THERE IS HOPE IN THE MIDST OF CRISES I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked…
THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 6:14-15 NLT) Forgiveness draws us closer to God. When you don’t forgive, there is a wall that separates you from God. You want…
LACK OF FORGIVENESS Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt. “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters…
CONSEQUENCES OF AND THE SOLUTION TO BITTERNESS Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is bitter, piercing you to the heart! (Jeremiah 4:18 NLT) Bitterness penetrates and alters your heart. Bitterness penetrates and hardens your heart, and that is why it is difficult to show love, give and receive friendship, loyalty, happiness,…
THE DANGER OF BITTERNESS Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside.. (Psalm 73:21 NLT) Bitterness is a resentment in the soul that contains rage, sadness, affliction, disgust, depression, and isolation. Bitterness is considered a spiritual sickness, the most destructive and voracious one, since it eats up the…
LET’S NOT FIGHT “AGAINST”, BUT “WITH” This is what the Lord says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!’” So they obeyed the message of the Lord and did not fight against Jeroboam. (2 Chronicles 11:4 NLT) Even though I won’t explain the context of this passage, allow me to…
BEFORE ANYTHING… I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations. (Jeremíah 1:5 NLT) Before… First, God thought of a purpose for you and then He created you. He didn’t create you and then say, “Whoops,…
IT’S NOT BY STRENGTH Part 2 …It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. (Zechariah 4:6 NLT) 1. Great projects are achieved with God’s help. Are you fighting alone, or have you made God a part of your marriage, business, and goals? 2. Great projects…
IT’S NOT BY STRENGTH …It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. (Zechariah 4:6 NLT) Great projects are achieved through God’s help. … It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit… (Zechariah 4:6 NLT) Great businesses can be raised up with…
CONTINUE OBEYING TO CONTINUE HAVING SUCCESS And if he continues to obey my commands and regulations as he does now, I will make his kingdom last forever.’. (1 Chronicles 28:7 NLT) He who stops learning, stops growing. He who stops obeying, stops having success. How do we maintain the success we’ve achieved? We need to…
