Reason or Passion
“…Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (NIV) Mk. 8:34
The most difficult aspect of adult life is decision making. The exercise of the power ...
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To be angry is easy
... righteousness God desires."(NLT) James 1:20
Anger may be defined as the thoughts, feelings, physical reactions, and actions that result from unacceptable behavior by others. Anger is almost always a ...
The Path to Righteous and Happy Living
... inspired men.
“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. ...
Anger Recycling
... us that we are suffering from some form of distress. This is important because although anger can be uncomfortable mentally and physically, it can also motivate us to address our underlying needs, desires, ...
Great zeal for success
... in order to obtain their heart desires.
The scripture above demonstrates the extent to which humans go to accomplish physical things in life. Just take some time to reflect on the story.
Jesus was ...
Faithfulness in marriage, purity in celibacy (Part 2)
... die in one day” (NLT) 1 Corinthians 8:8.
“When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures” (NLT) Galatians 5:19.
“Let there ...
Decisions Determine Destiny
... life courses. Ruth previously lived a cursed and condemned life being poor, widow and an idolater. When we become Christians, our desires, direction, determination, devotion, dependence, and destiny all ...
Parental influence in spiritual matters
... believe that God desires our faith to be unfeigned and to impact successive generations.
There is perhaps no greater heritage to be left by a parent than that of faith that is both genuine and gentle ...
The fruit of the Spirit - Self-control
... last one in this list, Self-Control.
Self-controlled person refers to one who masters his desires and passion, especially his sensual appetites. Self-control is very much an important part of maturity. ...
The Secret of Walking with God
... values and desires to walk with us in our daily lives. Enoch lived 365 years and walked 300 years with God (Gen 5:22). Looking at these numbers of years and his intimate relationship with God, imagine ...
What comes naturally
... more in line with the example of Jesus life. We still must deal with sinful desires, so we need to discipline ourselves to be the kind of person God wants us to be. Like a soldier or athlete in training ...
Jesus is our hope
... live for the flesh (that is for ourselves and our sinful desires) but we must live according to the Spirit (that is for what God wants) and that brings us to this time of devotion right now. I know our ...
Life without God
“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed ...
Respect for the last second
... keep to our decisions, principles, time, vows, schedules, etc. The reasons we give for such a change of mind are usually based on our own desires. However, if we stick to our plans which are true, noble, ...
The valid worry: Investing in Christ
... not the things of earth (Colossians 3:2)”.
As dearly beloved, we have no right to worry our heads over anything in this world as this world and its desires are fading away (I John 2:17), but we have ...
Thirst and Hunger
“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.” (NIV) Rev. 22:17
Physical thirst ...
He shall direct our paths
... greatness of God in our lives or have thoughts of His Omnipotence? It may be seldom given our era of economic hardship and perverse generation. However, God always desires man to search and know Him more ...
Understand that He is God
... nature – A Good God.
But what has happened over these years? We fail to receive all the blessings that God desires to bestow on us out of the goodness of His heart and from His abundant provisions.
Recently, ...
Death before life
... carnal desires, but that is not the case. After becoming a Christian, your fleshly drives abound as ever. But what thankfully changes about you is the renewal of your mind (Romans 12:2). The flesh alway ...
The Christian mindset – Spirit-controlled mind
... dominates our thinking; we are either fulfilling the desires of the flesh or the desires of the Spirit:
“The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the ...