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Count your blessings!

“Abram asked, “Almighty LORD, what will you give me? Since I’m going to die without children, Eliezer of Damascus will inherit my household. You have given me no children, so this member of my household will be my heir.” Suddenly, the LORD spoke his word to Abram again. He said, “This man will not be your heir. Your own son will be your heir.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭15:4 GW

Sometime we just go blabbering on about the things we don't have. We go, "Uh! I don't have a really good Xbox!" Or "My laptop's broken! I don't have any money!". Abram was starting to do this. God had to speak to him and tell Abram he was looking at the wrong thing! Abram needed to know that he needed to count his blessings. You might say, "I don't have any blessings!" but you do! God has given you a life which is a gift and does NOT belong to you. God has given you this life for HIS purpose, but He doesn't force you to believe in Him. In fact, God let's you decide how you live your life. He is clever as well! Because when you appear to Him on Judgement day, you will have no excuse for your actions. These were your choices! Which you did, ignoring your conscience. God gave you this and this is how you know what is right and wrong. What is evil and what is good. Jesus is a merciful God, more merciful than what you think! He gave us the gift of life, freewill, conscience and salvation as well as plenty, hundreds, millions more! God wants everyone to follow Him and this is the least we can do for all those blessings!
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