As we do this, it becomes a lot easier to make decisions. It becomes much more clear what should stay and what must go to live simply, freely, and focused on things that have a Kingdom impact. Will you fight for the eternal crown 1 Corinthians 9: Or, like Emmons, will you go home empty-handed? Prayerfully reflect on the following questions and ask God to show you areas for growth.
What changes can you make to live a more Kingdom-focused life and leave a legacy for His glory? The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York, New York.
Are You Kingdom Focused? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. What does this look like for you? Legacy Take a moment to listen to the song, Legacy, by Nicole Nordeman. Am I more concerned with following Jesus than who is following me?
Am I more concerned with building His Kingdom than building my bank account, resume, or reputation? For the first time, I finished…. Columbus had hoped to find the sea route to the silk — and spice-rich lands of China and Southeast Asia , and to introduce Christianity into these distant realms. By the later s the Spanish had explored large regions of the Americas and conquered many of its peoples, including the great Inca and Aztec empires, and the Portuguese had established footholds in Brazil.
Diseases brought from the Eastern Hemisphere, especially smallpox, killed off some 90 percent of the American population in the s and s, facilitating colonization.
The only practical sea route to Asia via the Americas was finally discovered in , by a Spanish expedition across the Pacific led by Ferdinand Magellan. Various European states established colonies or outposts in several African regions and carried increasing numbers of enslaved Africans to the Americas to work on plantations growing cash crops, such as sugar, cotton, and coffee, for European consumption.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Dutch colonized parts of Indonesia , including Java and the Spice islands, and the Spanish conquered and Christianized the Philippines. The English and French became active in Asia in the s. American minerals supported a great expansion of the European economy and allowed Europeans to buy into the rich Asian trade, especially of goods from China.
These conquests and economic activities enabled the transfer of vast resources to Europe, especially silver, gold, sugar, coffee, and spices. Undergoing a profound economic, intellectual, and political transition, western Europeans left many of their medieval beliefs and institutions behind, and between and introduced even more profound changes in the world, including capitalism, industrialization, and the building of great Western empires in Asia and Africa.
The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, — It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
English Standard Version so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Berean Study Bible so that the authenticity of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Berean Literal Bible so that the proven genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold, perishing though being refined by fire, may be discovered to result in praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ, New American Standard Bible so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; King James Bible That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Christian Standard Bible so that the proven character of your faith--more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire--may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Contemporary English Version Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ returns. Good News Translation Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure.