Criticism
Read Nehemiah 6:1-14 and notice how Nehemiah handled criticism. He kept his cool, he considered the source, he refused to get discouraged, he went to God in prayer, and he kept building the wall!
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Read Nehemiah 6:1-14 and notice how Nehemiah handled criticism. He kept his cool, he considered the source, he refused to get discouraged, he went to God in prayer, and he kept building the wall!
The nation to whom the prophet Isaiah wrote was going through the empty motions of a hollow religion. All the right words, all the right appearances, but zero results.
Others won't care how much we know until they know how much we care.
God will reward you for pressing on, for your faithfulness, and you will forget the pain, and, like never before, you will laugh!
If Mr. Defeat is busily engaged as the foreman of your factory, fire yours and hire ours! You will be amazed at how smoothly the plant will run under His leadership.
Some folks serve the almighty dollar far more faithfully than the Almighty God. They get greater delight out of balancing the budget than watching the Lord multiply the loaves and fishes.
Behind the maze is the Master.
Satan doesn't come to us with horns and pitchfork. He often comes wrapped in attractive and innocent guise.
Take time to read, slowly and carefully, through 2 Corinthians 11-13. List the hardships the Apostle Paul endured.
The Christian life isn't an 11-day race. It's a lifetime journey full of more dangers and pitfalls than a hundred Iditarods.