Save now, we beseech You, O Lord; send now prosperity, O Lord, we beseech You, and give to us success! – Psalm 118:25, AMP When you, like the psalmist, pray for success and for prosperity, what exactly do you picture in your mind that success and prosperity look like? Money? Leisurely living? Souls saved? Souls discipled? A… Continue reading Just know that God may not define success and prosperity the way you do.
Category: Character of God
It doesn’t matter what others think about you. It matters what God thinks.
But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. – 1 Samuel 16:7, AMP We are such fools. We… Continue reading It doesn’t matter what others think about you. It matters what God thinks.
God is merciful and slow to punish, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that you are getting away with anything.
Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repent (to change your mind and inner man to accept God’s will)? – Romans 2:4, AMP When we sin and “get away with it,” we can come to the false conclusion that God doesn’t really mind that we are doing… Continue reading God is merciful and slow to punish, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that you are getting away with anything.
God won’t give you any more than He can handle.
I have overcome the world… – John 16:33, AMP I have heard many people quote the following proverb: “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” Often cited by or to people who are going through difficult times, the saying is meant to comfort suffering people by reminding them of God’s promise to stop… Continue reading God won’t give you any more than He can handle.
God would be glad to talk with you once you decide to give Him your undivided attention.
Be still, and know that I am God… – Psalm 46:10, KJV Have you ever been in a conversation with someone where, at the end of the conversation, you had absolutely no idea what the other person has been saying to you? We’ve all done it, and the reason we were clueless at the end… Continue reading God would be glad to talk with you once you decide to give Him your undivided attention.
God always completes what He starts.
I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! – Psalm 57:2, AMP Have you ever known people who continuously fail to finish what they started? It’s one thing to have a project interrupted due to some unforeseen circumstance… Continue reading God always completes what He starts.
God gets fed up with nations just like He gets fed up with people.
And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full and complete. – Genesis 15:16, AMP Too often we get so caught up in our own, personal concerns that our prayer life centers around ourselves. We do pray for other individuals, but not enough.… Continue reading God gets fed up with nations just like He gets fed up with people.
God’s grace is just as sufficient for you as it was for Gail.
Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. – Pslam 34:19, AMP Margaret is a retired missionary. For some time she has been tending to a dear, dying friend, a fellow retired missionary named Gail. Gail died just a few days ago, and two days before she passed,… Continue reading God’s grace is just as sufficient for you as it was for Gail.
Try not to get irritated when your plans don’t pan out. God has something better in mind.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. – Ephesians 3:20, KJV Years ago my wife and I owned a white, 1993 Pontiac Bonneville. It was a roomy car with a smooth ride, and it was in pretty… Continue reading Try not to get irritated when your plans don’t pan out. God has something better in mind.
God has no tolerance for man’s prejudice.
…but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. – Acts 10:28, AMP Prejudice infects humanity all across the globe. Some prejudice is rooted in hatred of a different skin color. Other prejudice is grounded in jealousy of and envy for the greater wealth… Continue reading God has no tolerance for man’s prejudice.