True contentment comes from godliness in the heart, not from wealth in hand.
From Luke 12:15: “And He said to them, Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.'”
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
It’s hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.
Only by walking with God can we hope to find the path that leads to life.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
American writer and novelist, Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), spent much of her early life in China as a missionary. She was widely heralded for her book, THE GOOD EARTH, which was published in 1931. She garnered the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and later the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938.
The greatest faith is born in the hour of despair.
From Ephesians 6:16: “With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”
Where there’s hope, there’s life.
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.
From Isaiah 43:1: “But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”
The Gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of as person who is the Truth.
From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
Make no mistake about it, “He’s got the whole world in His hands.” In doing so, he weaves everything together into His design.
From Proverbs 16:20: “Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.”
To be a peacemaker is to reflect the image of our heavenly Father–using our breath, energy, and creativity to sow peace wherever the Spirit takes us.
From Matthew 5:9: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
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