Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. Matthew 9:29. TDG 216.1
It is our duty, as children of God, to talk faith, and not doubt. We are to be hopeful and cheerful in the Lord. Let us not look on the dark side of circumstances, but look up, and believe in the One whom God gave to the world to save us from our sins. Christ accomplishes our salvation by inspiring faith in our hearts and a belief in the truth. The truth makes free; and those whom the...
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7. TDG 194.1
I point you to the only sure and unfailing protection. Ask God for Christ's sake to watch over and bless you and your dear children. He will do it; sure is the promise. God, your heavenly Father, will be your husband at hand to counsel, to direct and comfort as you need. Oh! ever seek for help in the Mighty One; His outstretched arm will save.TDG 194.2
Trying as your case may be, do not yield to des...
This song has been a huge blessing to me in my spiritual walk... Enjoy!!
It's a momma singing songs about the Lord
It's a daddy spending family time
That the world said he cannot afford
These simple moments change the world
It's a pastor at a tiny little Church
Forty years of loving on the broken and the hurt
These simple moments change the world
Dream small
Don't bother like you've gotta do it all
Just let Jesus use you where you are
O...
So we have been exploring the paradox of peer pressure. In this blog, I'm going to address the questions of; how do we know when peer pressure bad? and how can we fix it?
I the last peer pressure blog I addressed what to do with peer pressure when it's bad. And I kind-of addresses the question of how we know when peer pressure is bad, but I'm going to re-state my points just for reminders:)
So if our friends are getting us to do things that we would not norm...
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8. TDG 171.1
We have a cunning devil to work against! Christ alone is mighty and fully able to match his power, therefore we must have Jesus with us every moment. We are sleepy, stupid, and do not sense the arts and gins and snares of Satan, set for unwary feet. Therefore we must know how we step, that every move is in God. Self must not come in here to ma...
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12, 13. TDG 167.1
Every one of us has a work to do in our own salvation, which is to meet every requirement of God. God does not do anything independent of the agency of him for whom the work is to be done. His grace is sufficient to work in and with them that are His, in the fulfillment of every promise, while the one for whom this grace...
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Hebrews 12:5, 6. TDG 166.1
Christ is our example. He was exposed to hardship. He endured suffering, He humbled Himself to humanity. Christ bore His burdens without impatience, without unbelief, without repining. He felt His trials none the less because He was the divine Son of God. You have not any troubl...
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24. TDG 162.1
It is plainly written on the unrenewed heart and on a fallen world, All seek their own. Selfishness is the great law of our degenerate nature. Selfishness occupies the place in the soul where Christ should sit enthroned. But the Lord requires perfect obedience; and if we truly desire to serv...
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7. TDG 156.1
My head is weary this morning. Mist and clouds hang over my mind; but the suggestions of the enemy to distrust the Lord shall not be cherished. Now is my time to fight the good fight of faith. Now is the very occasion that needs the steady faith that works by love and purifies my soul. I seek the Lord more earnestly. TDG 156.2
In 1 Chronicles 28:9 David gives his charge to Solomon.... TDG 156.3
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Peer pressure.
It's an interesting paradox. People normally say it's bad because it can influence us to things that we would never do. But, we must ask the question; is it always bad?
If we think about it, it can be both bad and good. The bad comes from your friends telling you to do something that you consider to be against your foundational moral beliefs. The good is when the influence is either harmless or beneficial. Like your friends telling you that a certain food is...