“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31) It’s easy to treat others based on how they treat us, especially when we feel wronged. However, Jesus calls us to a higher standard of love and kindness, not based on others’ actions but on the goodness He’s placed in us. Our…
COURAGE TO LET GO THINGS YOU CANNOT CONTROL
Mat 6:27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? There are many things that happen in this life that we seem not to have much control of. Worrying about what you cannot change is an exercise in futility. By so doing you cannot add a cubic to your stature. The…
SMITHER THE MOUNTAIN INTO THE MOLEHILL IT IS.
Jdg 8:1-2 And the men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us like this, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?” And they rebuked him sharply. And he said to them, “What have I done now compared with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim…
MISTAKES DON’T KILL MANTLE
Genesis 9:24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. Genesis 9:25 Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.” Genesis 9:26 And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant….
DARE TO MAKE THE FIRST STEP.
Gen 12:1-4 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:…So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when…
GRATITUDE – THE MULTIPLIER INGREDIENT
Mt 14:17-21 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass.Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them…
WE WALK NOT IN PERFECTION BUT TO VICTORY
Psa 37:23-24 The steps of a good man are established by the LORD who delights in his way. Though he falls, he will not be completely thrown down;for the LORD upholds him with his hand. David illustrates two contrast to ponder. If the lord orders the steps of a good man ,how comes that the…
GRATITUDE BIRTHS WHOLENESS
Luk 17:15-17,19 [15]And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, [16]and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. [17]So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? [19]And He…
FOCUS ON IMPROVING NOT PROVING
2Co 3:1-2 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. To prove is to demonstrate that something is true or viable; while improve…
DREAM BIG, PRAY BIGGER
Eph 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” When Paul says, “Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,” he’s reminding us that God is not…