“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NCV) Negative thoughts are much like a needle in a groove. As the groove gets deeper and deeper, the needle has a harder time getting out of the grooves. In the same way negative issues become magnified in our…
“…Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor,…
“Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” – 1 Peter 1:10-11 (ESV) Everyone wants to…
“Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”- Luke 21:36. When a soldier falls asleep on guard duty, the solider and his or her colleagues are vulnerable to the enemy. Bad things can and do happen. As Christians,…
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.”…