Aim at pleasing God not people
Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not
Say Yes To God
Jesus’ mother then told the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” The first and most important thing in experiencing and enjoying God and all that He has and can do
One Plants and another Waters
I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the
Be Single Minded.
Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home. Jesus said
Develop Your Spiritual Muscle
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being. Ephesians 3:16 (NIV) Just as there’s material strength, just
Die to Self
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires. Ephesians 4:22 (NIV) Self means
Thorn in the Flesh
And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of satan to buffet me,
A New Desire
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. Philippians 2:13 (NLT) Under the old covenant people laboriously struggled and miserably
Let the weak say I am strong.
Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.'” Joel 3:10 (NKJV) God calls those things which be not as though
Be a Prisoner of Hope
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,