You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul.
A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekiel 36:26,27.
Fear makes you feel surrounded by an enemy. Faith makes you realize you are surrounded by God.
If you focus on your problems or your frustrations, your attitude is going to be negative and defeated. But when you put your focus on God and His promises for your life, your attitude will immediately change.
The mind should be kept peaceful. As the prophet Isaiah tells us, when the mind is stayed on the right things, it will be at rest.
Learning to love yourself is the essence of receiving God’s love. It is the ointment that brings healing to your wounded soul. Until we receive God’s love and learn to love ourselves because of it, we will remain sick in our souls and live dysfunctional lives.
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. Psalm 136:1.
Go out of your way to do something nice today – open a door, leave a good tip, or share a beautiful smile with someone who crosses your path. Trust that God will speak to them through your kindness.
If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want.” Thomas J. Vilord.
Don’t ever be discouraged with yourself because you have not arrived at success, but instead be pleased that you are pressing toward it.
Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you’re under reproach, your behavior shows it.
Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!
Words are so awesome. Words are containers for power. They carry either creative power or destructive power.
Passion is a decision about how we will approach life, before it becomes a feeling!
Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now!
Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have.
Trust means we always have questions that we don’t have the answers to.
Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.
We often say God is never late, but generally He isn’t early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.
God has uniquely gifted you to help someone. Be available as God opens doors for you to do so.