Everyday Life With John

God Cares About You! God cares for you.  Not just your church attendance or offering in the collection plate.  God cares for you.  His love for us placed His son on the cross to die so that we can have abundant life.  "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Those are Jesus' word from John 10:10. (NIV)  We see that Jesus wants us to have an abundant life here on earth and heaven.  To confirm this even more, let's look at 3 John 2. (NIV)   "Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well." While the Apostle John wrote to a specific group of believers, I feel as if we can take this passage as the way that God feels about us.  My key take away from 3 John 2 is ALL .  That ALL may go well.   The good thing about this, in my opinion, is that ALL means ALL.  What does that mean?...

 Sometimes, we can be deceived into thinking that God only cares about our "spiritual" walk.  But I am learning that couldn't be further from the truth.  Let's look at what God says in his word.  Here is 3 John 1:2 (NIV)  Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.  Even though the Apostle John wrote this, I gather that God also cares about our souls, emotions, our daily lives, and all that concerns us.  I would even think that means our careers.  Most of us, especially as adults, spend the majority of our time working or fulfilling some kind of obligation in the role of an entrepreneur.      The truth is that most of us don't like our jobs.  Mainly, this stems from not being able to be ourselves, low pay, and a bad environment.  This is an issue, even for Christians.  But as Christians, we should have a different lens of looking at a c...