For to me to live is Christ… Philippians 1:21a, King James Version (KJV) As you live this life, you will be faced with three basic categories of circumstances: 1. Life is good 2. Life isn’t good 3. Death All of life’s computations and permutations fall into one of these three categories, and how you face… Continue reading To live is Christ…
Category: Humility
What would Robert Reid think?
According to Business Insider: Robert Reid is the CEO of the financial management software company Intacct. [When interviewing people for open positions at his company], Reid likes to flip things around by asking candidates what they want to talk about to start the interview. In an interview with The New York Times’ Adam Bryant, Reid… Continue reading What would Robert Reid think?
How much do you love your neighbor?
[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. – Romans 14:17, Amplified Bible (AMP) The Bible is clear that we are to… Continue reading How much do you love your neighbor?
BEST OF TQFG: Where do you go when you really, really mess up?
We hope you enjoy this re-post from August 27, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. – Psalm 51:2, KJV When we sin terribly, we can do so many different things in reaction to our stupidity. We can ignore the guilt, choose to… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Where do you go when you really, really mess up?
BEST OF TQFG: You’re not alone. Even Paul despaired.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from September 9, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team …we were so utterly and unbearably weighed down and crushed that we despaired even of life [itself]. – 2 Corinthians 1:8, AMP It is very easy to look at pastors, missionaries, and others who have given themselves to a… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: You’re not alone. Even Paul despaired.
You just never know…
For the sun comes up with a scorching heat and parches the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away. Even so will the rich man wither and die in the midst of his pursuits. – James 1:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have the utmost admiration for successful people. People who work hard and invest their… Continue reading You just never know…
The unnecessary conflict.
And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it)… – Acts 2:38a, Amplified Bible (AMP) We create so much unnecessary conflict in our lives. Programmed by human nature to want what we want when we want it, we fight against anyone –… Continue reading The unnecessary conflict.
So what does it all mean?
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,… Continue reading So what does it all mean?
Don’t trust in your own strength.
Peter declared to Him, Though they all are offended and stumble and fall away because of You [and distrust and desert You], I will never do so. – Matthew 26:33, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have committed many a horrid sin in my life. In reflecting upon the most egregious (very bad and easily noticed) ones,… Continue reading Don’t trust in your own strength.
I wanna be like Gladys.
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. – 1 Corinthians 1:27, KJV Gladys Aylward knew God had called her to be a missionary to China. The problem was that no one… Continue reading I wanna be like Gladys.