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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
From James 1:2-4: “My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.”
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Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all–liberty!
[James Monroe took office in 1817, and the United States was still in its infancy as a nation.]
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties and obstacles vanish.
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Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.
If, as I recall what God remembers about me, I find He is not what He used to be to me, let it produce shame and humiliation, because that shame will bring the godly sorrow that works repentance.
Taken from the text found in Oswald Chambers’ MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: “Recall What God Remembers.”
From Jeremiah 2:1-2: “The Word of the Lord came to me, saying: ‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land now sown.
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It is a joy that God never abandons His children. He guides faithfully all who listen to His directions.
From Isaiah 9:6: “For a child has been born for us, a Son given to us; authority rests upon His shoulders; and He is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
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Fortunately, God has given us a magnificent solution that can make a difference. I call these fourteen words the secret of celebrating life: “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on.”
From Philippians 3:13-14: “Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.”
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People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: They are facing only one direction, they can never turn back, and they no longer have plans of their own.
From Galatians 2:19-20: “For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.”
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There is not a single thing that Jesus cannot change, control, and conquer because He is the living Lord.
From Colossians 3:2-4: “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.”
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Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.
From Luke 14:27: “Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”
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When God is at the center of your life, you worship, when He’s not, you worry.
From Psalm 62:8: “Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.”
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Keep your life so constant in its contact with God that His surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as He likes.
From Galatians 1:15-16: “But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son to me, so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles.”
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