When your heart is broken, the pain is more than figurative. The damage to your soul can make you feel like a different person, one incapable of experiencing love, joy, and peace. You try to put your heart back together, but every disappointment and stressful situation shatters it again. So you protect the pieces by …
Really Royal
Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6), King of Kings, and Lord of Lords (Rev. 19:16), and his kingdom will never end (Luke 1:33). That's not religious hyperbole—he is the quintessence of royalty. Know—really know—that because you are his child, you have all the authority you need to overcome everything you’re facing.
A Little Hope
Hope isn’t a thread your deepest desires hang from. Hope is your heart-strengthening, thought-transforming mindset. It is the unyielding certainty that no matter what happens, you are loved, you are never alone, and that God’s grace and goodness are always greater than what you’re facing. “These will always be with you: faith, hope, and love” …
I Love You, Period
People can be . . . difficult. But their attitudes and behavior shouldn’t be allowed to poison yours. Don’t let yourself fall into making people earn your approval before you’ll express love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness to them. Those are fruits of a relationship with the Holy Spirit, not the rewards of an embittered …
Further In
How do you know if it’s God speaking to your heart, a deception, or just your own thoughts? Because the enemy sucks at faking love, joy, peace, and kindness. And you’re not so great at it either. Even if you don’t have all the answers (or even all the questions) for what you’re facing, when …
Equip Your Spirit 