Love your family members whether they believe in God or not. Love everyone in the world regardless of their faith or lack of it. Love everyone in the same way you would want others to love you. And this is the way we should love. We should love others because they are our brothers and sisters in this world. This is so because we all have the same Father. And he is God.
Believe in the improbable dream. No matter how hopeless it looks, God can fulfil it. If your dream was put in your heart by God, then he will bring it to pass. Just hold on to it, and never let it slip away. For God who let you dream will also let you enjoy the fulfilment of your dream. He is your Father, waiting to give you the joy you have been waiting for. Don't forget this today.
You are a child of God. You have the favour of God in your life. Believe it and say it today. God loves you and cares for you. Don't forget that ever.
It is not too late for you. God has a good plan for you. There is a time for everything in your life. So if your time has not yet arrived, don't panic. Don't lose hope. Our God is a miracle worker. He knows how to do what you think is no longer possible in your life. Just hang in there with hope. God will not break the heart of the one who trusts in him.
Don't get anyone to believe in God. That's not your job. Tell them about God as you see him, as you have experienced him. And if they are drawn to God after that, may God be praised for even that.
Don't forget to bless all people today. Everyone is important, even the one you do not know, and may never know. Just bless everyone, especially the one you hate and despise. For if you were to bless such a person, it will be truly special. When you bless like that, you will move beyond your human limits into the realm of God.
Don't feel hopeless no matter how hopeless your situation seems. God is working on your case, and you will see what he has done in plain sight one day. If you have suffered a lot, don't be sad. For God has seen fit to let you go through this suffering. It is because you are his special warrior that you have been given this great trial. Think like that. Go on like that.
Are we behaving well is not as important as why are we behaving well.
I don't try to write what I cannot write. I don't try to speak what I cannot speak. Knowing my limits is as important as knowing my strengths.
Let us try to see a loving. accepting God today, not a critical, disapproving one. Only love compels sincere behaviour. A disapproving, overbearing nature may bring about obedience, but it will be a compliance without willingness and a service without love. Such things are best avoided.
Some prayers have been answered. But are you happy with those answers today? Are you giving thanks for what has been granted to you?
Today try to love what you have, and be grateful for it.
Do good always, as well as you can do it. If sin is in it, let it be so. For sin is never out of it till you get out of this world. Sin cannot be done away with in human strength. It is better to pursue God than to run away from sin.
The only justification for positive thinking is that there is a God in this world, who loves us all. and cares for us, and is waiting to reveal his goodness to us. But positive thinking alone is not enough. We must walk towards God, so that he may walk towards us.
The one who mourns today will be comforted later. I can only wonder what will happen to the one who rejoices today.
Life is a journey. It cannot be conducted again. It is travelled once. The decisions that one makes during this journey cannot be reversed. One should live with the consequences of such decisions, and move on, without crying over spilt milk. For much milk is spilt, and there is little time to cry over all of it, while we intend to move forward. For such is the goal of the journey. One needs to move forward, until one is halted abruptly, usually without much warning. We need to move on today. We cannot afford to sit and cry, at least not for too long.
Not all are healed. Some sit in wheelchairs all their lives. Some never recover their mobility, despite many trips to miracle crusades. Some people never change. Some never accept God no matter how much you pray for them. Some prodigal sons never return. Some believers turn into unbelievers later, for the contradictions are too much to bear. Some God lovers turn into world lovers for the world is too attractive to them. Some faith healers themselves die without healing. Some prayers are never answered. Sometimes one receives evil for good. These are the facts concerning the life of faith. You either face them or walk away from them, bearing your own sugar-coated version of what is reality for others.
How do you help people? You help people by telling the truth, as you see it, and you tell it as sensitively as possible.
Knowing where suffering is from is not as important as the realization that a life for God involves suffering. "In this life you will have many troubles", said Jesus. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous" says the Bible. One need not debate the place of suffering in the Christian life any further.
As much as there is needless suffering there is needed suffering. Jesus Christ told us to carry the cross and follow him. That is not a life without suffering.
Praising God is simply acknowledging the goodness of God. It is no insincere, exaggerated statement of God's doings in your life. It is stating the facts as they are.
Welcome to all my new friends. And greetings to all my old friends in the love of Christ. I have prayed to God that my messages should reach all people in the world, especially the young. May God enable the young to come to me, and may they connect with the message of love, which God has placed in my heart. I encourage everyone to be my friend. Yet life is neither easy nor straightforward. Reaching out to people is often frustrating. But I go on with the hope that my work will overcome man-made barriers and reach the places that God has purposed for it. May his will be done in the world, and in my life and my work.
True strength emerges from how you perceive yourself. It shouldn't matter what anyone thinks or says about you. What people do is their business. And what you should do is to see yourself as God sees you. You are his child, uniquely gifted and with a purpose that only you can fulfil, and he is in control of your life, no matter how tortuous your road is. You should not only see this in your mind, but also see it repetitively, until it becomes a part of you. And then every thought, word and deed of yours will be filtered through that perception.
It is weakness that keeps me desiring strength.
No one possesses the whole truth. Truth emerges from many men and women, and from their collective experiences. And even then, truth may not emerge in its completeness. For man is incomplete in understanding and partial in his knowledge. Even Saint Paul who wrote decisively about the Christian faith said, "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part". Let us not forget this assessment, as we grapple with truth, even biblical truth.
I should let people live their lives. This is my greatest act of love for them.
