God's Word on That

Tag: Daily Slice

  • Steadfast Faith

    The key to steadfast faith is in the question: Do you base your faith on what God does or who He is? Every believer falls into one of the two categories. Putting faith in only what He does means you are fueled by sight, which gives a roller coaster – not steadfast – faith. The other choice is a faith that walks steadfastly with God for the pleasure of His company, not His results.

    Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld (2 Chronicles 20:20). Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).

    To reduce anxiety over a problem:

    1. Restate the problem, for a problem well-stated is half solved.
    2. Separate fact from assumption; if you accept assumption as truth, your mind will be pulled to the breaking point.
    3. Determine what is in your control and what is not.
    4. Take control of what is your responsibility.
    5. Once you have handled your responsibility, turn your attention to helping others and away from self-absorption. This brings inner peace as well as love, and God will handle the details.
    Circumstances do not matter. Have faith in God and He will not disappoint you.

  • Satan Preys on the Proud

    1 Peter 5:1-10 and James 4:6-10 talk of spiritual conflict that follows any expression of pride. Where we do not deny ourselves, we give ground to the enemy. Our battle is not in the earthly realm, but by using faith in the spiritual realm.

    Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you (James 4:7-8).

    If you don’ resist, he doesn’t have to go. Or if you pull the covers over your head and say “O God do something about this”, the evil spirits don’t have to leave. Resisting is your responsibility based on authority you possess in Christ.

    Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18). The bigger the ego, the harder the fall.

    Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5).

    A life tuned to the melody of grace that I claim I believe is the life that is destined for me. Doing good, being like Christ Jesus, is the answer to any opposition, cynicism, or persecution.

    Pride makes us lonely creatures. We are meant to display God’s graces.

  • Made For Eternity

    Faith is based on the understanding that the world was created by the Word of God. The Word of God is the permanent real, and the world created from it is secondary, not eternal.

    By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Hebrews 11:3).

    Faith must look to the Word behind the world, for we were made for eternity, not time.

    The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever (1 John 2:17). Everyone born of God overcomes the world (1 John 5:4). For in this world we are like Him (1 John 4:17), aliens and strangers in the world (1 Peter 2:11) but the elect of God (1 Peter 1:1).

    Let us not cling to the world for we were made for eternity.

  • Sword For the Spirit

    Many people forget, or have not learned, that the Bible is not just a theological book, but a self-contained supernatural power referred to by God Himself as a “sword” for the spiritual realm. The inspired Word has the power to reach to the inmost parts of one’s personality and to judge the innermost thoughts.

    I did not come to bring peace, but a sword (Matthew 10:34).

    If you won’t resist the Holy Spirit, the power of God will melt you down. The Holy Spirit will so take charge of you that you will be filled to the uttermost with the over-flowing of His grace! If you allow yourself to rise up in spirit today, you will edify yourself. For we must be edified before we can edify those around us.

    The body without the spirit is dead (James 2:26). But the mind controlled by the spirit is life and peace (Romans 8:6). The Spirit gives life, the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken are spirit and they are life (John 6:63).

    Why God created the tangible universe and placed us in it is a mystery to us. But be sure of this: it – the world and every tangible thing – is passing away, while we will not.

    We may enjoy the universe God has made, but don’t get deceived into thinking that is all there is.

  • The Sabbath Rest

    Hebrews chapter 4 speaks of a Sabbath Rest available to God’s people (Hebrews 4:9). Under the old covenant, it was observed as a day in the week. But under the New Covenant, it is spoken of as a spiritual place of rest. It is a privilege of every believer to refuse to worry about earthly problems and enter this resting place.

    Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience (Hebrews 4:11).

    “Strive” means to make a priority of the effort; or indifference could lead to the same disobedience the author is warning us against. While “disobedience” is a willful failure to trust God. The Israelites in the desert forgot God’s multiple displays of goodness and rebelled against the hardships that are an inevitable part of liberation. “Don’t be like them!” the author warns.

    The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27).

    The Sabbath Rest takes us to a higher place, away from the world and closer to our Father.

  • Trust in the Light

    Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me (John 14:1).

    Flowers don’t worry about how they are going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light, and that makes them beautiful. (Jim Carrey)

    Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light (John 12:36). Some trust in chariots, and some in horses… we trust in the name of the Lord our God (Psalm 20:7).

    Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips – so that your trust may be in the Lord (Proverbs 22:17-19).

    Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and the justice of your cause like the noonday sun (Psalm 35:5-6). Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 35:4).

    Trust in the Light, for He makes us beautiful.

  • Sharing of Truth

    The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives (Albert Einstein).

    God, our Savior, wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:4). We are part of God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15) because of the truth which lives in us (2 John 2). So then, we must work together for the truth (3 John 8)

    You have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth (1 John 2:20). Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth (1John 3:18). “Preach the Gospel at all times; use words if necessary”.

    Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15). This is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence (1 John 3:18-19).

    It is our responsibility to share truth – to live it and display it.

  • Blessed Are You

    Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

    Joy comes from knowing we are not alone. Prayer is the ongoing conversation we have – spirit to Spirit – with the Creator of the Cosmos, who deigns to want to speak with us. Thanksgiving is the great reminder that we have been blessed – no matter what the circumstances say.

    Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him (Romans 4:7-8). Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed (John 20:29).

    Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey it (Luke 11:28). Faith comes from hearing the message (Romans 10:17).

    Just hearing the Word blesses us! So read it aloud.

  • An Attitude of Gratitude

    Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God (Philippians 4:6).

    It is easy for us to turn prayer into a request-line. God wants to hear our prayers, but to keep them from becoming too self-focused, God wants us always to remember to give thanks.

    It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night (Psalm 92:1-2). For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:4). So whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through [and for] Him (Colossians 3:17).

    May my heart show compassion and my words thanksgiving; and like the universe and all creation, may my very being sing praises to our God. 

    Gratitude sweetens our walk.

  • Contentment

    The only antidote to covetousness is contentment. Covetousness can hit us in the face any time we turn around; if we let it. The world has a spirit of greed today. But as a Christian, we need to grow to a point that it doesn’t take material things to make us happy. We can wake up happy each day just because we know Jesus is alive!

    I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything though Him who gives me strength (Philippians 4:12-13). For Godliness with contentment is great gain (1 Timothy 6:6).

    We need as much as will make us physically, mentally, and spiritually fit for the purposes of the kingdom of God. Anything beyond that belongs to someone else’s needs. No one can decide for you what your needs are; that must be worked out between you and God. Also remember that needs contribute to your health whereas luxury (excess beyond need) chokes.

    When content, we notice the beauty that surrounds us, while our inner beauty is on display for others.