LET HOPE PRODUCE MOTIVATION “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while”. (1 Peter 1:6 NLT) It is said that a person can live forty days without food, four days without water, four minutes without oxygen, but no one wants to live even…
THE EXAMPLE OF OTHERS MAY ENCOURAGE YOU I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm. Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for…
LET GOD SPEAK FOR YOU But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. (2 Corinthians 10:17-18 NIV) Don’t praise your own self. Let God praise you in front of others. Let God recommend you through…
IF YOU TAKE ME OUT OF THIS, I PROMISE YOU THAT… I will come to your temple with burnt offering and fulfill my vows to you— vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble. (Psalm 66:13-14 NIV) Help me, my God! “I promise you, if you get me out of this, I’ll…
MERCY AND FAVOR May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us (Psalm 67:1 NIV) MERCY: It means not receiving what we deserve. Thank you, Lord, because you have not given me what I deserve for the bad things and mistakes I have made in life. FAVOR: It…
DON’T LEAVE THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR TOMORROW For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. (2 Cor. 6:2 NIV) Don’t say, one of these days, I’m…
ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body. (2 Corinthians 5:10 NLT) We are only administrators. One day our time of administrating will be over, and…
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT II Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be…
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my…
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE! CHOOSE “WITH” We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NLT) If someone told you that your…
