Sufferings Dealing With Man

How often we provoke Him in our wildernesses and grieve Him in our desert wanderings!

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man (Psalm 118:8)

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless (Psalm 60:11).

Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless (Psalm 108:12).

Resentment = when you allow your heart to turn into hate.  Hate, simmering in your heart, only causes bitterness and you alone suffer it.  Forget the hurt!  There is no other emotion that imprisons the soul like the unwillingness to forgive.

For if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives [only] himself (Galatians 6:3).

Profoundly take note: the humble seem to always be at peace.  The proud are most often envious and angry.

Anger is the cancer of the spirit.  Anger doesn’t do any good.  It only feeds a primitive lust for revenge, which feeds our anger… [see how the cycle begins!]

A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; for if you rescue him, you will have to do it again [and again].    (Proverbs 19:19)

Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.  A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions (Luke 12:15).

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for which some have… pierced themselves with many sorrows  (1 Timothy 6:10).

Blind ambition is one giant step away from God and closer to catastrophe.

Turn my eyes away from worthless things…   (Psalm 119:37)

Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil (Psalm 141:4).

There is no gift that, after having been a help, will not become a snare and a hindrance to the soul that rests in it.  So God often takes away what He has given.  (Fenelon)

People are a source of joy, not a source of stress.  God sees each one of us as having value, so do not judge!

A pearl lost in the mud is not less valuable.  A pearl coated with balm is not more valuable.  We have our value from our Father, and how and where we live cannot change that.   (Sayings of Yeshua)

For the real riches, try switching kingdoms.

Consider carefully how you listen.  Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he [thinks he] has will be taken from him!  (Luke 8:18)