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“Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.” CS Lewis. Philippians 2:3-11 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, bein …

Anger and all sin are most often our enemy. I do believe there is a righteous anger, but it’s rare. Righteous anger is anger for the damage sin causes, or an anger for someone using love to hurt people....using Jesus to manipulate people. That’s why Jesus threw the tables. Most of the time though, anger is our enemy and not our friend. Rebellion and riots are a trap. Before we get stuck on anger, we must follow one truth to the next truth to the next truth. Truth leads to more truth. If it leads …

If we hate people, we are allowing fear to rule our lives. The only thing we should hate is sin because sin and selfishness destroys lives. Love and selflessness saves lives and builds them. Jesus is love! Loving selfish people may mean loving them from a distance. We don’t have to like people to love them. Loving them is doing what is best for them without regard for ourselves, and praying they surrender to love so love will also rule their lives. In “The Right Fight” I discuss this at length. …

Tammie Vaughan shares her personal miscarriage experienceand God's promise when He says, "Even to your old age and gray hairsI am he, I am he who will sustain you.I have made you and I will carry you;I will sustain you and I will rescue you."Isaiah 46:4 …

ForgiveBearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.FearFear is one of the most destructive forces in relationships. It never motivates us to do the right thing. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”Men typically mask their fear by trying to be macho. Women typically don't hide it but it will cause destruction in your relations …

LoveI am scared of God because I see Him as imposing and angry.  How do I get that out of my mind?  I have had this question a few times and at first I was shocked because I have never viewed God in that way. I was always taught that when I was punished or disciplined it was for my benefit and It truly was, because my parent's loved me. I had the benefit of knowing that beyond anything my parents loved me and even though it hurt at the time it was going to give me more opportunity …

PatienceI must say patience is something I struggle with. The true test of patience comes when we feel violated, When a car cuts us off in traffic, when we are treated unfairly. We feel like we have a right to get upset in the face of irritations and trials. Impatience seems like a justifiable anger. The Bible praises patience as a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) which should be produced for all followers of Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:14). Patience reveals our faith in God’s timing …

Today I read that the number-one reason for sickness and disease in America is stress. And that the number-one reason for prescribed medications is anxiety. Sadly, It's part of the pattern of this world.Fear- an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.Anxiety- a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.In Scripture, we're commanded over and over not …

Thinking Our thinking determines how we relate to everyone in our lives. It impacts how we view others. It impacts how we view ourselves. It even impacts our relationship with God. Unfortunately we have fallen thinking. We have to take our fallen thinking and conform it to biblical thinking. Change Changing our thinking can be hard because the Word of God seems foolish to us. 1 Cor. 2:14 says - "The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to hi …

“For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16Animal SacrificeWhy did God send Jesus to earth? Answer, God sent Jesus to earth so that all who accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior will have eternal life. Why?God is perfect, sinless, righteous.Man is imperfect, sinful, unrighteous.For man to be acceptable to God, Man’s sins must be paid for, atoned, forgiven.For man to stand in the presence of the …