Real integrity stays in place whether the test is in adversity or prosperity.
Things will happen that seem to be totally contradictory, but these are God’s arrangements. It was a wonderful day when I finally realized I don’t have to explained or defend the will of God. My job is simply to obey it.
Anxious. Intriguing word. It literally means, “to be divided” or “distracted.” It conveys the idea of being so mentally ill at ease that you cannot do what you need to do because you are so distracted in your thinking.
One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.
When God’s in it, the job gets done.
Worry is a complete waste of energy. It solves nothing.
God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.
When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely.
If you never get criticized, chances are you aren’t getting anything done.
Lead with action and let the feelings follow.
The Lord delights to surprise us with His goodness, if only we will unlock the door of obedience with the key of faith – which He has given – and then push it open and walk through.
Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.
It’s the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.
We want the safety of yesterday even though we know it’s not where God would have us.
If you only knew what God had to take me through to get me to the place where he could use me to be a blessing to other people, I doubt whether you would be willing to pay the price.
We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.
Choose to view life through God’s eyes. This will not be easy because it doesn’t come naturally to us. We cannot do this on our own. We have to allow God to elevate our vantage point. Start by reading His Word, the Bible... Pray and ask God to transform your thinking. Let Him do what you cannot. Ask Him to give you an eternal, divine perspective.
God gave laws to His people to bless them, not to burden them. Every rule either elevates the quality of human life or restores one’s relationship with God after a breach. He makes no extraneous demands and He is never capricious.
The glory of God is a man fully alive, and the life of a man consists in beholding God.
The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9.