Mother Teresa said: “People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest in the world. They may have little, they may have nothing, but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another.” Yes, if not to fully and truly love one another is the meaning of what Jesus Christ in John 13:34-35, what else it is? The New command that replaces the Old Testament laws of living is all about your love for one…
Doris “Granny D” Haddock said: “Most people are worth knowing, if you will take time to understand them. Unfamiliarity with other people, ignorance of other people, is what makes war possible and violence possible, and it drives all the social divisions in a school or in a town, nation, or world. When you understand people well enough, you can’t help but love them, even if you hate them too. If you think those are incompatible emotions, I remind you to…
1. “For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.” 2. “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.” 3. “For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.” 4 “Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to…
Yes, of course, nothing is hidden from God because HE sees everything! He considers and sees every deed, thought, emotion, heart, tear, hurt, and other hidden things! Ryle J. C. once said: “There is nothing hidden from the Lord’s eyes. There are no secrets with Him! Alone or in the company, by night or by day, in private or in public, He is acquainted with all our ways.” Indeed, “God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or…
Ignatius said: “It is better to be silent and be than to talk and not be.… Those who possess the word of Jesus are indeed able to hear even His very silence, that they may be perfect and may both act as they speak and be recognised by their silence. There is nothing that is hidden from God, but our very secrets are near to him. Let us, therefore, do all things as those who have him dwelling in us,…
1. “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” 2. “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” 3. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.” 4 “No one can serve two masters,…
When our Lord Jesus asked the Samaritan woman in John 4 – “Give Me a drink:” Could this mean HE was unaware what to do? No, but HE is not unaware that the way to gain a soul is often to ask a service of it. Some would imagine that God is most glorified when human participation is most excluded. Yet Jesus did not diminish His glory one bit by asking for the help and cooperation of the Samaritan woman….
From the beginning of the world to when it will end, one thing is sure of God for you, and this is it – ‘you are a blessing’! Yes, you are, and indeed not a problem! It means you have a divine daily mandate to be a blessing wherever you are! You must make someone glad every day by encouraging him or her with God’s Words. Have you not heard that weight in the core of the human heart makes…
1. “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” 2. “Set your minds on…
Yes, have you not heard that detachment is not giving up the things in this world but accepting the fact and being continuously aware that nothing is permanent? Yes, the significance of separation from something, the neediness, is that we should be liberated from things that we may like to individuals. Any place things have gotten more significant than individuals, we are in a challenging situation. That is the essence of the entire matter. Your heart must be a peaceful home full of love,…