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HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU COUNT MONEY?

Recently, I had to make a lot of cash lodgments at the bank, and I proceeded to arrange and count the notes. I counted the various currency notes like three times and sorted them accordingly. When I got to the bank, the teller went to work, and I wasn’t surprised that the count was perfectly correct. The confidence was because I had double-checked the notes; the margin for error was very slim.

In our Christian walk, we mustn’t be overly bold about our right standing in Christ if we haven’t examined ourselves again and again. 2 Cor. 13:5b says, “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves…”
Test yourself!
Are you standing, or are you just thinking that you are standing?
When I counted the money the first time, I could have stopped, but I needed the certainty. I know that I am born again, but I need to examine my heart: is there something hidden there that shouldn’t be there?
Once, I was speaking to a group of people, and the manner of my speech wasn’t in conformity with the Holy Spirit; He corrected me. At another time afterwards, I paid attention to the manner of my speech to that group, and I discovered that if the LORD had not stopped me, I was speaking not too well to them, and sincerely, I didn’t know it until the LORD pointed it out.
Beloved, Jesus said, “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” - Matthew 26:41
Be deliberate about the state of your heart.
Watch and pray!
Is your heart correct before the LORD?
May the LORD help us in Jesus name. Amen.

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