Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
When people are going through a hard time, we can begin to sound like we are going through a bad patch. Jeremiah had begun to develop this tone. It was a tone of distrust and despair. Perhaps he was saying things like: “God has forgotten about me”, or “God does not have a plan for…
God responds to Jeremiah in his discouragement. God gives him some advice to help him out of the hole that he had found himself in. Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah]: If you return [and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair], then I will give you again a settled…
Many people are battling with discouragement, despair, hopelessness and depression. If this is you today, know that you are not alone. Even the great people of God went through experiences like this. Like at Moses, Abraham, Joseph and David. The prophet Jeremiah also faced difficulty and discouragement. Jeremiah was a great prophet who had been…
How often we complicate life. Simple situations can become so complicated and so burdensome that we stumble under the load. It can be as simple as making wrong decisions or acting without wisdom that leads to this complicated life. The result is we become tired and weary – BUT Jesus is ready to meet us…
Even Jesus spent time alone to renew His strength and spend time with His Heavenly Father. Jesus was not always completely at everyone’s disposal. There were times when He separated Himself so that He could take care of what was really important. This did not mean that He was not kind to others, but He…
Give yourself the room to make mistakes. The right to make mistakes is part of life. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Failing is part of discovering what God has. The Bible says we prophesy in part. We are never 100% correct, but that does not mean we do not try. What we regret the most is…
Often we can be so hard on ourselves. We blame ourselves for things that happened. We blame ourselves for success lost or opportunities missed. We often harp on our mistakes or things we should have done when God sees things so differently. God sees all the things you have been through and perhaps failed in…
The Bible indicates that we are expected to love ourselves. James 2:8 Love your neighbor as you love yourself. We can love ourselves because we are fearfully and wonderfully made by God Himself and He loves us. Ephesians 5:28-29 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who…
Do we realize that God loves us or how much He loves us? If God loves us and wants to be kind to us, surely we can be kind to ourselves. Don’t speak negatively about yourself, don’t down or criticize yourself. I once heard a story of a man who constantly told his family that…
How can we be kind to others if we cannot be kind to ourselves? How can we love others if we cannot love ourselves? Kindness to others often flows out of a sense of security that comes from within us! This happens as an outflow of the kindness we afford ourselves. I once read the…