"Love is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it - pays no attention to a suffered wrong" (1 Cor. 13:5). Have you ever tried to forgive someone...and found you simply couldn't do it? You've cried about it and prayed about it...
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James 1:5). When you're facing a problem, the very first thing you should ask God for is wisdom. Not money. Not power. Not even healing....
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Heb. 9:14). Born-again people make mistakes. I mean, we sometimes flat-out miss God. That...
"And now I exhort you to be of good cheer" (Acts 27:22). What do you do when you're in a really perilous situation? If you're like I used to be, you cry out to God in desperation. One afternoon when I was squalling to God about something, He interrupted me and...
"The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and grief shall flee away" (Isa. 51:11). Did you know that as a believer you've been redeemed from...
"Leave no room or foothold for the devil - give no opportunity to him" (Eph.4:27). If you give the devil place, he will take it. You have to stay alert and keep your shield of faith high because if you don't, he'll turn around and steal back from you the ground you...
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing" (Isa. 10:27). Ever since the Fall of Man, the devil has been using people as...
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Heb. 1:14). Most of us heard about our guardian angel when we were just children; and in those days, it was a comforting thought. With monsters lurking behind...
"And be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble" (1 Peter 5:5). Most believers don't know anything about true humility. If you tell them they're the righteousness of God, they'll fight to keep from believing it. You can give...
"For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart" (1 Sam. 16:7). Too often we ask God to fix the problems around us when what He really wants to do is solve the problem within us. I did that myself for...
"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" (Matt. 7:7). How long has it been since you were backed into a corner, hemmed in by a seemingly insurmountable problem? If you're anything like most folks, it...
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