Discipline
What Is Your Mission? It Should Be To Hear These Sweet Words When It Is All Over…
Matthew 25:21 NLT“The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together! ’ Do you have a personal mission statement? Our Pastor, several months back, spent a weekend preaching on the […]
Sometimes our Feelings Can Betray Us, But The Promises Of God Will Never Fail Us
Joshua 22:5 NLTBut be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.” “But be very careful to obey all the […]
Is Your Focus On The Things That Will Bring About Glory To God? Or Are You Focusing On Things That Will Stunt Your Spiritual Growth?
Proverbs 4:23 NLTGuard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. What does it look like to “guard your heart”? When we guard our hearts, we pay attention to and draw boundaries around what we allow to go into our minds. What we allow into our minds will eventually go […]
The Real Battle Is Inside Not Outside. Change The Way You Look At Your Circumstances and Win The Battle
Proverbs 28:4 NLTTo reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them. What fights “the wicked”? “To obey the law is to fight them.” Ephesians 6:12 NLTFor we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in […]
Worldly Desires Do Not Provide The Fulfillment You Seek, Only Living By God’s Wisdom Is That Possible
Proverbs 8:8-12 NLTMy advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it. My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge. Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it. “I, […]
Do You Have The Endurance To See It Through And Be Lifted Up In Honor?
1 Peter 5:6 NLTSo humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. What a great promise… I suffer from impatience. I am reluctant to the trials that the Lord allows to happen to me. But it is a privilege to suffer for the […]
Do You Want to Be Productive in Your Faith? You Have All You Need to Succeed
2 Peter 1:3-4 NLTBy his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. And because of his glory and excellence, he has given […]