Month: February 2016

Sometimes things may not turn out the way you want in one place but keep your mind sharp and stay positive knowing God is with you.

Read: Acts 17:10-12 

That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. 12 As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.

Don’t hide out. Rather, be pro-active enjoying life while you wait on the Lord.

Read: Psalms 27:14 

Wait patiently for the Lord.

   Be brave and courageous.

   Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.

At all cost keep strife and envy out of your life.

Read: James 3:16 

For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

Let the Word of God be at home in your life.

Read: Colossians 3:16 

Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.

Those who do what is right gain plenty.

Read: Isaiah 33:15-16 

Those who are honest and fair,

   who refuse to profit by fraud,

   who stay far away from bribes,

who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,

   who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—

16 these are the ones who will dwell on high.

   The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.

Food will be supplied to them,

   and they will have water in abundance.

Love never fails.

Read: I Corinthians 13:4-7 

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

If you are a believer then believe.

Read: John 6:29 

Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

When it comes to the enemy God gives clear instructions. Destroy the enemy.

Read: Deuteronomy 7:1-2

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, 2 and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.

Replace your anxiety with prayer.

Read: Philippians 4: 6-7 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Now is the time to keep your mind focused on positive thoughts.

Read: Colossians 2:2

I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.