Mary can’t control her actions because she doesn’t control her thoughts.
Many people would like a miracle, but like the man in our story, they are not willing to give up their blame and self-pity.
What imagined deficiency or handicap in your life is holding you back?
Trust in Him When we trust in ourselves, it leads to strife and shows that we don’t trust God to do what He says in His Word – be with us, deliver us, and honor us. When we trust God, however, it leads to the reward of peace – peace within ourselves, peace with God, and peace with others.
Love Others Today: Take an honest inventory of your relationships. Are you trying to buy anyone’s friendship for your own benefit instead of blessing that person out of sincere love?
The present moment is the greatest gift we have from God, but if we are not present we miss it.
Love Yourself Today: “Lord, I pray that I will continue to grow to love and accept myself in godly ways so the criticism and judgment of others will not hurt me or affect me negatively.
God is on our side, and His grace is sufficient to meet our every need.
The things we do to serve one another are the things that bind us together.
What is confidence? I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do and not worrying over what you can’t do. Confident people do not concentrate on their weaknesses; they develop and maximize their strengths.
You do not have, because you do not ask. James 4:2b.
Our mouth gives expression to what we think, feel, and want. Our mind tells us what we think, not necessarily what God thinks. Our will tells us what we want, not what God wants. And our emotions tell us what we feel, not what God feels. As our soul is purified, it is trained to carry God’s thoughts, desires, and feelings; then we become a mouthpiece for the Lord!
God decided to love us before we even arrived on planet earth. The only thing that stands between us and God’s love is our being willing to believe Him and receive it.
Don’t hesitate to begin because it seems to you that you have a long way to go. It is better to spend your life moving in the right direction one step at a time than to have no direction at all. No matter what your problems may be, things can get better with God’s help.
Pay attention to the condition of your mind and keep it free, peaceful, and full of faith.
The person who forgives is always greater than the one who is jealous and angry.
No matter what we own, we will not be happy if doing God’s will is not a priority in our lives.
Love Yourself Today: “Lord, I declare that I love myself because You love me. The more I love myself, the more I can love others.
I knew where I had come from, but I did not know where I was going. I felt that my future would always be marred by my past. I thought, “How could anyone.
Love God Today: Seek God for your future and trust Him to bring it about in His timing.