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WHO IS YOUR BOSS? PASTOR NKECHI ENE (MRS.)
(PART 1)
A “boss” is a chief, a master, a leader; simply
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they
servant tries to win the affection of his master.
put he is someone who tells you what to do. In
neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns;
So, whose attention are you trying to win?
Matthew 6:24 Jesus said no one can serve two
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you
When you make friends, whose attention are
masters. He will either hate one or love the other, in other words he will be loyal to one and despise the other. Jesus ended by saying one cannot serve God and mammon. In the
not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the Uield, how they
you trying to win? If we were to put God on one side and money on the other, whose attention would you try to win? Is it the attention of God or of money?
context of that verse, “mammon” is wealth or
grow: they neither toil nor spin;
money. Jesus says you cannot serve God and
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in
When you decide what business practices to
money. That tells me that the two of them are
all his glory was not arrayed like one of
undertake, is it in support of God or money?
mutually exclusive.
these.
As a man of God, when you decide where to
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the
establish your ministry, whose attention are
If two things are mutually exclusive, they are
Uield, which today is, and tomorrow is
you trying to get? Is it where God has called
separate and very different from each other.
thrown into the oven, will He not much
you to or is it where you think will be
For instance, you cannot be a man and a
more clothe you, O you of little faith?
woman. It is not possible. That is why homosexuality and lesbianism are sexual perversions from the pit of hell. You cannot have the body of a man and the interests of a
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles
lucrative Uinancially and materially? Lady when you decide to get married, is money the deciding factor? Who is your boss? Who do you serve?
seek. For your heavenly Father knows that
woman. Similarly you cannot serve God and
you need all these things.
Who Do You Love?
riches. You will either love one or hate the
33 But seek Uirst the kingdom of God and His
What gives you a thrill? When you have a large
other, but you cannot serve both of them
righteousness, and all these things shall be
sum of money, are you thrilled to give it to the
equally. One has to be the boss. In order to to
added to you.
work of God, or does it give you a thrill to own
truly determine who your boss is, there are
4 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
two things you need to consuder
for tomorrow will worry about its own things. SufUicient for the day is its own
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry
trouble. Matthew 6:25-34
about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
it, put it in your bank account so that when you get your bank statement you will be glad to see it has plenty zeros in it? Does the thought of writing God a cheque with plenty zeros thrill you? Or do you get a thrill at the
Three Honest Questions Who Do You Serve? To “serve” means to be a slave to something, and to do service to that thing. Usually, a
mere thought of receiving a cheque and sleeping well at night simply because you know you have plenty money?
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