If all I can do is praise God for good outcomes, I know I have laced my praise with self-focus and self-centered expectations.
When I cannot muster praise for the difficulties in my life, eventually, it would be correct to assume that my gratitude for those good things lacks a seasoning that can only come through the fires of God’s crucible.
Mature Christianity is when a person can see God working through hardships while not being overcome by those difficulties, leading to genuine worship of God for the high privilege of walking in the steps of His dear Son. https://lifeovercoffee.com/when-god-does-not-come-through-and-you-do-not-get-what-you-want/
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/
