Your emotions are not infallible. In fact, you should not trust them. So never give too much credence to your moods. Don’t indulge in self-pity, or doomsday thinking. Whatever you are going through is only a “season” and it will pass. You must get beyond your emotional swings. There are practical things you can do...
Bad feelings don’t come from bad circumstances, they come from bad thoughts. You can exercise some control over your feelings by controlling your thoughts. So the key to balanced emotions lies in focusing on the right thing/things. When you are going through the valley, it is difficult not to obsess on your problems. After the...
Stop reminding yourself of your failure. Quit repeating things like, “I haven’t done everything right.” Or, “I wish I had not done…” Instead, be grateful that you did not do everything wrong! Stop condemning yourself. Berating yourself is neither healthy nor helpful. Of course you’re not perfect. No, you did not do everything right… but...
Recently, I was contacted about an ongoing move of God throughout southern Missouri. Many different churches are conducting Tent Meetings where people are being drawn and responding to the gospel. A spontaneous revival just broke out in a local church near Asheville. The excitement in that packed auditorium was so profound that the meeting was extended...
At the outset, it must be stated that everything is either God-allowed or God-caused. However, I fear that an extreme emphasis on the sovereignty of God is eliminating personal responsibility from the spiritual equation. I recently listened to an extreme-sovereignty preacher going into detail describing how God “causes” men to commit adultery, whenever He chooses....
Caleb was an outstanding man in his day. When the ten fearful, faithless spies brought back a negative report about the Promised Land, Caleb still brimmed with courage— “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are WELL ABLE to overcome it” (Num....