The true measure of success is in eternity. We can’t accurately calculate the success of our actions and pursuits because we won’t live forever. Every promise won’t be fulfilled in our lifetime. Hebrews 12:39 says, “All these people earned a...
God’s presence is EVERYWHERE all of the time. I’ve been thinking this week about the reality of God’s presence being everywhere, even in the day-to-day simple things. There really is no way to avoid God’s presence. “I can never escape from your Spirit! I...
The bombardment of thoughts and negativity will come whenever my focus shifts to myself and away from God. When I focus on my own shortcomings and what I am not, or the times that I have failed, or the times that I have a let myself down and others down, then these thoughts will make me feel disqualified and I will feel rejected. But that is not the truth. My thoughts are not the truth.
Just because you try some thing for the first few times and fail badly, that does not mean that it is something that you are not supposed to do. Especially if you are passionate about it, keep trying, don’t be so hard on yourself, make little improvements each day,...
I just came up with a simple series of filtering questions to help me personally answer the question, “Is God speaking to me?” 1) Is this thought comparing? 2) Is it condescending and dishonoring? 3) Is this thought inciting fear? 4) Is it promoting disunity? If I...