Here are three ways to view the hardship that comes into your life. As I lay them out, which one most accurately describes you?
1. Retributive – If you do good, things will be okay, but if you do bad, bad things will happen to you (Job 1:5).
2. Presumptuous – You can sin and get away with it because the Lord is gracious and you do not live under the law (Psalm 19:13).
3. Trusting – God has called you to suffer and sometimes He will use suffering to bring about good things in your life (Romans 8:28; 1 Peter 2:21-25). https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-essential-things-to-know-when-life-does-not-make-sense/
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/
