let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
JAMES 1 – 19:20. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. I will say something three times at the most, if I’m not being heard, don’t be surprised if I completely stop […]
Knowing what god’s called you to do
‘Who are you?’ John 1:22 NKJV When asked, ‘Who are you?’ John the Baptist replied, ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord”’ (v. 23 NKJV). After listening to John for a while, his disciples left him to follow Christ. And that was okay with John, because he […]
Are you at the end of your rope
‘Wait on the LORD…and He shall strengthen your heart.’ Psalm 27:14 NKJV David said: ‘I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart’ (vv. 13-14 NKJV). The […]
Deal with your unresolved issues
‘No one who has…scabs.’ Leviticus 21:18-20 NLT To help someone with their unresolved issues, you must first deal with your own. If the medicine you’re offering hasn’t made you whole, you will have no credibility when you try to apply it to the lives of others. Does that mean if you have unresolved issues, God won’t use […]
God will back you up
‘Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.’ Matthew 18:18 NIV God told Joshua, ‘Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand’ (Joshua 8:18 NKJV). It’s amazing how courageous you feel when God is backing you up. When you know He is on your […]
Don’t be dismissive
‘By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom.’ Proverbs 13:10 NKJV Why do we dismiss input that could help us? Sometimes it’s to protect our ego against a painful truth. When we have an entrenched opinion, we adopt a dismissive approach towards the thinking of others. And not only do we hurt them, […]
Build your life on God’s Word
‘The LORD has not chosen any of these.’ 1 Samuel 16:10 NLT David had seven brothers. When it came time to pick a king to replace Saul, Samuel thought any one of them would make a better king than David. But God rejected all seven. Why? Because: https://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today/100983 1) They had the looks but not the […]
You can’t change people
‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick.’ Proverbs 13:12 NKJV- Change You say, ‘Surely a man or woman can change when they meet the right partner?’ No. Only God can change people – and you are not God! Plus, when you ‘need to be needed’, it can cause you to make disastrous relationship choices in life. […]
Has your love for God grown cold
‘You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!’ Revelation 2:4 NLT Has your love for God grown cold? 29 AUGUST 2022 ‘You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!’ Revelation 2:4 NLT One of Paul’s letters was to the church at Ephesus. They were spiritual, doctrinally sound, and exemplary […]
Start your day right-stood before the Lord
‘Abraham…stood before the Lord.’ Genesis 19:27 NKJV Abraham was known as ‘the Friend of God’ (James 2:23 KJV). What an honour! But the secret of his greatness is easy to overlook: ‘Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord.’ He started his day with God. Do you? […]