Consider What The Listener Needs
Scripture: Ephesians 4:29 : “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” Avoid corrupt speech and speak what builds others up according to their needs, giving grace to those who hear. Read KJV. Words can continue […]
You Can Come To God Without Knowing What To Say
Scripture: Romans 8:26: Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. The Spirit helps believers in weakness and intercedes when they do not know how to pray as they should. […]
Prayer Does Not Require Polished Language
Scripture: Psalm 62:8: “Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” Trust God at all times, pour out your heart before Him, and recognize Him as a refuge. Read KJV. You may have practiced a calm answer for everyone who asks how […]
Growth Can Continue In A Difficult Season
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” Despite outward decline, Paul describes inward renewal taking place day by day. Read KJV. Some seasons reduce what we can do. Energy changes, responsibilities increase, and familiar routines become harder […]
Come To Jesus With Your Actual Struggle
Scripture: Hebrews 4:15: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Jesus, our high priest, sympathizes with human weakness and has faced temptation without sin. Read KJV. It can be difficult to ask […]
Your Sorrow Has a Place in Prayer
Scripture: Psalm 56:8: “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?” Grief can interrupt an ordinary day. A song, an empty chair, or an unexpected memory can bring tears before you are ready. Psalm 56:8 uses the tender imagery of collected tears and a written record. […]
An Honest Prayer Can Hold Both Hope and Fear
Scripture: Mark 9:24:“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” You may trust God and still have questions. You may pray with hope while feeling afraid. In Mark 9:24, a father brings that tension directly to Jesus. His words arise from concern for […]
Bring Your Urgency Before God
Scripture: Isaiah 30:15: For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.” God calls His people to return and rest, finding strength in quietness and confidence, though they resist. An urgent feeling […]
Notice What Keeps Drawing Your Eyes
Scripture: Psalm 119:37: “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.” The psalmist asks God to turn his eyes from worthless things and give him life in God’s way. One look becomes another. Soon a few spare minutes have become a long session of comparison, outrage, or distraction. Psalm […]
Good Advice Should Also Show Good Character
Scripture: James 3:17: “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.“ Wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gentle, receptive, merciful, fruitful in goodness, impartial, and sincere. Confident advice can sound convincing. Yet confidence alone […]