SOTD 🎉
If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.
Epicurus
2023-11-14 20:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post
If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.
Epicurus
2023-11-14 20:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
Grumbling……that word never sounds good. I wonder how many of us would admit to grumbling. We usually don’t consider our venting, our assessments of situations, our opinions about politics/people/etc to be grumbling. Let’s think about that.
I was listening to a meditation and the question was asked, “how often do you pray for those in government that you don’t agree with versus complaining about them?”
Ouch. That stopped me in my tracks. Immediatel...
2023-11-14 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
What you are thinking every moment of every day becomes a physical reality in your brain and body, which affects your optimal mental and physical health. These thoughts collectively form your attitude, which is your state of mind, and it’s your attitude and not your DNA that determines much of the quality of your life.
Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to ...
2023-11-14 01:11:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
One of the things I have watched with eager anticipation is how God transforms me and situations through praise.
Our daughter was having a particularly hard day recently. She is used to excelling in school in every way and sometimes things happen that are unexpected or beyond understanding, especially for someone who plans and puts in the time.
I spent the day doing what I needed to but under my breath I praised God for working in the situation and that He is a...
2023-11-13 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“The temptation for those who suffer is to assume that because we can’t think of any good purposes God may have for our suffering, there can’t be any.”
Tim Keller
“Describe the God you’ve rejected. Describe the God you don’t believe in. Maybe I don’t believe that God either.”
Timothy Keller
We are not victims of our biology or circumstances. How we react to the events and circumstances of life can have an enormous impact on our mental and even physical health.
Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
2023-11-11 00:25:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
“The more we allow our will to take the initiative for our actions, rather than giving in to our feelings, the more we’ll discover that we become increasingly able to respond to any situation with praise, joy and thanksgiving. Our old dependency on feelings will grow weaker. As we persist in praising God, we’ll discover joy originating in our will, and spreading to our feelings as well.” -Merlin Carothers
The joy of the Lord is my strength. Nehemiah 8:10
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Your body is not in control of your mind—your mind is in control of your body, and your mind is stronger than your body. Mind certainly is over matter.
Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health
2023-11-09 20:22:18 +0000 UTC View Post
If truth doesn’t exist, then it would be true that truth doesn’t exist, and once again we arrive at truth. There is no alternative; truth must exist.
Nabeel Qureshi, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
2023-11-08 22:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
“Bring Yahweh praise and you will find Him. Your hearts will overflow with life forever!” Psalm 22:26b
My son was talking about how we don’t find God, He comes to us. Then we accept or reject His invitation. This is so true! In our own humanity we don’t have it in us to be able to seek out God on our own. But, I love how this verse reminds us that in bringing praise to God, we will “find” Him and our hearts will overflow.
This is obvious when we hav...
2023-11-08 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; for men learn while they teach.
Seneca
P.S. Thank you for your prayers. My son is doing better 🙏🏻
2023-11-07 23:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
“The very thing you think is painful proof of God’s absence from your life is in fact His loving provision to draw you toward Himself-so that your joy may be full! Look up and praise Him! He loves you, and He dwells in the praises of His people!
“Yet I know that You are most holy; it’s indisputable. You are God-Enthroned, surrounded with songs, living among the shouts of the praise of Your princely people.” Psalm 22:3 TPT
Application: What could...
2023-11-07 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
(My son is in surgery today so please say a prayer for him! I’m in the waiting room now 🙏🏻)
American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we've ever had because it is so materialistic and it's so full of lies. The whole advertising world is just, it's just intertwined with lies, appealing to the worst of the instincts we have.
2023-11-06 19:32:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning!
“When things get worse in the world of ours, it is no evidence that God is absent or indifferent. Quite the contrary. All these signs are evidence that God is very near, that every part of His plan and purpose is being fulfilled, just as His Word has promised us. ~Merlin Carothers
So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose. Romans 8:28 TPT
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“Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can’t contain Him. Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?”
Francis Chan
2023-11-05 19:22:15 +0000 UTC View Post