Very often people have a very limited way of thinking.
One destructive mind-set that must be altered in our society is the thought that work is a curse. Some people advocate that if you are truly blessed you don__ need to work hard. Because as they say __he race is not to the swift_, I even had statements like __ day of favour is better than a thousand years of labour_. To make things worse, this type of teachings are actually coming from our pulpits. We call ourselves Protestants, but we have totally departed from the teachings of the early Protestants. Martin Luther, John Wesley and John Calvin would turn in their graves, if they hear the kind of teachings we are now feeding the people of God with.
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One destructive mind-set that must be altered in our society is the thought that work is a curse. Some people advocate that if you are truly blessed you don__ need to work hard. Because as they say __he race is not to the swift_, I even had statements like __ day of favour is better than a thousand years of labour_. To make things worse, this type of teachings are actually coming from our pulpits. We call ourselves Protestants, but we have totally departed from the teachings of the early Protestants. Martin Luther, John Wesley and John Calvin would turn in their graves, if they hear the kind of teachings we are now feeding the people of God with.
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