When you and I have access to God’s power, there’s joy. Joy is more than happiness. It’s long-lasting, beyond emotion. It’s an inner peace that is calming and sparkling. Experiencing such inner delight strengthens us to pursue God’s will even more. This helps us to live our best life.
Read more..Words are powerful for good or for destruction. Words can bless or wound deeply.
Read more..'Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path' Proverbs 3:5&6
Read more..Lord, help me to put away bitterness born of grief and disappointment, and instead look outward to those who desperately need encouragement
Read more..“Heavenly Father please help us judge others as you would judge us, for in the same way we judge others, you will judge us and with the measure we use, you will measure us.
Read more..God, forgive me for judging others’ faith by their outward appearance. Help me see people the way You do. Amen.
Read more..How do you see someone who is being a thorn in your flesh? Is there someone in your life who just rubs you the wrong way?
Read more..For if you forgive men when they sin against you, Your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Read more..Let God bring you life.. He won’t turn you away, and you will have his love forever. Fear him while you have breath and come to him in repentance.
Read more..Our prayers don't have to be limited to what we can think of to ask for. God is far greater and more creative.
Read more..Are we really conquerors despite "trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword"? Yes! That is the ultimate Christian assurance.
Read more..God, I am ready. No more holding back, no more storing up treasures that will only hinder my growth and keep me from living the life that You have so graciously died to give me.
Read more..Make God your refuge. Not your job, your spouse, your reputation, or your retirement account. Make God your refuge! Let Him encircle you. Let Him be the foundation upon which you stand!
Read more..God’s first recorded question is one that rings down through the ages: “Where are you?"
Read more..Friend, in these days of trouble and uncertainty, who do you turn to? Cling to the Rock! That Rock is Jesus.
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Read more..Gentleness is biblical meekness, a positive quality, and Jesus commended it when he said that the meek will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). He lives the strength of his gentleness in you,
Read more..Are you a good listener? Studies have shown that we stop talking only an average of 17 seconds before we resume speaking in a conversation, and most of that time, we are thinking about what we want to say next! Sometimes prayer can be like that, with God barely getting a word in edgewise, as we monopolize the conversation.
Read more..I once heard someone say that if we have only ten minutes to pray, we should spend the first half listening and the second half petitioning.
Read more..How do you handle your tough times? When you’re tired of trying, tired of forgiving, tired of hard weeks or hard-headed people how do you manage your dark days?
Read more..God’s Word alerts us that in difficult times our hearts can go astray.
Read more..A gentle spirit is something we cannot produce in ourselves. But the Holy Spirit produces “love, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness” and much more. Why not ask the Holy Spirit to be in control of your life from now on?
Read more.."Lord God our Father, whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, we do it all for Your glory. Help us as we try not to cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God and help us try to please everyone in every way. For we are not seeking our own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. In Jesus name amen."
Read more..The dark can be a scary place. I have never felt comfortable in the darkness. My imagination runs to places I’d never think of if I was in a lit room.
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