Then [the guiding angel] showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at Joshua’s right hand to be his adversary and to accuse him. – Zechariah 3:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) Imagine that you are six years old, and the heavy rain you’ve been watching from the window… Continue reading Be prepared to be opposed when you turn unto God.
Category: Fear
There is a downside to not seeking God’s Kingdom first.
You have sown much, but you have reaped little… – Haggai 1:6, Amplified Bible (AMP) Treadmills are great for exercise, but there is one very ironic thing about them. For all the work one puts into walking or running on a treadmill, once the workout is done, you can honestly say that you’ve gotten nowhere.… Continue reading There is a downside to not seeking God’s Kingdom first.
Who is the object of your life?
…for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God]. – Matthew 1:21, Amplified Bible (AMP) Remember, it’s not about you. We experience emotional stress when something or someone makes us uncomfortable. An urgent or unwelcome circumstance may be… Continue reading Who is the object of your life?
Stop jumping from oasis to oasis.
…Let not your heart be troubled… – John 14:27, KJV There are days when you just wake up jittery. The worries of the day pile on you the moment you awake, and from the get-go, you teeter-totter on the brink of screaming under the pressure. On such days, our natural tendency might be to do… Continue reading Stop jumping from oasis to oasis.
God isnt just going to give you heart peace. You’ve got to show Him that you want it.
Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!] – 1 Peter 3:11, Amplified Bible… Continue reading God isnt just going to give you heart peace. You’ve got to show Him that you want it.
God would like you to have a face like a glowworm.
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God…So all the days of Enoch were 365 years. – Genesis 5:22-23, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have never had a better human friend than my beloved wife. She’s the first person I talk with in the morning when I awake. She’s the last person I talk with before I… Continue reading God would like you to have a face like a glowworm.
Here’s the final step in the process of making good, Bible-based decisions.
And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds… – Colossians 3:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) You are faced with a decision, and you are at a complete loss as to which path to take.… Continue reading Here’s the final step in the process of making good, Bible-based decisions.
Those inexplicable circumstances might just be the best way you can help God reach others.
Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the workings of God should be manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him. – John 9:3, Amplified Bible (AMP) When coming upon the blind man of John 9, the disciples asked Jesus a very natural question,… Continue reading Those inexplicable circumstances might just be the best way you can help God reach others.
God would be more than happy to visit with you, but you’ve got to clean your house first.
For thus says the high and lofty One—He Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, but with him also who is of a thoroughly penitent and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the thoroughly penitent [bruised with sorrow… Continue reading God would be more than happy to visit with you, but you’ve got to clean your house first.
Quit nagging about the stuff you don’t have.
And should you seek great things for yourself? -Jeremiah 45:5, Amplified Bible (AMP) The Book of Jeremiah is saturated with extremely long chapters, but it has a few short ones as well, with one in particular standing out. Jeremiah Chapter 45 is a mere five verses long. In it God addresses Baruch the son of… Continue reading Quit nagging about the stuff you don’t have.