With the severe adverse sensitivities around us daily, it will not change unless we get our priority right, as shifting our focus from the situations that consume us to our God who lives within us. Yes, this God, who is love and who loves us wholly, is the supreme ruler of the earth and heavens. He can bring good out of bad situations. Our God is powerfully favorable and always right. We shall always do well to remember His faithfulness…
1. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 2. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 3. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 4. And let the peace of Christ rule in your…
Ignatius said: “The most wonderful thing is unity with Jesus and with the Father. In Jesus we shall partake in God if we firmly resist and flee all the arrogant attacks of the prince of this world. Unity of prayer, unity of supplication, unity of mind, unity of expectancy in love and in blameless joy: this is Jesus Christ and there is nothing greater than he. Flock together, all of you, as to one temple of God, as to one…
We live amidst worldwide changes, dissimilar to anything endless ages have at any point experienced. Catastrophic events, political distress, territorial and global clashes make economic and social vulnerabilities. When we live under this sort of greatness, it is customary to be overpowered by negative emotions. We plan with stress and dread. We take a gander at the past, recalling what life had been similar to, with lament and possibly outrage in light of our misfortune. Everything is wild. It appears…
1. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 2. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. 3. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 4. Let your conduct be without…
As the world is enduring its path to ending, too often, we can feel powerless and wild. Be that as it may, we can go to the One who is entirely in charge and ready to help in our critical crossroads. Whatever it is, you have the help of the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Yes, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1). Fear not; you have God’s mercy and grace…
Dorothy Day said: “January and February are those months when winter seems interminable and vitality is low. In the face of world events, in the face of the mystery of suffering, of evil in the world, it is a good time to read the Book of Job, and then to go on reading the Psalms, looking for comfort – that is, strength to endure. Also, to remember the importunate widow, the importunate friend [Luke 18:1-8; Luke 11:5-8]. Both are stories…
1. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 2. Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! 3. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 4. Beloved, do not believe every spirit but…
The Scripture in Joel 2:28 provides a great response, and I quote: “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.” Can you think about any real and earnest offspring of God who has at any point been let down and made to wander off-track just because he or she doesn’t have…
Parker J. Palmer said: “If we want to support each other’s inner lives, we must remember a simple truth: the human soul does not want to be fixed, it wants simply to be seen and heard. If we want to see and hear a person’s soul, there is another truth we must remember: the soul is like a wild animal – tough, resilient, and yet shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so…