December 4, 2017

DJ

2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Would you like to be disabled (if you are not already)? Would you like to have a speech impediment (if you do not have already)?

I don’t think it is a case of wanting to be worse off here Paul is talking about, but the fact He has accepted how he is worse off without fear.

I am sure he would have complained at some stage of not having everything he wanted, but to get to the stage where you accept what you have wrong in your life and can use it to teach others about grace and mercy is a good thing which Paul is showing here!

December 3, 2017

DJ

Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

What happens when you are in trouble? What happens when you call out for help and it does not come? You start to think you cannot cope…

The more you go down that thought train, the more you get stuck in it!

God is able to give you strength. He is able to give you hope. He is able to answer your calls for help…

Don’t lose hope just because the answer does not come immediately – give God a chance!

December 2, 2017

DJ

Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

Have you ever gone up to someone and said something like “you cannot do it that way!” only to find out that is how they have always done it?

We learn from the people around us and what we learn tends to stick with us; just because we do something in a different manner does not necessarily make it right.

God is our overall judge and it is to Him we should be trying our best to do things right by. Don’t get caught up in arguments about how things are done unless you want to argue with God!

December 1, 2017

DJ

Romans 14:1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarrelling over disputable matters.

It is not us who are the judges of the people who do things wrong, because we do things wrong too.

But that does not mean we cannot bring people a little closer to God to see what is right – even if we trip up along the way!

If we are able to draw people a little closer to Christ, then He, who has done nothing wrong, will be able to encourage them more.

Don’t argue trivial matters when you know they will stop people drawing closer to God; allow God to point out those faults.