Tag: God
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Enemies of the Heart | Anger
Following a daily devotional to appease a lot of chaotic thoughts. This one is for me and I’m just going to leave it here as a reminder that there is so much more to life than living with all this nonsense. Andy Stanley: Enemies of the Heart Devotional Day 3 “Letting Go of Hurt and…
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Enemies of the Heart | Guilt
Subscribed to this devotional recently and I’m just gonna leave Day 2 here. Just in case you stumble across this, read up. Andy Stanley: Enemies of the Heart Devotional Day 2 “Fessing Up” Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10 The first enemy of the heart is guilt. Guilt is the result of having done something we perceive as…
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God and Religious Stereotypes
I think I’ve kept quiet long enough. Too long even. I’ve kept quiet most of my life. Maybe I was scared. Maybe out of respect for the people who took (and still takes) care of me and taught me early on all that is viable in life. Or maybe because I know my opinions would…
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Answered Prayers
I’ve never been religious, not even sure what that word really means. I’m not saying that I don’t believe in God because I do. In fact, I know I have a great relationship with God, I just don’t really believe in religion or maybe I’m not impressed with religion. Religion for me, limits someone’s understanding…
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Forgiveness: The Path to Real Peace and Joy
If you were wondering why I’ve been posting a lot of devotionals about forgiveness lately, not only do I want to share it with you, but I guess I’m also sharing it to my self, sharing it until it sinks and drills into my head because I find it so hard to forgive. So every time I will encounter a…
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What is Happy?
Everybody is thirsting to find happiness in life. More often than not, a lot of people aren’t happy unless a certain person behaves a certain way, or unless a certain situation works out just the way they want it to. We are so used to being unhappy because we let our happiness depend on other…
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God Can Clean Up Any Mess
No matter how disastrous your situation is right now, cling to that last string of hope and know that God will clean up your mess no matter how gross and disgusting it is. God loves us that much. All we need to do is reach out to Him. Sharing Day 227 of the reading plan…
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Merry Christmas!
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 NLT) God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through…
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Living Life Free of Strife
Sharing Day 165 of the reading plan I am currently on from http://www.joycemeyer.org/ Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life – a Daily Devotional Living Life Free of Strife Strife is one of the main weapons the enemy uses against Christians. I believe there are three things that open us up to a spirit of…
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Thankful in the Midst of Suffering
Sharing Day 160 of the reading plan I am currently on from http://www.joycemeyer.org/ Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life – a Daily Devotional Thankful in the Midst of Suffering The Bible encourages us to always be thankful. That’s easy when God answers prayer and delivers us from problems. But it isn’t always easy when…
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Face the Truth About Yourself
In attaining peace, the first step is acceptance. Human as we are, we find fault in other people, things or situations when something goes wrong. What we fail to see is that we are given the choice to make happen what we want to happen; our misery and our joy depends on the decisions we…
Density Runs 