Forbes magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes said, ‘Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.’ There is an element in many of us that causes us to accentuate the negative in our lives. It’s the equivalent of looking at a clean white t-shirt that has a small ketchup stain on it. […]
We MUST learn to love people from where they are. Are they right? Are they wrong? Doesn’t matter… its irrelevant to love. People will never love how much you know till they know how much you love. So how bout we stop trying to MAKE people change but rather increase our love game and let […]
Are you comfortable with praying this prayer? ‘Lord, when I do you wrong, please handle me the same way I handle people when they do me wrong. In Jesus’ name, amen’. You’re not comfortable with that? Well, If you pray the Lords prayer, that is exactly what you are praying. In Matthew 6:12, Jesus tells […]
Many times during your test, if you would be honest, it’s a struggle to hear God. But remember this, It’s a test … teachers are typically silent during an exam. The test is designed to prove what you already know. So dig into the resources of your soul and remember what God has ALREADY said. […]
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. In order to do this, we must care about the other person as much as we care about ourselves. It may be easy to do this when empathy makes you look good such as giving to the Red Cross. What about when it […]
My Mom used to say ‘there is nothing you need to say to me loud that you can’t say quiet’. Learn to have quiet words but big actions. Don’t be the one who is not taken seriously unless you are yelling. Say what you mean. If you say you’re going to do something … Do […]
Growth is when you look back over your life and see the things that used to bother you don’t have the same effect. It’s not that God changed IT, but rather he changed YOU so that you could handle IT. The weight didn’t get lighter.. You just got stronger! 1 Corinthians – 10:13 No temptation […]
Techniques and methods change. Principles don’t. Success is never far from the person who understands this. If you are married to the method, it won’t be long before you are irrelevant. Spreading the Gospel is a principle. Whether it’s preached or rapped, is a method. Teaching your children to love God is a principle. Whether […]
If you are an evergreen, there is no need to envy the rose bush. Everything has it’s own season to shine. Be an expert at being you. The season will come that you may be the only thing standing that hasn’t gone dormant. God makes everything beautiful in it’s time. You may as well be […]
Despite what we may say, our actions say that we respect bad and negative more than good. It’s how the 6’oclock news is typically started… bad stuff first. There is a type of sensationalism to it. Positive reality shows don’t last, but the negative ones reoccur season after season. People don’t typically go out of […]
Sometimes doing the right thing requires you to take your mind/body hostage and MAKE it obey. This happens to the best of the best so don’t be discouraged. Flesh will never get saved so no need to be frustrated when it wants to act like a sinner. Just feed your spirit more so that when […]
The main goal of our adversary is to convince us that we can be separated from God’s love. When he causes bad things to happen, he want’s us to think, ‘If God really loves me, THIS would not have happened!’ The further we are separated from the reality of God’s love, the closer we are […]