Archive for November, 2007

You can’t always control the kind of service you receive, but you can always control the kind of gratitude you deliver.

Service is big these days. A lot of companies have built their reputations on service, so we have come to expect it. But what if the package you were expecting doesn’t arrive the […]

Confrontation

24Nov07

Your best friends will be the ones who bring out the best in you.

Friends are quick to compliment each other, but confrontation comes much harder. In fact, many people will choose to avoid confronting a friend with an important issue. (But if you dodge what needs to be done, then you aren’t much […]

God doesn’t promise you a life without difficultites. But He does promise that He will always be with you.
Don’t let anybody tell you that a life with God is a life without troubles. Far from it. Sometimes it seems that your troubles begin the moment you trust God. Yet we continue […]

Discouragement

26Nov07

If you are feeling down, it’s because you aren’t looking up.
A good way to avoid discouragement is to correct your vision. If your difficulties are discouraging you, then you are spending too much time looking at your situation and not enough time looking at God. When you are discouraged:
Look at how God has […]

Be loyal to people; more importantly, be loyal to God.

No all virtues require the same amount of effort. For example, patience takes a lot of work because we have to do something that goes against our natural impulsiveness. The same goes for purity. By contrast, the virtue of loyalty requires little effort, […]

Take Your Place

28Nov07

No one is too good to stay out of church, and no one is too bad to go in.

Is there a place for you in God’s family? You better believe it! Never think that you are an unimportant part of God’s plan. He has specifically and uniquely equipped you, and your abilities […]

Rise Above

29Nov07

When you’re content to settle for something, you end up being average.

To say that Jesus doesn’t like mediocrity is an understatement. Jesus said, “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, […]

Not a Religion

30Nov07

Religions are man’s attempt to find God, but Christ was God’s method to reach humankind.

Many people mistakenly believe that Christianity is a religion with a long list of “do’s and don’ts” (mostly don’ts). Such an opinion is wrong on two counts. First of all, Christianity is not a religion that connotes a highly […]

QUESTION: What does the Bible say about astrology, tarot cards, and numerology?
ANSWER: Interestingly, all of these “activities” have something in common. They are all part of the occult, because they attempt to find the “hidden” signs that affect human destiny (the word “occult” means “hidden”).
The Bible does address all three of these […]

Question: I am a Christian but I find studying the Bible a difficult thing to do. Most times I have to force myself to study. This really troubles me because I want to have a constant connection with God. What can I do?
Answer: We would suggest five things. […]


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