Secret of Contentment
I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” Philippians 4:12
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I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” Philippians 4:12
Questions: Have you been struggling with despair? Are you relying on feelings instead of fact? How can you affirm God’s truth in your life today?
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7
Do you sometimes feel like you are not needed? You are. Paul explains that the body of Christ includes many parts — all needed and necessary.
My advice: Get into it! The deep things of God don’t just drop into our brains; they are placed there through diligent study.
“Examine yourselves to see if your faith is really genuine.” 2 Corinthians 13:5 What a difference it would make if we could take time every morning to focus on the thought. Christ is in…
When asked to describe the width of his love, he stretched one hand to the right and the other to the left and had them nailed in that position so you would know he…
When I was young I thought a godly life meant avoiding things that others in town enjoyed freely. I was on the outside looking in as my youthful peers spoke of their first cigarette,…
Do you ever feel like God has not lived up to your expectation in some particular circumstance of your life? Perhaps you have believed… yet nothing has happened. When you feel confused and wondering…
The "Golden Rule" is so straightforward, isn't it? Sometimes we make things, especially religious things, far too complicated and complex.
Man needs nothing so much as he needs something to bring life together into total meaning.—E. Stanley Jones
As the self-existent One, God is worthy of our praise. Before the world began, He was; in this moment, He is; at any and every future time, He will be. He is holy and…
The Bible talks about the aroma that a believer, who is a captive of Jesus Christ gives off.
Walking in peace, with your heart calm even when life is not, is one of the wonderful benefits of the Christian life.
Fresh clean water flowing from a mountain! When was the last time you drank from a fresh mountain stream? Or have you ever?
In recent months I've become painfully aware of acquaintances and close friends facing near-unspeakable tragedy. Their reactions have been as varied as their situations.
“Come unto me all who are weary and burdened, I shall give you rest.” Matthew: 11:28
“If we are faithless (do not believe and are untrue to Him), He remains true, (faithful to His Word and righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself” 2 Timothy 2:14
Our faith must be the eyes we use to see what we cannot see. The unseen, the unknown, the questions without answers… (If God had put every answer in the Bible, we wouldn’t need…
Jesus came so that the last could be first, the sick could be healed, the sinners could be saved, and the lost could be found.
God does not want us to be judgmental; He wants us prayer-mental. As instinctively as we have judged people, we should pray for them instead.
Are you willing to be the same on the outside as in the inside? Are you looking for a new beginning?
Thank You, Jesus, that You clean my plate. Thank You that by Your life we may have a new covenant and that we can start fresh every day,
Are you having difficulty trusting God because of an unfortunate early relationship with your father or mother? If so, I encourage you to do what Roger did.