Month: October 2015

Standing your ground can be difficult and may seem unimportant, but stand. In the future you’ll see the bigger picture.

Read: Proverbs 12:3 

A man is not established by wickedness,

But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.

Be careful not to compete in your marriage … keep it a duet rather than a duel.

Read: Romans 14:19 

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

A true friend is very much like love, never failing to be with you in good and hard times.

Read: I Corinthians 13:7

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Love is great and powerful and covers a multitude of sins so keep loving.

Read: I Corinthians 13:13 

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

Burning bridges is not a wise thing to do. Many times you will need to come back over them.

Read: Romans 12: 17-18 

Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

Being optimistic is the way to think.

Read: Philippians 4:8

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Though many people are singing and standing on the promises of God, many are just sitting in their seats doing nothing. Do not become lazy and remember Faith is action.

Read: Hebrews 6:12 

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Do what you’re doing with all your heart and ignore what men are saying.

Read: Colossians 3:23-24

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3%3A23-24&version=NIV

When our choices take us outside of God’s will we are never outside of His reach. He’s always ready for us to return to Him.

Read: 2 Timothy 2:13 

if we are faithless,

   he remains faithful,

   for he cannot disown himself.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+2%3A13&version=NIV

Never lose sight of your instruction manual…the Bible.

Read: Proverbs 4:13 

Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.

Guard them, for they are the key to life.