The Greek word translated here as “gentleness” describes a temperament that’s seasoned and mature. It envisions an attitude fitting to the occasion, levelheaded and tempered. This gentleness is “evident to all.”
Read more..“Since He did not spare even His own Son for us but gave Him up
Read more..God promises to be with us always. In fact, we cannot escape his presence.
Read more..The Lord never gave up on me and in my weakest moment of my life, I really found Him.
Read more..When we are exhausted, depleted, and on the edge of burn out, we need to have our souls restored! But who can restore our souls? Only the One who will lead us beside still waters! The Lord is our Shepherd.
Read more..You just never know where you fit into the progression of God’s plan for another person. Paul demonstrates this in our passage today.
Read more.."I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways." Psalm 119:15 There are times when solitude is better than community, and silence is wiser than speech. We will be better Christians if we take more time to be "alone" with God, and gathering spiritual strength through meditation on His Word ...
Read more..Each of us has a fantasy that our family will be like the Walton's, an expectation that our dearest friends will be our next of kin. Jesus didn't have that expectation.
Read more..When we maximize our problems, we minimize God’s greatness and we also minimize—in our minds—God’s ability to handle our problems.
Read more..Do you think of yourself as rich? No matter how much money you have, if you're a believer in Jesus, you're extremely wealthy because God has lavished the riches of His grace upon you.
Read more..If God did not lovingly and tenderly correct us, none of us could survive before his awesome perfection. God is love!
Read more..We have an adopted son and the pleasure he has brought us has been unequaled. And I thought I was doing him a favor.
Read more..Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love.
Read more..Are you burdened by your past? By pouring out your heart to God, you can find peace and freedom.
Read more..God isn't messing around here. There are no accidents with our lives. Whatever we have received and experienced has shaped who we are, and because of that, we are qualified servants. There is truly no one else like you - for a reason.
Read more..Frank often referred to himself proudly as a self-made man. He bragged that in his youth he had been so poor he didn't have two nickels to rub together. Now his real estate holdings and various business enterprises were worth tens of millions of dollars. He was a pillar in the community, able to give ...
Read more..Our faith leads us to discover a love we don’t deserve. And yet God gives this love to us. This grace comes in the form of God himself taking on human form. This grace and mercy comes in a form of Jesus taking our punishment for us by dying for us on the cross. By our faith we stand in God’s grace as free beings, free from sin, free from punishment.
Read more..LORD, create in us a new heart: to be a Kingdom people and gain a sense of Kingdom purpose for us today. Let us not become indifferent like stone, or get tired in the world, but rather grant in us a new heart, to sing Your praises:
Read more..I once saw a sign that read: "Your God is what you pay attention to." You see, I believe you can pay attention to God while you are doing everything else.
Read more..1st Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to “give thanks in everything!” In everything? In trouble, in the hospital, in a fix, in a mess, in distress? JESUS DID.
Read more..“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18
Read more..Untested faith may be real faith, but it is sure to be immature faith. It is likely to remain immature as long as it never faces difficulties. When all things seem against it, faith often prospers. Storms are faith's illuminators.
Read more..There is a God you can turn to and believe in. Trust God to be true to His word. Know that God is:God is the eternal God. Everything there is in the heavens and on the earth—every planet, every plant, every person, and every creature had a first moment, a first day, or a first breath—and that “first” came from God. There has never been an eternal moment without God…from everlasting to everlasting He is God.
Read more..He doesn’t delight in our sufferings, but He delights in our development".
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