Your gifts can take you somewhere, but you need character to keep you there.
When a person, especially a minister, is very gifted, others often flock to that person. However, he or she must have Godly character in order to remain humble, so that the ministry won't turn sour.
If you have great gifts and you are waiting for God to promote you and wondering why He doesn't, check your character. Examine your Fruit of the Spirit… Continue
Added by kathleen aldea on December 30, 2012 at 12:30am —
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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for the privilege of serving my husband and family. Lord, give me the grace to take care of my family in the manner that is pleasing to You. Although I may not be called to accomplish all the many things the virtuous woman of Proverbs 31 did, may I be faithful in my particular duties. You gift us in different ways, so empower me to…
Genesis 9:25 : Cursed (ארור) is Canaan: Noah said to Ham: "You caused me that I should not father a fourth son, another one to serve me. May your fourth son [Canaan was Ham's fourth son, see Genesis 10:6 ] be cursed by serving the offspring of these greater ones [of Shem and Japheth]... What did Ham see that he emasculated him? He said to his brothers Adam the first man had only two sons (Cain and Abel) yet one killed the other because of the inheritance of the world [Cain killed Abel over a… Continue
Added by StrongWill on December 28, 2012 at 2:24pm —
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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for the strength we have in You, so that we are able to do all things that You ask us to do. Lord, may we grow in the character of God, so that we are fruitful in the things of God. Lord, I thank You for Your guidance, so that we will make the right choices today, in order to avoid those things that would cause us to have future problems. I also thank You for daily provision, as well as provision for the future. Give me wisdom, so that I may take care of…
Jesus is the real God of heaven and earth. I was reading a lot of things in the word of God today. I notice how we are pursuit of fake gods. Take a look with me with in Isaiah 57:5- Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree. We are constantly lusting for things other than God himself. Look at what he says in Jeremiah 13:27- I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighing, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O…
I think one of the main reasons I have trouble reading the Bible is because it's hard to get a mental image of what is going on when I read.
I don't want to have regular faith I want to have extreame faith like Elijah or Daniel. The brothern overseas have extreame faith and I admire that. It's awesome they work together with brothers and sisters in Christ and accomplish so much for His sake!
I have my book from Voice of the Martyrs "Extreme Devotion". Their…
Today as I went for a Doctor appointment the wind and rain have been pretty strong. I arrived a little early and as I sat in my car the bushes and trees moved and seemed to jump for joy as the rain fell and the wind blew. As though they were rejoicing to God and thanking him for the rain. I smiled and thanked God too. Today I learned a friends pathology report was back and the result was "benign". I rejoiced and thanked God. Today as your day goes by see the…
To all my friends on AAG, thank you for your fellowship over the last twelve months. It means a lot to me to know that I can share my thoughts, my pains, my struggles (we all have them) bust most important of all, my faith in Jesus with you all.
I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year and may God look over you and your family.
I don’t believe I have shared this before. We were recently watching a sermon by David Jeremiah. It was about how important angels were concerning our Savior’s birth and throughout His life. At the end to the sermon pastor Jeremiah asked if angels were with us today. The answer is of course they are but only some people have seen them. This made me think about events that happened nine years ago. On May 4th, 2003, I was blessed to see an angel.
I just wanted to share a Bob Gass devotional I read this morning regarding criticism. Although it's a few years old, this devotional applies to many today.
"Remember the servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you." John 15:20
