“Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!” {Matthew 18:7} There are so many offenses in our world today. People are hurting left and right. People will hurt you and me, whether they mean to or not. Offenses […]
How To Get Through To God
One of the things I’ve learned and relearned, and have to learn again when it comes to talking to God is this: to make Him great and big whenever I come to Him. I’m learning to always ascribe righteousness to Him, always thinking well of Him and not evil, and to understand that He is […]
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not something we do because it’s convenient or to make us feel good about it, or even because it’s the right thing to do. It is always the right thing to do, but more than that forgiveness is saving ourselves, saving our own soul. It’s not that God won’t forgive us anymore if we don’t […]
How To Forgive
“Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD and he shall save thee.” {Proverbs 20:22} Everyday I try to read a chapter in the book of Proverbs that coincides with the day. So today as I write this it’s the 20th of July so naturally I opened to chapter 20. This […]
The Beauty Of A Humble Spirit
“Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.” {1 Kings 21:29} “Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I […]