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Sometimes Humility challenges most of us, because we assume it forces us to give up our rights, peace and honor. I often grit my teeth when I think of showing kindness to those who malign me. I think of verses like 1 Peter 3:8-9, “Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with … Read more Childlike Bliss in Humility…
Sometimes we perceive people are complaining, and we want to solve their problems or scold them. What if they actually want us to hear their pain and offer them glimpses of comfort? We need to discern whether people are mindlessly grumbling or if they are truly hurting. Even when we cannot solve their problems, if … Read more Hear Their Pain
Fight with Diligence If your life is hard, don’t let Satan trick you into thinking you are powerless to make lasting changes. Your prayers can impact your own life (and help to calm your anxious thoughts) and help others, if you fight while using prayer. Please don’t let Satan or your flesh coax you to … Read more Prayer is War:
Finally, I offer the second part of my series about Satan’s deception using our feelings… Thanks for waiting while I interrupted the series to write “No Peace for Christmas?” (if you missed it, that was last week’s post.) In the earlier post, I talked about intrusive memories where I thought I needed to understand why … Read more From Caution to Peace, Dealing with our Feelings
This week I am pausing my series about Satan’s tricky, intrusive memories so I can address a huge complaint atheists have about God’s promise for peace. This week a pastor spoke about a university professor, an atheist, who said he could not believe in God, because he felt God had failed to keep his Christmas … Read more No Peace on Earth this Christmas?
We cannot hide from our feelings, but we must not let them control us. We do not get in touch with our feelings, because they speak the truth, since they may lie (Jer. 17:9, “The human heart is desperately wicked, who can really know it?”) But we must remember we will always bring our feelings … Read more Caution Getting in Touch with Feelings
Reading John chapter 15, I winced as I thought of how God prunes things out of my life. Yet I know God only takes away things that I do not need, even things I call “good.” Let’s look at how God can take away things we want or think we need, yet God is not … Read more God’s Pruning: Giving up the Good to Pursue the Best
You can find someone who can do nearly everything better than you, except the most essential skill: being yourself. No one can do a better job of being you than you. Perhaps you don’t mean much to the world, but you mean the world to your loved ones. Despite all their gifting, the wealthiest, prettiest, … Read more Others can do Everything Better than You? Not Everything!
When we feel afraid, we can still pray boldly. We may think these prayers are not bold, because we may not have bold personalities. We may think that crying out in pain or asking God for answers is not as bold as asking God to give us the courage to speak to huge crowds (especially … Read more Bold Prayers for Timid Hearts
I have yearned to pray boldly and then go witness boldly like Elijah in Scripture. But sometimes I hit resistance to this goal. During times of joy and peace, I felt powerful in the spirit and prayed for the ability to share the Gospel fearlessly, and then I actually did so! But soon after this … Read more Praying Boldly not Always Speaking Boldly