{"id":28337,"date":"2023-10-22T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ecclesiastes-10_11-20-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T21:42:30","slug":"ecclesiastes-11_1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/ecclesiastes-11_1-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Worry About What\u2019s Out Of Your Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecclesiastes\u00a0 11:1-6 \u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ecclesiastes 11:1-6.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 11:1 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 1:\u00a0 To paraphrase, be generous with what you have.\u00a0 Don\u2019t hoard what you have, but invest it.\u00a0 For whatever you give to God, you will somehow get back again one day.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 11:2 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.<\/p>\n

On verse 2:\u00a0 To paraphrase, diversify your investment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>As a leader it\u2019s important to know what you\u2019re good at and stay in your lane.\u00a0 At the same time, however, don\u2019t be afraid to diversify, to try new things, for you never know what might succeed.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 11:3-4 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 3-4:\u00a0 You can\u2019t control the wind or the rain.\u00a0 You can\u2019t control what direction a tree falls.\u00a0 If you just worry about what\u2019s not in your control (i.e. watching the wind or looking at the clouds), you\u2019re not going to gain anything.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>So instead of worrying about what\u2019s not in your control, do something with what is in your control.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 11:5-6 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 5-6:\u00a0 There is much that we don\u2019t know and much that we can\u2019t control (v5).\u00a0\u00a0 But with what is in our control, let\u2019s do our best, work hard and believe that with God\u2019s help we will bear fruit.<\/p>\n

Father, there is much I can\u2019t control, so I leave that all to You.\u00a0 And with what is in my control, I pray for wisdom to know how to do the best I can with it.\u00a0 Thank You that You are with me and You are greater than the wind and the clouds.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Ecclesiastes 11:1-6.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 11:1 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
\n\u00a0
\nOn verse 1:\u00a0 To paraphrase, be generous with what you have.\u00a0 Don\u2019t hoard what you have, but invest it.\u00a0 For whatever you give to God, you will somehow get back again one day.<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 11:2 (NIV)
\n2\u00a0\u00a0Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
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\nOn verse 2:\u00a0 To paraphrase, diversify your investment.\u00a0\u00a0As a leader it\u2019s important to know what you\u2019re good at and stay in your lane.\u00a0 At the same time, however, don\u2019t be afraid to diversify, to try new things, for you never know what might succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28340,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337\/revisions\/28340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}