... etc. Unfortunately, when our will appears to succumb to God’s goodwill for our lives we feel God has disappointed us. Yet in the midst of our weakness, danger, distress, sickness, unemployment, hunger, ...
... in Him so as to encourage those around us.
Whether it is the wrath of God or His mercy upon us, we must bear it and be hopeful realists. God’s anger is not for long but his enduring love is forever ...
... and anger can occur anytime of the year. Don’t allow malignant thoughts to take you captive. Pray often about the things that upset you. Then turn your mind to the “good stuff.” “Whatever is true, noble, ...
... a total stranger into our boat without permission and then go ahead and push him a little off shore just because he asked as to? Well, this is not the focus of this devotion but worth thinking about.
Peter ...
... danger of "faking it", pretending to be something we are not. He mentioned that he had seen a bumper sticker that read, "Jesus is coming. Look busy."
Although we may look busy, we can't fool God about ...
... wrong they have done us. In agreement with Matthew West in his song “Forgiveness”; forgiveness is the worst enemy of anger(wisdom of the world). By the wisdom of the world, when someone offends us, we ...
“We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope” (NIV) 1 Chron. 29:15
What we do in life communicates more than what we ...
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (NKJV) Eph. 2:10
Let me share this wonderful piece I read from a sermon ...
... being that Jesus Christ spoke and lived the truth throughout His stay on earth, although it endangered His life.
Speaking the truth sometimes demands boldness and courage from the speaker especially ...
... as if joy were a luxury we could well do without. How can you a have a joyful heart if you keep accumulating uncontrolled anger and grief in you? Everybody wants to be happy but sometimes we are not ready ...