2022-07-29
Growth through Suffering
When we focus on God, we are in a better position to grow in maturity and godliness. When our suffering persists, the Lord may also have other purposes in mind:
Read more..When we focus on God, we are in a better position to grow in maturity and godliness. When our suffering persists, the Lord may also have other purposes in mind:
Read more..How encouraging to know that when we stumble, God is not only there to provide new strength for the race, but if our stumbling is caused by sin, he offers the remedy to make us whole and healthy again.
Read more..The Mind of Christ. The first thing I do when I awaken each morning is to kneel before my Lord in humility, meditate upon His attributes, and praise, worship and adore Him.
Read more..I am amazed by the fact that, because of Jesus, I can come close to God. And I am so thankful that God will come close to me, a sinner saved by Christ’s righteousness alone.
Read more..Contentment is an all-encompassing category that applies to every believer, no matter their life stage. To be content is to be fulfilled in Christ no matter the circumstances.
Read more..We’re often so absorbed in our own life that we fail to see the crises others are facing.
Read more..God's Perspective on Hope in Disappointment. Jesus your Redeemer wants to pull the poisons out of the wounds in your spirit and your soul.
Read more..Prayer for the Thirsty. Lord, I thirst for You. I long for more of your life-giving, spirit-refreshing, heart-fulfilling, thirst-quenching, life-changing waters of life. ...
Read more..Let me urge you to make use of your God. Make use of Him in prayer. Go to Him often, because He is your God. Who would disdain to use so great a privilege?
Read more..There is never a time you’re not in His thoughts, never a time without grace, never a time when He turns away from any need you face.
Read more..This broken planet offers sorrows of every kind. After being hit over and over with tribulations, how easy it would be to lay down and give up!
Read more..Prayer: Guide me, Lord, in paths of righteousness for your name’s sake. When I walk in dark valleys, please help me to not fear. Thank you that you are with me — you correct and comfort me. Thank you for dealing with my enemies and providing what I need in times of trouble.
Read more..In faith, I know this to be true: 1. Jesus, you are full of truth and grace, and you fill me with your truth and grace. 2. You are working within me to clear a channel so that your love flows through me into the lives of everyone I meet...Continue reading...
Read more..A harvest of joy can be received from the sowing of little things that spontaneously flow from a giving heart
Read more..“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.’ Philippians 4:6
Read more..God is ...Able to do exceedingly beyond all your asking. Ephesians 3:20 ...Able to subdue everything under His control. Philippians 3:21 ...
Read more..Loving Father, lead me to the people today who need their burdens lifted and their joys shared.
Read more..“Here I am! Cleanse my heart and enable me to speak gracious words to them.”
Read more..If properly used, social media can help grow the Kingdom of God. But if we are not on guard, social media can easily become an idol worshiped in a real sense, distracting us from the only one deserving of worship, God.
Read more..Father, guide my thoughts before they become my words. Place a guard over my mouth and a watchman over the door of my lips. When I open my mouth, I ask You to fill it with right words, good words, true words, loving words—words that will point the way to Your heart. May my words be acceptable and pleasing to You as ...
Read more..We can do much after we pray. But we should do nothing before we pray. Let’s start with prayer.
Read more..Do we hang in there when things get tough? Do our bad moods or our despair transfer onto others that we meet each day? Our promise to ourselves each morning should be that we will take joy with us and so our joy will overflow and touch all we meet. Now I do not mean to go around with a silly grin pasted to our faces, but just have that inner joy that Paul and others speak of and believe me it will embrace all those around.
Read more..“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8
Read more..“We need to trust God in the little things, and also in the VERY little things.” – George Mueller Imagine – if possible – existing before anything else did. Speaking galaxies into being. Knowing the end from the beginning.
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