Disappointments, a jaded outlook on life—right through to willful sin and pride—are all devastating to our spiritual life. Let's let the warning of the hardhearted remind us to stay open to anything and everything God has to say to us. We do this by staying in His Word, by welcoming His presence as we worship Him, by serving others, and by simply taking the time to listen as He speaks.

Even if today you feel completely unsure that things will work out, keep the faith. God is faithful to His promises.

True happiness, true peace is only found in seeking God with all our heart. When we love God and His Word, we are able to walk with integrity and a quiet calm that defies everything happening all around us. There

Being Spirit led is simply hearing from God and obeying what he says. Sounds simple, right? It is, but it's also incredibly challenging.

if you stay still for long enough, the universe whispers its secrets to you.

There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in hell, choose it.

Attentive reading of God's Word will set you up for frequent Holy Spirit warnings as He uses Scripture to set off alarms of danger in your life. As you grow spiritually, you may discover direct "prompts" God's Spirit gives, but they will always be in harmony with what God says in His Word.

The marquee scrolling across our minds trying to reinterpret life reads: "God-Against-Us." This becomes the dominant lens through which our flesh interprets life. We no longer give our loving Father the benefit of the doubt. Instead, we view every event as conclusive proof that God is against us.

For those who love God all things work together for good.

I want nothing to be off-limits to God. He can have free access to all that I am, everywhere I go, all the time.

God calls us to have strength in our character and conduct, not simply a stiff upper lip in sorrow or a stubborn persistence during hardship. Secondarily, because the word is "passive voice," we know that the strength God demands He also provides. The strength does not come from a place inside us but a source beyond ourselves, namely, the Lord.

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