Did you know that lack of forgiveness on our part to anyone, especially to ourselves keeps God’s power from operating in our lives? Remember that your past is your experience and we are to turn it around and use it in a positive fashion. Learn from your past to teach others for their future. You experienced what you experienced for a reason, so do not regret it. No matter what you went through remember that you went through for a reason, no matter how ugly, or painful it may have been, God… Continue

Perseverance

God did not bring you out for you to remain still. We should not let anything take our eyes off our goal, knowing Christ. Brethren, I count not my self to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14). We must shake off the discouragements and disappointments of yesterday and…

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Prayer

There is power in prayer! Prayer is having a conversation with God. When we do with sincerity he hears and will answer according to his will and not ours. The length, volume or eloquence of our prayer is not the issue. God wants to hear from us and he wants us to talk to him and not at him. He wants to hear from us often! Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Prayer releases God’s power. Be careful for nothing: but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving…

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Criticism

Words can hurt. The qualities we condemn in others are often our own character flaws or defects. We tend to be quick to point the finger at someone else but we forget that when we do we have three more pointing at us. We should not try to change others, instead ask God to help us understand their feelings and to help us see our own flaws more clearly. People often criticize to take the focus off of the real issue. Sometimes when we have an issue with someone else we soon realize… Continue