There are two emotional ways to overcome hate. The first is to dominate it. Depending on your strength and resources, you may have some success containing, controlling, and coercing it for a while. But persecution often makes hate stronger. Eventually, you'll have to kill it. To eliminate it completely, you must be willing to become …
Your New Normal
Sometimes our battles are with the enemy’s lies, and others are with pain and loss. But most of our fights are with our own negativity—with old habits and self-destructive patterns of thought. As soon as you let the enemy, or that negativity, twist your perception and sabotage your thinking, your world shrinks down to a …
Hold On
Through years of pain and difficulty, Joseph held onto his faith in God, trusting him for every promise, despite the horrible circumstances. Joseph would see those promises fulfilled beyond his wildest dreams. He named his children to reflect his life. "Manasseh" meant to forget the pain of the past, and "Ephraim" meant to be blessed …
Invitation
“Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you real rest’” (Matthew 11:28). “‘Every thirsty soul is welcome to come to me. For the Scriptures are true: “Rivers of living water will flow from his heart”’” (John 7:37-38). “Jesus turned around and asked, ‘Why …
Listen
Your life can be affected by the choices and circumstances of those around you, but their stress isn’t yours. No matter how much fear, pain, anger, or chaos get thrown at you, the love, joy, peace, and self–control God has equipped you with are always greater, if you’ll let them be. When people offend, reject, …
Equip Your Spirit 