Start Your Day With Faith

Hate is toxic and it poisons both you and the person you have hateful feelings for.  Hate is a bridge to mend conflict and come to a place of peace and love.  Have you ever been there?

He/she is a bad seed, never going to amount to anything...stay away.  Funny thing is, God doesn't think like that.  Do you have a rebel in your life that could use more of YOU and your influence?

If you have ever lived through a situation that could have gone wrong, but somehow, it didn't, that's not luck, or your lucky day.  That day, you were surrounded by faith.  A guardian angel.  Yeah, just for you.  That's amazing, isn't it?

Forgiving someone?  Not an easy task.  Not forgiving someone?  Damaging to your peace of mind.  But how to you forgive, wisely?  Listen and learn.

This is not an easy question to answer, because we all have different aspects of our lives that contribute to His will for us.  Most importantly, you need to discover who you are and how you can serve.  Can you do that?

The Bible tells us very clearly like the verse from Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.  

Simple question but sometimes hard to answer.  Yes, God is right there, every day, right beside us.  Isn't that amazing?  

So, what do you believe?  Did God create the universe and the life in that universe?  Listen to the simple truth.

You can't move forward in your life, if you don't believe in who you are.  Life sometimes has a way of diminishing what we think about ourselves.  Confidence, never an easy emotion to grasp, but essential if we want our lives to be rich with positive outcomes.

Have you ever been part of a conversation where your preoccupation with something else has you so distracted, you didn't hear a word?  That happens sometimes when God speaks to us.  Learn to be a better listener and benefit from His wisdom.

Today might not be the best day in your life.  So how do you look to God and say "thanks"?  Not easy, but necessary.

In life, we accumulate stuff.  Then we have to get a storage locker to keep all that stuff.  Admit it, stuff on earth stays on earth after we've moved on.  Treasurers in Heaven live forever.

Ever feel like you didn't deserve something and wonder why God decided to drop that gift at your front door?  The gift was given with love and it IS for you.  Go ahead and accept it.

God did not promise a life void of trouble and issues.  He did promise to be right beside us in the good times and the bad times.  Consider that promise the next time your day is less than perfect.

Okay, truth sometimes hurts.  You can't handle truth is a wrong message.  Because we all can, and we all must understand it.  Trust in God when the truth hurts just a bit.

Well, you can sing, right?  Even a little off key is okay with God.  We all have a voice to share his message.

Can you imagine living on earth when Jesus walked the earth?  How would it feel to be there, right now, with you by his side?  

Yes, there can be too much of a good thing.  From too many trips to the buffet to too many bad choices that seemed good.  Be careful where you go when you're looking for good.

We almost always start each day with a fresh charge of energy.  How we end each day should still be charged with God's purpose in our lives.  

Humiliation never feels good.  Believing in who you are can be a shield.  Understanding who you are in God's eyes can be a powerful way to ever being humiliated.

Our world can have an impact on what we do and what we believe in.  God, on the other hand, has everything already figured out.  Let your source of hope come from Him, not our world.

Yesterday is an anchor that pulls us down and away from tomorrow.  Anchors are good for boats, not good for you.

We are stubborn people.  Sometimes it takes a swift nudge to change our attitude.  God can help.

Are you a good listener?  Sometimes God is reaching out and we're not listening.  Serving God is being a good listener and a strong responder to His request of us.

Prayer time is very personal and sometimes we don't totally get into the place where we need to be.  Has that ever happened to you?