Yogi Land

When we hear the word “invest”, we often think of investing in the stock market, in real estate, or for retirement. While it’s good to invest that way, the truth is, those investments will eventually fade away. The best inheritance we can leave our children and others around us is what we invested in them, not what we left for them.

When we’re not taking time to share what we know with the next generation, then we are not being faithful with what God has given us. God expects us to impart to others.

The next generation should not have to start over. They shouldn’t have to re-learn what we’ve already learned. We should be pouring everything we know into our children, into a young person, into that co-worker in the office.

We’re all leaving a legacy. Let’s make sure it’s an intentional legacy. The only investments that are going to last are the investments we make in other people. We didn’t get to where we are on our own. Somebody invested in us. Make it a goal to invest in someone else. You can leave a mark that cannot be erased. If you will take time to invest in people; mentoring, teaching, training and modeling, then those seeds that you sow will be multiplied back to you.

Tags: Bible, help others, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church

Everywhere we go there are people in need. They may smile on the outside, but on the inside they’re hurting. Scripture says one day God will wipe away all the tears. There will be no more tragedy, no more sickness, no more pain. But in the mean time, God is counting on us to help wipe away the tears of those that are hurting. God wants to heal, and He uses us as instruments and representatives of His love to dispense hope and healing.

All around us people are dealing with family issues, health problems, rejection, broken dreams, low self-esteem. You never know what they’re going through. Our job is not to judge, our job is to lift the fallen, lift the broken and heal the hurting.

Everywhere we go we should dispense the goodness of God. When you see someone that’s down, and you go over and encourage them, you just became a healer. You just released God’s goodness into them. When you call a friend that’s discouraged and you say, “Hey, I’m thinking about you. I know there are good days up ahead.” You just poured in the healing oil. It can be something simple, even just smiling at a stranger. You might not even know that person, but you became a healer. God caused your smile to say to them, “You’re important. I care about you.”

Are you lifting the fallen? Are you taking the time to help someone else? You are a container filled with God’s goodness. Release His healing wherever you go.

Tags: Bible, help others, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10 (New International Version)

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Life seems like a night of gambling at a charity event. You always bet for the most returns with the least stakes… When you lose, you lose what you don’t have, but when you win, you get a chance to help others…

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