We hope you enjoy this re-post from January 15, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. – Genesis 31:41, KJV You have a… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Recognizing you have a problem is half the solution.
Category: Tests
BEST OF TQFG: What we have here is a failure to communicate.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from February 22, 2014. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they worked cunningly… – Joshua 9:3-4, Amplified Bible (AMP) One day when my elder daughter was just a toddler, I left the house to… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: What we have here is a failure to communicate.
BEST OF TQFG: The wilderness has its benefits.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from October 24, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Then Jesus was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil. – Matthew 4:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) The idea of “wandering in the wilderness” doesn’t gin up happy… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: The wilderness has its benefits.
The New Tolerance
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. – 1 Peter 3:17, KJV According to ChristianAnswers.net: Not long ago, the word ‘tolerance’ meant ‘bearing or putting up with someone or something not especially liked’. However, now the word has been redefined to… Continue reading The New Tolerance
BEST OF TQFG: Is it well with your soul?
We hope you enjoy this re-post from September 29, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident,… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Is it well with your soul?
Which spirit do you have?
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear, but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. – 2 Timothy 1:7, Amplified Bible (AMP) Have you ever heard someone say, “That… Continue reading Which spirit do you have?
Flat as a pancake.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. – Philippians 2:8, KJV Andrew Murray, author of Humility: The Beauty of Holiness and Humility & Absolute Surrender, defined this elusive character trait as follows: Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is… Continue reading Flat as a pancake.
It can be hard to sit still.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. – Psalm 46:10, KJV Psalm 46 contains a lot of trouble. Distress (verses 1 and 6), catastrophe (verses 2-3), anger (verse 6), governmental upheaval (verse 6), and war (verse 9) are all mentioned,… Continue reading It can be hard to sit still.
Believe it or not, tests are a good thing.
And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome, – Romans 1:28, Amplified Bible (AMP) There is a difference between committing sin and being… Continue reading Believe it or not, tests are a good thing.
BEST OF TQFG: Stay close to God. You’ll be smarter for it.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from February 11, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team That people may know skillful and godly Wisdom and instruction, discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight. – Proverbs 1:2, Amplified Bible In his book Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, author Gary Klein detailed… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Stay close to God. You’ll be smarter for it.