There is also a mistaken assumption that giving a person a verse is necessary. Not true (Acts 8:32). There is no “magic” in Bible verses. If it were, we would dispense them willy-nilly and see the transformation of lives on a grander scale than we do today.
Transformation happens in technicolor when a transformed disciple is counseling the Word to a hungry heart, even if the disciple can only say, “Come see a man” because that is all she knows. Still, her knowledge is far beyond a verse from a book; she has “met the Word at a well.”
That Word has transformed her at that well, so when she says something, it sounds much different than someone passing out Bible verses in the town. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-448-the-insufficient-method-of-giving-verses-to-counselees/
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/
