christian living (1410)

Romans 8:18, for I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 

 

Battles are faced by everyone. In fact, the storms of life come against everyone, and many times we tend to see only the bad in the storm. We only see the trouble it causes. In fact, battles make us stronger and they stretch us beyond our normal level.

 

If soldiers do not go to war, they become weak and this is the same for every one of us. So how can

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Daily Devotional: A Secret

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless (Ephesians 5:25-27 NASB).
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Daily Devotional: New is Nice

by PamFord Davis  

 

 

Countless people succumb to new car fever.

Others dream of moving into a new apartment or house. I was happy when my sister Donna had her new apartment experience. Her name was on the list of prospective tenants as the building was still in construction.

Donna was one of the first to move in. Not long ago, friend Nancy had the same advantage at her assisted living apartment. New is nice.

I guess I’m weird; I like new ordinary things.

I like to open new boxes of tea, ca

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Do you feel like you’re just unable to get things done, no matter how hard you try? Some people have a knack for taking care of business, while the rest of us have loose ends dangling all over our lives. If you struggle with completing important tasks, you likely lack a strong work ethic.

 

What exactly is a work ethic? It’s a set of principles based around the idea that there is a moral virtue in hard work and persistence.

 

You undoubtedly know people with very strong work ethics, and others w

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The truth is God's favor will change your life and everything in it, and I declare that everything in your life is breaking in your favor. That struggle, that problem, that difficulty is over now, because the Lord's favor is upon you hallelujah! Now many christians believe that they have to somehow earn the favor of God, but the truth is we already have his favor. God saved us because of his favor towards us. Ephesians 2:8 tells us 

 

for by grace you have been saved through faith and that not o

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by Tonja Taylor  

 

Some days, it may seem hard to even get out of bed. Hopelessness, fear, doubt, discouragement, self-pity and more may attack your mind and emotions. But by the grace of God, you can overcome these and rise up to the best life ever (John 10:10)!  Jesus, God's loving Son, will help you overcome!

…For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that ha

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My mind is an open reservoir waiting to collect information from any available source. I prefer to read during my downtime. Reading brings me many benefits.

 

My capabilities expand when I spend time reading. Following up on international news keeps me abreast of what is happening in the world. It allows me to be more conversant. It also puts me in a position to be a good global citizen.

 

Reading about history also expands my horizons because it teaches me humility. When I learn about the dif

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Motivating Others Takes Practice

If motivating others were easy, everyone would do it. You can’t just read about a few techniques and implement them, expecting major changes to happen. It takes practice like anything else worthwhile.

Motivating others requires them to be willing. If someone is hard-set in not doing something, there will be little you can do to change that. You may be able to force someone, i.e., if you are a manager, etc. However, that is not the same as motivating them. If you were to leave the company, they w

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Oftentimes stress will manifest when we carry over yesterday’s concerns into our present day concerns. An accumulation will almost always end up in a high stress level. Therefore, we must be able to “dump” all of our concerns from the previous day or days and concentrate wholly on our today.

 

So here are 3 stress busting tips 

 

- Stress Busting Tip #1 

 

Resolve right now to release every thought from yesterday and be only mindful of the now…. this thought only...this breath...this moment. Tak

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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel less than great. Low, grouchy, fed-up, and bored are all words you could use to describe what I’m like on those days and I’m probably not the best company. The thing is, days like those are part of the deal with being human – it’s not an elective. There will always be off days, and that’s okay.

 

But what happens when you get a whole string of those off-days, maybe lasting weeks, months or even years? Too many of us say that we’re in a rut, feel stuck

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The timing of God's preparation for us is often not one that we could have imagined. So that also means that we could not have dreamt of the things that God has planned for us. Someone may probably ask why? Is it worth the wait? What god is preparing you for is worth the wait.

 

Waiting is an essential part of being a christian even before the people of God were known as christians. That was a major feature of our spiritual journey waiting for God to give a sign. We're waiting for God to move, w

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So what in the world is faith? Faith is simply acting like God is telling the truth. It's acting like it is so, even when it's not so, in order that it might be so, simply because God said so. And when we learn to move with our feet in faith based on what God has revealed we can see his power change our circumstances.

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by Shandha Woodard  

 

 

Amaziah: But I have already paid 7,500 pounds of silver to the Northern Kingdom's troops. What should be done?  Follower of God: Don't worry about the money. It is nothing compared to what the Eternal has to give you- 2 Chronicles 25:9 The Voice.

If you're anything like me, you don't have money or time for that matter to waste. So, I can relate to Amaziah saying, hey, what about the money that I've already spent, especially since 7,500 pounds of silver equates to $2,507,

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Life is full of ups and downs and sometimes has a few sideways thrown in too. When things go wrong or don’t go as planned, or when something happens to throw us off balance and doubt ourselves it can be tough to deal with. After all, we all want things to go well and to end up as ‘winners’. But life will always throw challenges at us, and we can’t control everything. Nor should we try. It’s not what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you that makes the difference. Here are two

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