen into their well and died. They were unable to get it out for several days. Their water was tainted and undrinkable. When they finally got it out, they had to drain the well and let it fill back up. Until then, they had to find other ways to get water into the village. I remember visiting that well on our visit. We stood around it and marveled how deep it was. I also remember praying over that well that it would continue to provide life giving water to that village.

Wells are a source of life, and so are the words you put into your mind. The Bible says that the power of life and death is in the tongue. It also tells us that we are what we think. It’s important that you and I guard what we allow into our minds. From books, to news, to movies, to people we hang out with, the words they speak are either giving you life or death. They are either edifying you or tearing you down. Their words reverberate in our minds and become the things we think about. We wouldn’t knowingly drink poisonous water, so why would we knowingly put detrimental words into our mind?

Proverbs 13:14 says, “The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so, no more drinking from death-tainted wells!” (MSG) If we’re going to change our lives, we’re going to have to change what wells we allow ourselves to drink from. We need to be more cautious about what we allow into our minds so that the thoughts we dwell on are life giving ones. If we drink from life giving wells, then we ourselves can become life giving wells for others. Pay attention to the wells you’re drinking from and ask yourself if they’re a death tainted well or a life giving one. Change where your thoughts come from and you’ll change your life.

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Throwback Thursday is a feature I’m using to help build some margin into my schedule to pursue other ventures. Each Thursday I’ll be bringing you a previously written devotional that still speaks encouragement to us from God’s Word.

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