We live in a world that has been driven to the brink by natural disasters, political divisiveness, and a pandemic that threatened to crush the world's socioeconomic infrastructure, no less the health and welfare of every individual. Dr. Thurston draws on
Lack of enthusiasm from time to time is normal; but BE RELIABLE.
God forgets all our sins, past, present and future; that is He forgets the sins of those who love Him!
"If you always tell the truth you never have to remember anything!" (Mark Twain)
We are all the little brother or sister of Jesus
Faith and reason have no quarrel; only faith and our fear, insecurities and emotions.
When you're upside down, feeding you with the Word can right your ship!
" I am liking your Jesus very much! It's just your Christians I don't care for." (MaHatma Gandhi)
Put a smile on your face and pretty soon you start to feel happy.
"And what is it that the Lord requires of you, but to do justly, LOVE MERCY, and walk humbly with your God.: Micah 6:8
God has a plan for those who love Him, to heal and restore. Look at Joni Erickson Tada, Chuck Colson, Eric Lidell and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
"A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult." (Proverbs 12:16)
Help us open the door to the Light of the Son, and let Him see every messy room in our house.
The constant presence of the Holy Spirit nudges the Believer in the right direction, even if rerouting required!
The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. (Mark 26:41)
When you suffer in the rainstorms of life, God sends a magnificent reminder of His presence.
Christ would have us do only one thing: love Him by loving others. He who sows sparingly, reaps sparingly. In other words, maybe the guy on the street corner really IS a vet down on his luck and homeless? Err on the side of generostiy!
How? The prophet Micah tells us. ""Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your god." (Micah 6:8)
Every failing of faith is infidelity! Forgiven, but infidelity nevertheless!
Once we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, noting will keep us from our eventual destination back with the Father. There are not switcheroos!!
Jesus knows not only our name, but our voice!
God has given us the freedom to choose our way! There is no heavenly "shock collar" to force a correction!
Through all the ups and downs of life; NOTHING can separate us from the love of God!
God made us just the way we should be! All our self doubt and anxieties about whether we are good enough is really a slap in the face to the One who loves you and created you!
Believers can just THINK their thoughts to God; no texting required. God neither slumbers nor sleeps, so you don't have to worry about the hour either! You don't even have to have the right words because Jesus will intercede on your behalf!! Cool.
Our spouses are gifts, created for us and fragile like pottery; if broken they can never really be replaced.
Christians are viewed as hypocrites not for our stated beliefs, but for the way we live! Faith without works IS dead!
For I will forget their iniquity and remember their sin no more." (Jeremiah 31:34b)
Does consign some people to hell? Is that REALLY what scripture says?
Sticks and stones might break my bones.....
"When besieged, I am calm as a baby. when all hell breaks loose, I am collected and cool....."(Psalm 27:2-3 The Message)
The characteristics in the ladder of the Beatitudes
All of us find ourselves under water holding our breath from time to time. That first desperate intake of air can come through scripture!
Only One is miraculously present in every moment of need.
"he gives power to the faint, and to him with nomight he increases their strength." (Isaiah 40:29)
Fear of creatures that track us in the dark dissipates in Your presence! There can be no fear of the unknown if we let the Holy Spirit in!
"You can't see the stumps when the water is high!" (Anon Southern) Life goes by QUICKLY, and if you are not present every moment, you may suddenly find yourself totally surprised when you run aground on a falling tide.
My Grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in your weakness." (2 Cor 12:8-9)
"God's chosen are not the children of the body, but the children of the Promise." (Romans 9:7-8)
Fruits of the Spirit are NOT a to do list; they are instead a barometer of how well we are letting the Spirit direct our lives.
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower...." (Proverbs 18:10)
Faith to move mountains....... It's not the strength of your faith; but the strength of the One in whom you place your faith!
"For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function...." (Romans 12:4-6)
Jesus, nudge us daily to get out of the Spirit's way, denying ourselves that we might do Your will!
When fear warps our perspective, the Holy Spirit will guide us to the truth.
"Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction." (Isaiah 38:17)
"In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love." St. Augustine
"You are to labor six days, but you must rest on the seventh." (Exodus 34:21)
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