Where your heart is…
... your endurance as the storms rage over time.
My question to you beloved, is - Where is your focus? Are you double-minded? Where is your anchor? Where is your peace? Where is your heart, my friend? (See ...
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First to break the news
... to be “first to break the news” often outruns the call to share truth with compassion. Social media has become a global marketplace where tragedies are hurriedly displayed, sometimes within minutes, often ...
Fighting temptation
... been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”
These verses serve as both an encouragement and a warning. The warning comes for us when we consider how we are dealing with temptation ...
Do you want to see good days?
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the ...
Wait upon the Lord
... agriculture and cooking has been reduced, thanks to modern skills and technology. We have higher expectations in whatever we do with less waiting time, but Christians are encouraged to be patient and wait ...
With Christ in the boat
... forget who we have in our boat of life. We become so afraid, we lose faith.
Today, He encourages us not to be afraid and to put our faith in Him wholeheartedly for He alone can calm life’s storm. All ...
Will your anchor hold?
... as a non – starter. Amazingly, Job, an object of the aforementioned calamities and even more, mustered rare courage and uttered words of assurance. Scriptures say in all his calamities, ‘Job did not sin ...
He keeps watch over you
... blessing you are expecting from God, I want to encourage you with the knowledge that your rainy days are near but you must acknowledge He watches over you even in the stormy gale, difficult and dark moments. ...
Where Does Your Strength Come from?
... eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (NIV) Galatians 6:7-9
This section in Galatians 6 encourages us to "sow to please ...
Spiritual Investment
“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not ...
Spiritual Investment
“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not ...
Responding to God's Wor
... in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (NIV). As you reflect on all that God has done for you physically and more importantly, spiritually, I encourage ...
Service to humanity
... to success, but the journey to success is not always easy. People need all the encouragement they can get to lessen their burdens. Therefore, helping someone to come out of a distressing situation is the ...
Serving God
... of the Bible. Therefore, we are encouraged to “keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me (Paul)--everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with ...
Receptive Heart
... before them. Tender hearts are not just caring, but courageous in doing what needs to be done. We need a heart like King Josiah; a heart pleasing to God and helpful to men.
A receptive heart willingly ...
For we are brethren
... Other brethren are able to identify us and provide assistance in various ways that may go beyond our expectations. We feel a sense of belonging and gain encouragement as we share life stories of challenges ...
What do you have?
... same gift or talent, we end up being discouraged when we make such a comparison.
If we will stop comparing ourselves to others and concentrate on who we are and what we possess, we can achieve a lot ...
Made for so much more! - Part 1
... some few minutes. Are you holding on to things God wants you to let go? These things may be habits, secret sins or relationships. I will encourage you to pray earnestly and allow God to prune you, for ...
The valid worry: Investing in Christ
... him for He cares (Psalm 55:22, 1 Peter 5:7). This is the foundation of our hope. It is what sustains us as believers.
As Matthew 6: 25-34 encourages us, we must not worry about life issues, instead, ...
Taking a Stand
... and he handled it not only courageously, but graciously, and effectively (Daniel 1:8-21). Daniel assessed and doubted the food and wine on the foreign land because it was likely to contain some things ...