December 1, 2020
YOUR WEAKNESS SHAPE YOUR WITNESS TO THE WORLD

“I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.”

Philippians 1:12 (NLT)

Your witness to the world will come out of your weaknesses, not your strengths.

A lot of people have it backwards: They thi…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 6:9

“It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else”

November 30, 2020
THE BEST USE OF YOUR DEEPEST PAIN

The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain
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The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain
By Rick Warren — 11/29/2020
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“[God] comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort oth…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

“So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do. Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.”

November 29, 2020
LET YOUR PAIN DRAW YOU CLOSER TO OTHERS

“Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.”

Galatians 6:2 (NLT)

Suffering changes you. It can turn you away from self-centeredness and toward caring more about other people in pain.

One important way you can use your pain for good is to draw closer to other…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 4:9

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either if them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity for anyone who falls and has no one to help them up”

November 28, 2020
LET YOUR PAIN DRAW YOU NEARER TO GOD

We were really crushed and overwhelmed . . . and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, for then we put everything into the hands of God, who alone could save us, for he can even raise the dead. And he did help us.”

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 (TLB)

When anything painful h…[Read more]

Verse of the Day

Ecclesiastes 3:1
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity”

November 27, 2020
HEAL YOUR HURT WITH GRACE

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)

How do you let go of the hurt in your life? You heal it with grace.

When you heal a hurt with grace, it doesn’t just mean you let someone off the hook. You forgive the person who…[Read more]

Verse for the Day

“The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.”

November 26, 2020
LIFT HOLY HANDS INSTEAD SHAKING FISTS

“Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him [drop the issue, let it go], so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions and wrongdoings.”

Mark 11:25 (AMP)

How much energy does it take to drop something? Nothing. You just let…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.”

November 25, 2020
DON’T LET BITTERNESS WEAR YOU DOWN

“A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.”

Proverbs 27:3 (NLT)

Any time you breathe bitterness, you suffocate your spirit.

Bitterness doesn’t just choke out your happiness and your healthy emotions. It also strangles your spirit. When you h…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
2 Corinthians 4:8-9

“We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.”

November 24, 2020
DON’T LET YOUR EMOTIONS GIVE SATAN A FOOTHOLD

“Anger gives a foothold to the devil.”

Ephesians 4:27 (NLT)

In every quarrel, an unseen spiritual war is going on behind the scenes.

At the surface, a quarrel may seem minor. You may think you’re arguing about who didn’t take out the garbage or who left their clothes on the flo…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
James 1:12

”Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.”

November 23, 2020
STOP QUARRELS WITH HUMILITY AND GRACE

“‘God is against the proud, but he gives his grace to the humble.’ So give yourselves completely to God.”

James 4:6-7 (NCV)

Because of the COVID-19 quarantine, many families have the opportunity to spend more time together. But that also means there is an increased chance they will get on…[Read more]

Verse of the Day
2 Corinthians 4:18

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

November 22, 2020
ONLY GOD CAN MEET YOUR NEEDS

“You don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.”

James 4:2 (NLT)

One of the biggest causes of quarreling in your family, with your friends, or at your work is that you expect people to fill needs in your life that only God can fulfill. This is often most obvious in marriage, but it’…[Read more]