... middle of very progressive progress to ensure that our ultimate goal for the year and life is achieved. I know they can bring unexpected heartaches but he is the balm we need along the way to completeness ...
... about helping them to follow God. The Lord's response was “Is it right for you to be angry?”
It’s good for us to be upset about the sin in this world and we should speak up about injustices but our goal ...
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (NIV) James 1:22
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens ...
... that meditation on God's words is missing from our daily lives.
Paul sets several allegories that urge us to set our minds on the ultimate goal. When an athlete is running, the mind is not set only on ...
... us how unpleasant our images are so we could polish up. The Bible promises that as we continually look into this mirror, our image will gradually transform into the perfect image of God; our goal. In Eph. ...
... he doesn’t consider himself to have taken hold of the prize Christ has for him, but rather forgets what is behind him and fights forward toward the goal. This should be every Christian’s attribute. We ...
... and action should be our goal.
Have faith in God to see you through the year. It’s not so much how well you plan and organize your physical resources that lead to success. Life without Christ is crises. ...
... you come from, who you are and what you’ve done, you can always change your mind.
We are entreated to have a new mind towards God every day. The goal set for us is to obtain the mind of Christ. We may ...
... shift our focus from our goal. Let us be weary of the things that shift our focus and manage them such that they do not take our entire attention from our goal.
You may not have put God first in your ...
... and do not appreciate anything less than the goals set. Nothing satisfies us anymore, always looking for greater levels. Modernism has placed around us a lot of “interesting” things and activities distracting ...