Category Archives: Control
God likes it when you choose not to brood.
And the patriarchs [Jacob’s sons], boiling with envy and hatred and anger, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him. – Acts 7:9, Amplified Bible I was reminded of a great life lesson when speaking recently with a retired Army Colonel. During the conversation, the
Once God has given you the go-ahead, get on with the work He’s told you to do.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee. – 1 Chronicles 22:16, KJV The movie Shenandoah, starring the late Jimmy Stewart, tells the story of widower farmer Charlie Anderson and his family during Civil War times. Although
Don’t flirt with sin because it will eventually consume you.
And when she pressed him day after day with her words and urged him, he was vexed to death. – Judges 16:16, Amplified Bible Every time I read it, I have the same thought: what in the world was Samson
Don’t take matters into your own hands. Wait for God’s timing.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. – Genesis 12:2, KJV In Genesis 12:2-4, God promised Abraham to make a nation of
Did you wake up grumpy this morning?
Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves], That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst
(Ant University: Part 4) If you go it alone, don’t expect to get very far.
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. Numbers 11:14, KJV According to Wikipedia, “Complex nests are built by many ants…Weaver ant (Oecophylla spp.) workers build nests in trees by attaching
Live excellently, one day at a time.
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Looking for the secret to success? Look no further than God.
But the Lord was with Joseph and he (though a slave) was a successful and prosperous man…And his master saw that the Lord…made all that he did to flourish and succeed… Genesis 39: 2-3, Amplified Bible To be prosperous means
Before the river can flow you have to break the dam.
He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water. John 7:38, Amplified Bible When a river
You’re way ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. – Jeremiah 42:19, KJV In Jeremiah 42, a remnant in Judah, left in the land