For those who struggle with self-pity, it is time to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Self-pity keeps a person paralyzed. A person in self-pity lives in great fear. Self-pity lies that we are not good enough, that we cannot make it, that we have to coil back and pity ourselves; we say to ourselves – …
The eyes are the window to the soul. Eyes can tell a lot about the internal state of a person. A person can smile on the outside yet internally they are breaking down. Eyes reveal hurt, joy, a person who is lost internally, a happy person; eyes can tell what a person is going through …
God is love. He loves us. We do not have to earn God’s love, He loves us in Christ Jesus. His love endures forever. God hates sin and His desire is for sinners to repent. God loved the world so much that He sent His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him shall …
Life has many seasons and one of them is waiting on God. It can be waiting for anything; a job, a house, a friend, a marriage, a child, a reconciliation, a move to a different place. Waiting requires a lot of patience. Waiting on God is a heart condition, it does not involve doing nothing, …
The Bible tells us that obedience is better than sacrifice. God’s Word is truth. God says what He means and means what He says. We try to rationalize things of God to fit our own descriptions. We lie to ourselves that we can go around God’s Word and use it for our gain, we think …
Resting in God involves putting all our trust in God, it means not being anxious about anything but believing that God will take care of everything. Regardless of His answer, whether it is yes, no, or wait, we can rest in Him. Resting in God means we do not try to force our will or …
For you to forgive, you need a tender-hearted forgiving heart. A hard and stubborn heart cannot forgive. A hard heart is a good ground for roots of bitterness and an open doorway for the enemy to come in. Forgiveness is hard because it goes against the carnal nature. The carnal nature wants self-gratification, and part …
We live in a world of vain glory, where people praise themselves instead of praising God, where people are showing off, where people want to be recognized, where people do and say things to be liked, where people bring each other down so as to feel good about themselves. People want to be noticed, they …
People are always coming into and out of our lives. Some come with the wrong motives, some are good-willed. When people walk away, it is very tempting to cling on and try to hold on. It is easier to hold on than to let go. It is easier to try to explain away everything, it …
Words are seeds; they have power, power to build or to destroy. They can be words from ourselves to ourselves, from ourselves to others, from others to us, from others to themselves or to other people. When words are spoken, they settle in a person’s soul. Some words we remember for years to come. Without …
The desire for acceptance is at the heart of every human being. When there is no acceptance, we deal with rejection. Rejection is a strong emotion, you know, how much rejection can a human being withstand and still remain functional? We all desire to be accepted, we desire to be wanted, we desire to be …
God is our shelter during life’s storms. In life, we will face storms but we have the assurance of shelter in God. The presence of God during moments of life’s turmoils gives us hope and the courage to endure. When everything is raging on the outside, when inside we are falling apart, when everyone seems …
Closed doors can be disappointing, you know, when we expected something to happen and that fails to take place. Closed doors can lead to frustration, despair, and a sense of hopelessness. We all have desires in our hearts; maybe a certain career, traveling to a certain place, moving to a certain area, there are friendships …
Most of the time, a day does not pass by without us getting offended. We are usually on the offense most times; offended because a person said something, offended because of how they said it, offended because of what someone did, offended because of the weather, offended because of how someone treated us, offended because …
In life we have to reach a point where we take our hearts’ desires to God and then simply rest in Him; we let go and let God take over. We pray and seek God’s will for our lives and then simply let go. Letting go is not giving up, it is allowing God to …
The power of forgiveness is God’s gift to us to help us live in a cruel, unfair, and evil world. God tells us we have to forgive those who wrong us. First, it is an act of obedience and our expression of our love for God. But it is also a gift in the sense …
In life, never repay evil with evil. It seems like most people usually have a preconceived idea about who we are. Without even having ever talked to someone, with time, we find out that people have already judged us. And when such people approach you, they approach you with a certain mindset. It is like …
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Jesus is enough. Most of us spend our lives feeling not enough; not beautiful enough, not smart enough, not talkative enough, not quiet enough, not wife enough, not husband enough, not a good enough person, not good enough to be someone’s friend, not good enough to work in a certain job, not enough for our …
How is your thought life? How are your emotions? What drives you – your will or God’s will? The human soul is priceless. There is no price that can be put on it. Jesus Christ is the only One who could pay the price, He paid the price for our souls with His own blood. …
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The accuser of the brethren is the devil; he is the one who works day and night to make sure people fall. The enemy is the source of all lies, he is the source of regret, shame, and condemnation. The enemy tells people that they cannot make it, he tells people that they are hopeless, …