God’s Voice Alone Matters
David is one of my favorite Bible characters because he experienced many of the same things I’ve experienced. Dealing with criticism was one of those things.
David is one of my favorite Bible characters because he experienced many of the same things I’ve experienced. Dealing with criticism was one of those things.
When someone hurts you, spend your emotional, mental, and spiritual energy fighting the real enemy – Satan. Let’s commit to not giving him the upper hand.
Watching my two-year-old granddaughter engage in a church service helped me understand what it means to imitate God. Watching her made my heart smile.
Disappointment. Anger. Hurt. Envy. Fear. Doubt. Loneliness. Unforgiveness. They’re all capable of turning out the lights, metaphorically speaking.
How easy it is to spout off when we feel our opinion is not being respected. Or when we’re bone weary. Or when we believe the person is flat-out wrong.
Every challenge we face forces us to make a choice. Will we choose to trust our doubting selves? Or choose to trust a God who is faithful, wise, and good?
Today’s blog is an excerpt from my book, Keeping Hope Alive: Devotions for Strength in the Storm. May it encourage you when you’re at a loss about how to pray.
Let’s take the high road. Let’s follow Christ’s example. And get on with the work of sharing Jesus love with others as He sacrificially shared it with us.
A human perspective thinks the pandemic has taken so much. In many ways, it has. But God’s thoughts are higher than ours, and His perspective renews hope.
As life settles down and things look less desperate, let’s stand firm in our faith, relying on God and recognizing our need for Him just as we’re doing now.
It’s easy to love, honor, respect, and serve others who think like we do. But it’s not so easy when we’re tired or with people who differ from us.
Our faith is complete, in part, when we love our enemies and pray for people who’ve wronged us. When we do so, Jesus says we’re children of God.
If you don’t already practice hospitality, I encourage you to do so. And, keep it simple. The more complicated we make it, the less likely we are to do it
Whatever questions we ask, we can rest assured that God hasn’t left us to answer them on our own. He’s promised to guide, advise, and lead us.
Holidays draw families together. But sometimes spending time together is stressful. Rather than worry, worship God for His faithfulness, wisdom, and love.
God knows our need to see love in action. He showed how much He loved us by sending Jesus into the world to live among mankind and die on our behalf.
It’s our responsibility to share His love with others. Sometimes that requires sacrifice, but sometimes it’s shown in ways that might appear shallow.
Our understanding about difficult people and situations is more-often- than-not faulty. It’s influenced by a number of different things including our emotions.
Taking delight in honoring others is a principle our world seems to have forgotten. And it begins at home with the little things – like saying thank you.
If God says to pray for those who have hurt us, then let’s do what He says. We can trust the outcome to His wisdom and sovereignty.
We pray and He listens. He never puts us on hold while He takes another person’s request. He never asks us to contact Him at a more convenient time.
How to stay focused on what matters most amidst the crazy busyness and messiness of family life. The inspiration: Live. Laugh. Love.
Maybe we need cool our emotions, put down our swords, and ask the Lord to fight our battles – in His way and in His timing. Much easier said than done, I know.
Imagine with me, Jesus kneeling before His disciples and washing their dusty feet. He knew His most difficult hour was coming. But still He demonstrated love.
Isn’t that what true love is? Isn’t that what Christ demonstrated on the cross? He loved us before we ever loved Him, and His love cost for us cost Him dearly.
My desire is to see people as God sees them, not as through my defective lens. I want to think the best rather than assume the worst.
And then He speaks words that infuse hope: “This is a painful process, but I am at work. Trust Me. Plant the seed, and a joyful harvest will come.”
God modeled true love by sacrificing His Son so we could be restored to relationship with Him and inherit eternal life. How do we measure up to His example?
You’d think experiencing the lavish love of my heavenly Father would cause me to become a stellar woman of faith, eager and ready to lavish love on others.
It’s easy to judge. But maybe we need to ask Jesus to help us see people through His eyes and to extend grace and mercy as He does.
Understanding these motivational gifts–their weaknesses and their strengths alike–helps us better understand our spouse, our kids, and our coworkers.
Healthy communication is key to a healthy marriage. It’s also key to a vibrant relationship with Jesus. Let’s be intentional to keep both relationships strong.
The fundamental step is to spend time in the Light’s presence. Ask Jesus to fill and control us, and His light will shine through us and pierce the darkness.
What does true friendship look like? 1 Samuel 23 illustrates three characteristics of David and Jonathan’s meaningful friendship.
Yes and I was really tired and didn’t feel like adjusting my attitude. Thankfully the Holy Spirit caught my attention and wouldn’t let go until I’d responded.
Christ modeled unselfishness to the utmost degree. Because He’s our example, we’re to be unselfish. Mankind being what it is, however, we struggle with that.
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