Paul set the standard for how single people should embrace serving God. He spent every moment knowing God and doing His will.
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Do you ever get fixated on the future? Admittedly, I’ve spent much of my life looking ahead. A few years ago, I moved to the Philippines for three months. The first night in my new apartment, alone and very homesick, I downloaded an app for counting down the days until I left.
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Our lives are full of questions; spoken and unspoken, answered and unanswered. In Ecclesiastes 1:9 we read, ‘There’s nothing new under the sun’, and this is never so obvious as when we consider how people have always pondered questions - from the earliest of Bible times through to today. Jesus himself lived with such experience, just as we do.
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Before listening to me, a random man talking about doctrine, or the people around you - go to the Word of God. Then, look at the fruit of that person’s life. Make your decisions for yourself. My main concern is that every woman know they can hear from God for themselves, have a personal relationship with Him, and can proclaim His name.
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At a glance, Goodness is the "muscle" of the group. While kindness is the soft word spoken to someone in pain, goodness is the moral backbone that leads you to do the right thing even when it’s unpopular or requires a "tough love" approach. It is the bridge between a good heart and a good life.
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I bask in that promise. Even when the doubts and worries begin to sneak in, I just have to remember that moment and those three little words and the shadows disappear, because my God has made me a special promise. And heaven and earth may pass away, but His words will never disappear (Luke 21:33).
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To make sure your faith is in the right place, you need to check your heart, pray and ask God for help.
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Doxology, from the Greek doxa, meaning glory, and logos, meaning word. Taken together, one could interpret this as a spoken word of praise. With my liturgical heritage, Doxology was beautifully woven through our church service and even extended into fellowship meals following the service.
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I would be very afraid. But after being swallowed by the fish, Jonah repents in prayer and is expelled by the large whale. He gives his message of doom and destruction - and to his surprise, the Ninevites repent in sackcloth and ashes (3:5-9). God relents the disaster he said he would bring upon them, and this makes Jonah extremely upset.
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Follow your heart. Be true to yourself. Believe in yourself. Live your truth. All that matters is that you are happy. Manifest that. We have all heard at least one of these mantras. If you have social media especially, you have seen one of these posted. Our society speaks these phrases daily. I have seen them on Instagram, seen them in cute script as a tattoo, heard them in casual conversations, and had them quoted by different trainers I exercise with online. They are lies. While they have a nice ring and look pretty when we write them in an aesthetically pleasing font for a post, they are lies. They are not biblical or words Jesus spoke.
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The Word of God is replete with exhortations to not be afraid, one popular suggestion being that it is written 365 times in scripture, one verse for every day of the year. Regardless of the exact number, the implication is clear: victory over fear is possible when we fix our eyes of faith on the Lord.
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The Bible mentions slowing down by talking about a spiritual discipline involving intentional stillness, rest, and a shift from self-reliance to a trusting dependence on God’s timing and strength. Slowing down is hard for everyone.
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Waiting is hard, even if you are generally a patient person, and patience is a fruit of the spirit which makes it even harder. The Bible tells us to be patient, it’s not easy to be patient. A Biblical waiting season is an active and purposeful period of trusting God, cultivating patience, and deepening one's faith.
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So, what keeps you going? How do you know and see and feel? Why do you live and eat and sleep? For everything that is ever done, there is purpose. Nothing happens through coincidence. In all of this, we all hunger for something: purpose, power, to be loved, or do something that fills the hole in your heart. You were made for something so much more: to be restored in your relationship with God as Eve and Adam were in the garden of Eden with God face to face.
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The sunflowers need the “sun” in order to grow bigger, stronger/taller, and to thrive in the field. We, as believers, need the “Son” for the same reasons. God, like that farmer, has placed or “planted” each one of us in a specific area/location or “field” for this very reason (Colossians 2:7, 2 Peter 3:18, Proverbs 16:9).
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