Think realistically (1)
‘Don’t begin until you count the cost.’ Luke 14:28 NLT Reality is the difference between what you wish for – and what is. If you’re a naturally optimistic person you may find ...
Forgive and move on (2)
‘No one who…looks back is fit for service.’ Luke 9:62 NIV If you’re wise, you’ll do four things: 1) Focus on the road ahead. By looking in the rear-view mirror instead ...
How Can People Overcome Lust? from CBN.COM
Every day, television, movies, billboards, newspapers and magazines bombard us with lustful images. And when lustful thoughts become part of our lifestyle, we feel like prisoners to those controlling desires. But ...
Biblical Suggestions to Fight Lust by John Piper
Eyes Like a Magnet The male eye is like a magnet in its attraction to excessive female skin, or tantalizing gaps in clothing, or featured bodily shapes through tight clothing. God ...
The lion and the lamb
One day a lion met a tiger in the jungle. He grabbed the tiger’s tail and demanded, ‘Who is the king of the jungle?’ The tiger answered meekly, ‘You are, O ...
Lies: Satan’s native language
‘When he lies, he speaks his native language.’ John 8:44 NIV Jesus said of Satan, ‘When he lies, he speaks his native language.’ And he lies to us in three ways: ...
Grieve it, then leave it
‘When they walk through the Valley of Weeping.’ Psalm 84:6 NLT If you were raised in a culture where any show of emotion was considered a sign of weakness, you must ...
Start seeing it differently
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.’ Psalm 27:13 NKJV When you choose to ...
Today, cry out to Jesus
Many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more.’ Mark 10:48 NKJV Try to imagine being blind all your life, then one day miraculously receiving your sight. ...
Stand by your convictions and God will honour you
‘I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.’ Judges 11:35 NIV For months Eric Liddell trained with his heart set on winning the 100-metre race in the ...