Tag: motivation
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3 Things Worth Boasting About
3We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions…
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Heart Test
4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.–1 Thessalonians 2 Paul’s basic argument was this. God approved of him and the ministry he did. That was enough for Paul. All of his life…
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Glory Seeker
27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.–Proverbs 25 The first one sounds an awful lot like something you might hear…”moderation is always best”. But it’s talking about honey. Honey was that special treat that you didn’t always have or get access to. I remember the…
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Coffee and Bible
13But I, O LORD, cry to you;in the morning my prayer comes before you.–Psalm 88 This was a hard psalm and a hard situation. The sons of Korah prayed a depressing prayer full of pain and tears. But they prayed. They illustrated a wonderful principle that has helped me in my depression. Get up and spend…
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Motivations
…if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, 14and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.–Deuteronomy 28, part 1 This gigantic…
Joel M Bradshaw 