Job’s friends were not the type of “friends” he needed. The moment they opened their mouths, they lost their ministry to Job. In fact, they were far beyond neutral, they were toxic. They accused and attacked his integrity. Think about Job experiencing such soul agony, only to have more misery piled on him by his...
You may have done bad, but you could have done far worse! The evil you do is nothing like the evil you are capable of doing. So instead of beating yourself up for your failures, take your sins to the fountain filled with blood, and leave them there. Thank God for forgiving you. What you’ve...
Prayer can be a form of worry. You read that right—prayer can become a type of worry, and worry is sin. Rehashing problems to God over and over isn’t praying; it’s complaining. And complaining? Scripture never paints it in a positive light. Take the Israelites. They grumbled against Moses, essentially accusing him of dragging them...
Your emotions are not infallible. In fact, you should not trust them. Don’t indulge self-pity, or doomsday thinking. Whatever you are going through is but a “season” and it will pass. Get beyond your emotional darkness. Stop listening to yourself, and start talking to yourself! Praise God with your lips. Listen to your favorite songs....
God is able to save all who come unto Him. “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Heb. 7:25). God is able to keep. “…For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to...
A series of successive losses can take more out of you than you realize. Even when you’ve hit an all-time low, you may not fully grasp how deep you’ve gone. Grief is a process—and it takes time to get through it. Death. Financial setbacks. Family breakdowns. Health scares. Fractured relationships. Any one of these can...