Change of Seasons
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. 3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. 4 A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time
Read MoreDo Not Be Discouraged
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5) There are many things that can cause us to become discouraged. All we have to do is turn on the news or
Read MoreOvercoming The Past
We all have a past. We’ve either done wrong in our past or have been hurt by someone in the past. At just the right time that past can come up and bite us when we least expect it causing pain, anger or sadness. We might see or hear something that triggers us and reminds
Read MorePatience in the Waiting on the Lord
Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. 8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.9 Don’t
Read MorePatience in the Process
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Galatians 5:22-23) For the last 10 years or so, I have canned foods on and off. I’m not consistent with it, but when I decide to
Read MoreHope, Patience and Prayer
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12) In difficult times, we wonder how it’s possible to remain hopeful, patient and in prayer. Our minds become distracted with the situation at hand and soon worry fills our minds as we watch the situation seem to become more problematic in time.
Read MoreJames 1:2-4
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
Read MorePatient Endurance in the Race
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the
Read MoreDon’t Give Up Just Yet
I heard a good sermon the other day on the radio where the Pastor had said “you may be anointed but you haven’t been appointed”…
Read MoreRemember Who You Are Working For
Sometimes in the midst of adversity, in the midst of our pain, we can lose sight of who we are really working for. We can lose sight of what our mission really is. We can lose sight of who we are in Christ. We can even lose sight of God…
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