Category Archives: Ability
Submit
Isa.45:9 (CEV) “…you have no right to argue with your Creator. You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn’t ask, “Why did you make me this way? Where are the handles?”
How do I cheer up when my change seems distant? First, I need to embrace the big picture and second, I need to Cooperate With The Artist. We are God’s masterpiece; God is the artist and we are His product, His masterpiece. We must cooperate with Him. Read the rest of this entry
Team Jesus
John 14:1-2 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?.”
The team you are on matters a lot. Most of the time, the team you are on makes all the difference. As children of God, the team we are on has won already. We are champions already. Read the rest of this entry
Pray & Change
Matt.5:43-44 (ERV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly.”
Schedule your leisure, practice encouragement, bask in encouragement and pray for the source of your discouragement. I actually enjoy doing this. As it is popularly said, hurting people hurt people. Read the rest of this entry
Speak Life
Eph.4:29 “…Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.”
We are still on the subject of learning to bask in encouragement. Hang on to that encouragement you get. Yesterday, I shared with you how I kept an encouraging note and it became a repeated source of encouragement for me. Read the rest of this entry
Cherish it
Ps.119:102-104 (Voice) “I have not neglected Your lessons, for You, God, have been my teacher. Your words are sweet to my taste! Yes, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth! I gain understanding from Your instructions; that’s why I hate every deceitful path”.
When someone encourages you, receive it with gratitude. You are made for God’s glory; your good works are sweet grapes in God’s mouth. So, when people compliment you, Read the rest of this entry
Open Heart
Prov.11:25 “…those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”
How have you done on the challenge from yesterday? I am sure you have discovered that in truth, those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. In addition to yesterday’s challenge, Read the rest of this entry
Liberal Soul
Eph.4:29 (TPT) “…let your words become beautiful gifts that encourage others; do this by speaking words of grace to help them.”
Something very interesting happened to me, I checked my bank account and I saw that someone had transferred a large sum of money into my account. It was like I was drinking cold water. Read the rest of this entry
Schedule & Practice
Ps.142:5&7 Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life. Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me.”
I used to be a workaholic. But now, I am a recovered workaholic. I know some people still believe that I am a workaholic. My colleagues probably still think I am a workaholic, but I am not. I used to be a work junkie, Read the rest of this entry
As You Go
Ex.35:2 (TLB) “Work six days only; the seventh day is a day of solemn rest, a holy day to be used to worship Jehovah; anyone working on that day must die.”
God wired leisure into creation. Gen.2:1-3 “So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.” Read the rest of this entry
Why, What & Where?
Isa.41:10 “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”
Why are you currently discouraged? When you drill down, you will discover truths that can help you learn from your discouragements. I have walked away from different deals, things that perhaps would have made me a billionaire by now. But because I see that the deal is going to give me a bad name, I will walk away from it. Read the rest of this entry
