DON’T STAY QUIET “If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14 NLT). God has given us something good…
AFTER THE ANGER GOES AWAY “But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made” (Esther 2:1 NLT). When we are angry we don’t think clearly and we make hasty decisions. The Bible says that King Xerxes did not think before getting angry,…
HOW TO MANAGE OUR EMOTIONS We learned that our emotions need to be controlled, but how do we manage them correctly? “Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles” (Psalm 55:2 NLT). We need to name them. First, we have to identify what we are feeling, whether it is frustration, anger or…
NOT BY MIGHT NOR POWER “So, he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty” (Zachariah 4:6 NIV). There are many situations in life that will make us react and enforce justice in our own strength, emotions or human wisdom, but the Word of God…
Why do I have to learn to manage my emotions? ““The most important commandment is this: The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (Mark 12:29-30 NLT). When you are under pressure because of your emotions, anger,…
WHAT DO YOU SEE? SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGH “Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.” The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you…
ATTITUDES TO CONQUER “Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it” (Numbers 13:30 NIV). Moses sent twelve spies to Canaan to evaluate the land, ten of them returned with a negative and discouraging report because they had the wrong…
GIANTS THAT CAN STOP YOUR DREAMS There are giants that can hinder us from reaching our dreams. God created you with a dream. Nothing that you see today started as what you see right now, in fact, it all started with a dream in someone’s mind and heart. God has dreams for your life, but…
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW ENEMIES IN OUR LIFE? “The Lord had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua” (Judges 2:23 NIV). God gave the people of Israel the victory over their enemies in order to possess the promised land. They conquered most of…
ROYAL ATTITUDE AND APTITUDE “The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service. Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in…