Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. Philippians 2:3-4 NLTSlice of Infinity Snippets:
Dallas Willard, writing about the spiritual discipline of secrecy Jesus espouses in the Sermon on the Mount, says, “[O]ne of the greatest fallacies of our faith, and actually one of the greatest acts of unbelief, is the thought that our spiritual acts and virtues need to be advertised to be known... [S]ecrecy, rightly practiced enables us to place our public relations department entirely in the hands of God... [W]e allow him to decide when our deeds will be known and when our light will be noticed.” When we desire godly secrecy, Willard goes on to suggest that love and humility before God will develop to the point that we’ll not only see our friends, family, and associates in a better light, but we’ll also develop the very Christian virtue of desiring their good above our own.
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Yesterday, I heard R.C. Sproul say something that I had not thought of before. Voting a tax increase on someone other than yourself is stealing. Hard words, but thought provoking.
May I encourage you to think about putting others as more important than yourself when you go to the polls too. Put away class envy and put others above ourselves. Today we elect a leader. We do not elect a savior; We already have one. God's will cannot be thwarted. Rally behind the one whom God chooses by loving and encouraging them.
Principles for voting by R.C. Sproul
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