Day 165 Hearing God’s Voice

Day 165 Hearing God’s Voice

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. Here are some hindrances to us hearing and listening to God’s voice: 1. Lack of love for God and others.(John 15:12)2. Unbelief. (1 John 5:10)3. Disobedience. (John 14:15,23-24)4. Worry and Anxiety. (Phil 4:6-7; Luke 12:11-12)5....
Day 164 Being Trustworthy

Day 164 Being Trustworthy

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. Trust is the emotional glue that draws us closer to our friends, our family, and our small groups. Without trust, we’re never going to have the intimate relationship that God wants us to have. The truth is that teamwork without trust is...
Day 163 Overcoming Offense

Day 163 Overcoming Offense

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Thought for the day. Overcoming a spirit of offense takes intentionality and a humble spirit willing to surrender the right to stay hurt. There are steps we can take that help us move to releasing the person and avoiding a spirit of offense from taking root....
Day 162 Entitlement

Day 162 Entitlement

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. Entitlement (en·ti·tle·ment, noun): the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. An important question to ask ourselves is whether we have ever heard of anyone confessing that they have an entitlement problem?...
Day 161 Love Expressed

Day 161 Love Expressed

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. As Christians we need, by His Grace, to live a life that is holy and pleasing to God. This is expressed in how we treat others. The Word of God says that if we love Him that we will obey His commands. We often dishonour God by the way we treat...
Day 160 Emotions

Day 160 Emotions

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. Emotions can seem as unpredictable as the wind and sometimes gentle and comforting, sometimes stormy and threatening, and apparently beyond our control. But we don’t have to live at the mercy of our emotions. Understanding why God gave them to us...
Day 159 Meekness

Day 159 Meekness

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. Jesus while teaching what is called the Beatitudes, said, “Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous– with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild,...
Day 158 Anger

Day 158 Anger

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. Proverbs 19:19 NIV[19] A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again. When’s the last time you were angry, and how did you respond? We all get agitated at one point or another and even God Himself feels...
Day 157 Gentleness

Day 157 Gentleness

Love Beyond Words

Thought for the day. In order to be gentle, we must not view ourselves as better than someone else. Rather than asserting superiority, someone who is gentle wants to help others, even when they have been done wrong.Here are six benefits to being gentle:1. Gentleness...
Day 156 Prayer Builds Relationship

Day 156 Prayer Builds Relationship

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Thought for the day.  Prayer is a conversation, not a monologue. When we pray it is important that we don’t do all the talking.We can’t build a friendship with God if we don’t let Him talk to us.How do we let God talk to us? The most important way that God will talk...