Examine your heart, your inner attitudes, and your thoughts to see if there is anything there that God would not approve of. Do you have bitterness or resentment? Have you allowed a critical or judgme...
Every good and right decision that we make helps overturn the results of the bad ones.
Encouraging someone and speaking truth into someone’s life when God asks you to do so are healthy and wonderful things—but it’s never right to make a quick, dismissive judgment. Our judgments based on...
Don’t use people to get money and things, but be committed to using money and material goods to bless people. Rich people can do a lot of good for society if they are willing.
Don’t just try to make it through the day. Celebrate the day. Say, This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it (see Psalm 118:24). Don’t dread the day; attack the day. Know wha...
Don’t give your family and friends the scraps you have left over while you give the world your best. The world will let you down in the end. It will take everything you have and disappear when you are...
Don’t Waste Your Pain All things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. ROMANS 8:28 Life is full of un...
Don’t Let Feelings Rule This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. PSALM 119:50 God showed me that we are always going to have feelings, and...
DECEMBER 21 Peace in the House Fill up and complete my joy by living in harmony and being of the same mind and one in purpose, having the same love, being in full accord and of one harmonious mind and...
Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make. Contentment does not mean that we never want to see change or improvement, but it does mean we can be happy where we are and...
By just being positive, having the best perspective on everything, and always believing the best of everybody, we release peace and joy in our lives.
But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. —ISAIAH 40:31 NKJV
But the meek (in the end) shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace (Ps. 37:11).
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. GALATIANS 5:22–23 NIV,
But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Be not afraid of them [their faces], for I am with y...
But if we want God’s peace and joy, we can’t waste our time trying to be people-pleasers.
But don’t go on a digging expedition. We don’t have to try to figure ourselves out. The Holy Spirit guides us into all truth (See John 16:13). It is a progressive work, so be patient and let God take...
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you to show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and m...
As you walk with God, you can always begin again. It is never too late for a fresh start. Your history does not have to be your destiny! Believe
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ROMANS 8:28 KJV