This is the winter of our discontent, our division, our depression, our discouragement. It need not be.
After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they left.
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
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For this week, this is the plan. Pitch in if you can either with a comment or submit an article. We could use some pleasant exchanges right about now.
“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4, NKJV)
God may choose to do a great work in the life of the church…even and especially in those times when we do not imagine that He will. God is greater than our problems.
Superb idea. What is the procedure for submitting an article?
Hallelujah! My soul, praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live. Do not trust in nobles, in man who cannot save. When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die. Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, The Maker of heaven and earth, The sea and everything in them. He remains faithful forever, Executing justice for the exploited And giving food to the hungry. The LORD frees… Read more »
OK. I will be more than glad to write articles about the SEC and why it is the greatest Football Conference in the Football Universe. I will be glad to write articles about the CRIMSON TIDE and why there will never be a football team as great as the University of Alabama Football Team! I promise to be factual in every article and not repeat myself in any article I write. So, Gentlemen, how many articles do you want? 100-150? Just let me know and I will get started. The first one will be titled: “The Day I Saw Bear… Read more »
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God. Matthew 5:9
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23