How are we dealing with daily difficulties? If they are wearing us down, we need to apply this three-step solution: rejoice, pray, and give thanks. So many of life’s trials are made worse or better simply by one thing: our attitude toward it. If we look at the difficulty with dejection and defeat, our lives will be miserable. But, if in every situation we purposefully find something to be grateful for and take the situation to God in prayer, He gives us the grace, hope, and peace we need to continue through the trial in His strength.
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#dailyencouragement #choosejoy #bethankful #trialsandtribulations #harddays #graceupongrace #ineverythinggivethanks #pray #willofgod
A friend reminded me of this song yesterday. I really needed it! (And let’s all ignore the royal pain of IG 1-minute video limits 😜)
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Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He, whose heart is kind beyond all measure,
Gives unto each day what He deems best,
Lovingly its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.
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Every day the Lord Himself is near me,
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear and cheer me,
He whose name is Counsellor and Pow’r.
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.
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Help me then, in every tribulation,
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation,
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till with Christ the Lord I stand.
#daybyday #pianosolo #pianist #refocus #writerslife #collegelife #stressfree #hymn #pianohymn
Last night in church, we studied 1 John 2 and one proof of salvation being our love. This morning, 1 Thessalonians reminded me of that lesson.
The bottom line is: we cannot love unconditionally without Jesus Christ’s help. He is the One Who gave us the command to love and He is the One Who can help us keep that commandment.
What is Love? 1 Corinthians 13 gives a clear outline: longsuffering, kindness, not vaunting self, not envying, etc. To refuse to show any aspect of love to others is to refuse to obey Christ (holding a grudge shouldn’t even be an option). Added to that, a lack of love mars our testimony as believers. If we love like the world, how are we different from the world? “To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.” 1 Thessalonians 3:13
#love #loveoneanother #lovingothers #inspirational #christianlife #christianlove #1corinthians13
