Monthly Archives: May 2015

“Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke12:32). “The kingdom of God is not food and drink, but instead it is righteousness [that state which makes a person acceptable to God] and peace and joy [heart] in the Holy Spirit” (Romans14:17). Often the Lord compares His children to sheep because they share many similarities, especially the being afraid part. Our hearts fear the…..

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What does pure “God love” look like? Many people on this earth believe God loves “good” people and is unloving to “bad” people. But Jesus Christ tells us that God loves the whole world unconditionally! Often God’s love is so hard for us to grasp because it is so much higher than natural human love, which accepts only the lovely and rejects the unlovely. Yet Jesus tells us to love and be kind and good to our enemies, which is…..

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Fear is the negative force that Satan uses to thwart God’s plans for us to live a peaceful, purposeful, and productive life. Love is the powerful, positive force that displaces fear. It is God’s desire to bring us to a place where our thoughts, words, choices, and actions are motivated by His love not by fear. Love teaches that we are accepted by God unconditionally through Christ. Therefore, we don’t have to be afraid, He is on our side. Love…..

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary states: compassion is a feeling of wanting to help someone who is sick, hungry, in trouble, etc. Many hurting people I have spoken with over the years don’t know Jesus as the God of compassion. They believe He really doesn’t  care about the pain and struggles they are going through…He just wants them to straighten up and do right. This is so far from the truth! When Jesus felt compassion, pity, and sympathy toward people, an act of kindness always followed. Jesus’ actions were at…..

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 Waiting on God, and just waiting are quite the opposite. Whether we are waiting on God to change our heart, a situation or deal with another person; the principles of waiting are the same.  Many times simply waiting for change involves feelings of impatience, annoyance, hopelessness, hurt or anger. Our God understands and cares about what we are going through, and longs for us to come to Him-talk it out- and work on letting go of our negative thoughts and…..

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There are so many things to worry and be anxious about in this life! Many of us get overwhelmed by worrying about things that happened yesterday, what’s happening today, and the possibilities of what might happen tomorrow, all at once! That is why Jesus tells us to take one day at a time! We would all love to be able to put our anxiety and worry down, but often fear and doubt push us to a state of unbelief; and…..

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Our spiritual selves are ever in the process of being renewed and remolded into a fuller and more perfect likeness Of Him who created us. This process is a cooperative work between God and His children. For our part, we must learn to “let go and let God” do the transforming work that we need in our hearts and minds. If it is our desire to grow spiritually and have our lives continually transformed into the likeness of Christ, we…..

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Hope is a vital factor in developing faith. Hope is having expectations that God is going to somehow work things out for us, even when our feelings fluctuate. This hope is also the stepping stone to faith, for without hope and trust, our faith will never be cultivated. That is why Satan works so hard to leave us feeling hopeless when we begin to anticipate God’s help. As we learn to overcome the enemy’s negative lies and abide in the…..

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All of our good works and good intentions amount to nothing without God’s love stimulating our hearts into action. The Bible says that if we speak eloquently but do so without love, our words become just a clanging noise. Furthermore, our wisdom, knowledge, and faith amount to nothing if love is not involved. Even if we give all that we have to the poor, it counts for nothing lasting without love. When we do good works for show or for…..

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When Jesus passed by the blind man, even his own disciples assumed the man was born blind because of his or his parents sin. The disciples’ negative judgment was wrong. Jesus explained to his disciples that the man had been born blind so that the workings of God’s power could be displayed through his life. In other words, God planned to connect with and use this struggling, misunderstood man to bring His light into the world. After Jesus had healed…..

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