Prepare in advance
‘Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not…’ Daniel 1:8 NKJV Are you continuing to do things you don’t want to do and indulge in thoughts that lead you astray? Are you being constantly overcome by the same old temptations? Here is the bad news: the new birth doesn’t do away with your old […]
Refuse to live in fear
‘If God is for us, who can be against us?’ Romans 8:31 NKJV To overcome fear, you must believe that God is with you. It’s the key to your ability to obey what He tells you to do. As you become confident that He is with you, your fear will lessen. When David volunteered to […]
Refuse to live in fear
‘Perfect love casts out fear.’ 1 John 4:18 NKJV When God says, ‘Fear not,’ He is basically telling you, ‘You’re going to have to deal with fear, but you can conquer it. You can act in spite of it.’ The Bible says, ‘Perfect love casts out fear.’ Sometimes we mistakenly think that Scripture means if […]
Refuse to live in fear
‘Fear involves torment.’ 1 John 4:18 NKJV Advice columnist Ann Landers received about ten thousand letters every month. When asked to name the most common problem in her readers’ lives, she said, ‘Fear! People are afraid of losing their health, their wealth, and their loved ones. People are afraid of life itself.’ If you allow […]
Depend more on God
‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV My Grace is sufficient -The secret of being able to do what you need to do is in realising that you cannot do it alone; you can only do it through God’s empowering grace. God said to […]
Through Christ, you can do it-Strength
‘I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me.’ Philippians 4:13 AMPC Paul writes: ‘I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]’ (v. 13 AMPC). Paul believed […]
You must forgive
‘The Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.’ Colossians 3:13 NLT By washing the dirt from His disciples’ feet, Jesus demonstrated His willingness to forgive their sin before they even committed it. This takes love to its highest level. You say, ‘I am not the guilty party here.’ Neither was Jesus. Of the men […]
Accepting others
Sometimes people don’t make it easy to accept them. They can be bad tempered, selfish, critical, irritating, dismissive, aggressive and pompous. Sometimes you want to give them a piece of your mind; give them what they deserve – anything but acceptance. The command, ‘accept one another’, is inconvenient. And if Paul had stopped there, we […]
Don’t ‘drift away’
‘We must give…earnest heed…lest we drift away.’ Hebrews 2:1 NKJV The Bible says, ‘We must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away…how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?’ (vv. 1, 3 NKJV). Note the words ‘drift’ and ‘neglect’. Those words should set off […]
How well do you know Jesus?
‘Don’t you know me?’ John 14:9 NIV A fascinating encounter took place between Jesus and Philip. When ‘Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father”…Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?”’ (vv. 8-9 NIV). There’s a lesson here for all of us. You can go […]