SAM HONIBALL BLOG

Do you ever find yourself as fatigued on Monday morning as you were on Friday afternoon? Do you ever bring home work in a briefcase and used the weekend to catch up on work you haven't got done? Do you ever get tired just thinking of what you've got to do? Do you ever feel guilty when you relax? If you answer yes to one or more of the above questions, chances are good that you may be a Workaholic. It's interesting to me that God has more to say about taking a day off than He does about either murder or adultery. The fourth is the longest of the Ten Commandments. It's as if He's saying, "I want you to take this serious, this is not a suggestion. I am commanding you to take a day off every week. It's the antidote to burnout, the prevention against the stress-filled world we live in. PROVERBS 14:30 (LB) "A RELAXED ATTITUDE LENGTHENS A MAN'S LIFE." When you don't follow God's principles, if Christ is not the center of your life, the manage

FORGERY IS WHEN YOU USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S NAME TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. There are a lot of spiritual forgers in the world who misuse God's name by saying, "God told me..." and you're supposed to say, "It must be true then". It may not be. We take God's name in vain when we claim to be committed to Him but we don't back it up with our life style. A guy says "I love the Lord, He's number one in my life!" Are you involved in any kind of ministry? "No" Are you meeting with Him every day, reading the Bible, daily quiet time? No. Tithing? No. What does He mean to you then? Just words. ISAIAH 29:13 says "THESE PEOPLE WORSHIP ME WITH THEIR LIPS BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME." Our lifestyle can misuse the name of God. If you call yourself a believer act like one. If you're going to call yourself a Christian don't drag Christ's name through the gutter by your lifestyle. Your walk needs to match your talk. If you&

In South Africa we are all well aware of the BIG FIVE when it comes to animals, but when it comes to family values, God have His BIG TEN. In Deuteronomy 6:6-7 He says two things about them: REMEMBER them and TEACH them to your children. They are not the ten suggestions; they are the Ten Commandments. They're not optional. God says, you do these things and things will go fine in your life. If you don't do them, you're going to really mess up. In Proverbs 3:6 (LB), we read, “In everything you do, put God first and He will direct you and crown your efforts with success. “ This brings us to the question: “How do I put God first in my everyday life? Let us look at the acrostic F – I – R – S – T to give us five ways to put God first in our life and in our family: F - FINANCES Put God first in your finances. Proverbs 3:9-10 says "Honor the Lord by giving Him the first part of all your income, and He will fill your barns to overflow." God says give Me the first part back

I recently came across the following calculation that a Government made of the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 years of age. Directly translated to our Rand currency it came to R 160 140-00! That doesn't even touch College or University tuition. For those with kids, that figure leads to wild fantasies about all the money we could have banked if not for (insert your child's name here). For others, that number might confirm the decision to remain childless. But R160 140-00 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into R8 896-66 a year, R741-38 a month, or R171-08 a week. That's a mere R24-44 a day! Just over a Rand an hour. Still, you might think the best financial advice says not to have children if you want to be "rich". It is just the opposite. What do your get for your R160 140-00? o Naming rights. First, middle, and last! o Glimpses of God every day. o Giggles under the covers every night. o Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs. o Endless wond