Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful, so we are told. The challenge is that the holidays are when people, who do not ordinarily hang together, come together in an “expected” spirit of love and gratitude for each other—especially if they name the name of Christ.
Extended family get-togethers are not always inspiring events. I talk to many individuals about the holidays, and it never fails how dealing with those you do not care for is a point of discussion during this season.
Some people look at the holidays with partial dread because of their family’s seemingly unresolvable relational conflict. https://lifeovercoffee.com/dealing-with-difficult-relatives-during-the-holidays/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
