Love Or Hate?

In Matthew 5; 43 it says "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'' But in the next verse Jesus says "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." I know you're reading this and saying why would I love people that hate me? We live in a world today where we are taught and its accepted to lash back at those who hate us and have something against us. But is that really the way, if you really think about it what is getting accomplished when we find ourselves going back in forth in a battle of words with friends or family be mindful of the people connected to you.

We all have had people in our life that we didn't get along with and honestly some of us still do. The bible tells us in Matthew 5; 46 "If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?" It's easy to love those who love you. But what about showing love to those who hate you talk about you behind your back. Let God push you pass your haters a lot of the people that hate you want to be you. That’s why its important to understand who you are and be who you are even when it may not seem like the cool because God has a plan for your life.

You Really Confident..

What are you putting your confidence in or better yet what have you put your confidence in? This is something we don't think about as much as we should. The word confidence means putting full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing. I use to put a lot of confidence in myself and the things I could do until I saw that It never work! I would do good for a bit then I would mess up again. We all have put trust in something we like or someone we know and have been let down over time. 

"For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught."

Proverbs 3:26

  

I love how the Bible puts that cause its so true we get so focused on our strength that we forget where it comes from. God gives us the strength that we need to make it through life but we must ask him for it. Next time things get hard and you don't know what to do just call on Jesus and ask him to help you. "God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength but with your testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it" (1 Corinthians 10:13). Understanding this we have all we need when we go to God if we put our confidence in him we will be confident when situations come up.

  

Am I Setting The Right Goals?

What are your goals?

A question that I hear asked a lot is "what are your goals?" and I think that's a really good question and it should be answered. But let me ask a question how can someone know their goals if they don't understand their purpose? Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. Everyone has a purpose but many don't seek after what theirs is and they seek after other things. We all have goals and things we want to accomplish in life and when we don't we wonder why? Your focus
should never be on you. The focus should be on God and what he needs us to do if we focus on this we wont.

          Stress, Worry or Panic

The three words listed above cause so many people in the world so many problems. And the question really is why? Cause if you look at the three words they all can be avoided. If we have the right goals we will keep focus and when stress comes we will get over it and then we wont worry cause God will give us peace and we wont panic when things get hard because we trust Jesus and not ourselves. What are you goals and do you know your purpose?