The Lord has to push us past the tipping point to reveal who we are. If we only operate within our strengths, we will live with an inflated ego—a representation of ourselves, never realizing our vulnerabilities.
It’s the person lifting a ten-pound bar at the gym, impressing the fifth-graders. What is so sad about him is when the weightier challenges come, he is ill-equipped to handle them.
God gives us a divine nudge that pushes us past our self-sufficient limits, the only way for the Lord to expose that we’re not as impressive as we might want others to perceive. https://lifeovercoffee.com/the-blessing-of-being-whittled-down-to-size-2/
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/
