There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any of us, to talk about the rest of us.
Kindness starts simply. An encouraging word. A loving gesture. A tender sentiment sent through the mail. A thoughtful small token. The gift of unhurried time. A rousing pep talk. Simply vowing to spea...
Just Because You Have a Reason to Retaliate Does Not Mean You’re Justified in Doing So
Start dreaming. Pray hard. And if God is calling you, don’t be afraid to take a step of faith.
In the afternoon we can’t forget what God told us in the morning.
In fact, if you are in the middle of a heated discussion with someone and they ask, Well, what do you think? it is perfectly reasonable to tell them you don’t yet know what you think. Yes, this may fr...
If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth! (30:32). Here it is, translated for social media: If you are tempted to slam someone online or brag on Fac...
If there is room in your heart, you'll make room in your home.
Psychiatrist Louann Brizendine states in The Female Brain, Men use about seven thousand words per day. Women use about twenty thousand.
We read a little farther in James, we find that the tongue cannot be tamed (James 3:7 – 8). Every creature, reptile, bird, or animal can be tamed, but not the tongue. Imagine a colossal circus full of...
Gracious words promote instruction (16:21).
With our tongues we curse men and women who are made in God’s likeness and then, at other times, we praise God. Out of our mouths flow both praising and cursing. But, says the New Testament writer, th...
God is patient. He doesn’t fly off the handle in anger.
God created us with emotions, and anger is one of them. Feeling the emotion of anger is not the problem. The problem is when we let our anger trigger actions that result in wrongdoing.
Father, I face another day in which I will be called upon to use my words wisely and well. May they encourage those who listen. May they speak truth but also be said in love. May I pause before I poun...
Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of...
Don’t say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off.
Don’t say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off. Will
Marriage is not about our ultimate happiness, she replied. That is a lie from the devil. Marriage was made to refine us, to grow our character. It exposes the worst in us so that we see the need for h...
But wait. Have you prayed about it? We are better poised to process life’s troubles after petitioning God first. I’m still learning this lesson, but the calm I feel when I get the order straight encou...
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