At times we say things we shouldn’t say. At other times we praise God with the same tongue that we curse people. The issue is that we want to be careful to develop Godly patterns as the routine of our life. This keeps character issues.

“Your character is essentially the sum of your habits; it is how you habitually act.”

It

Practicing the courage and patience, and letting the Lord into the process of forgiveness becomes like exercising a muscle, it grows stronger and stronger. Together with Him, we can come to a point where forgiveness is intuitive, a blessed way to live!

There is something about worship that recalibrates the soul. But worship is not the natural instinct of the depressed person. 

When gloom closes in and all that once drove our life fades, we tend to want to pull the blanket over our head and bail out on God and everybody else.

But the writer willed himself to come to worship. There are deeply helpful benefits to gathering with God's people.

As Christians, we understand that our beliefs and lifestyle can make us unpopular and even offensive to others. Often, we end up flowing against the current of how our culture defines right and wrong, and what is offensive.

Our reward is “imperishable, undefiled, and unfading,” kept for us in heaven (1 Peter 1:4).

But how many real friends do you have?  I’m talking about people for whom you’d be willing to go to the ends of the earth—and they would be willing to do the same for you.  You can probably count them on one hand.

Therefore, I stand here before you this morning to remind us that as the church, we bear the responsibility and accountability to hold up and stand firm on the pillar and foundation of the truth that GOD NEVER CHANGES.

Only one person in the whole of God’s universe has the absolute right to occupy the first place in your life and mine; others may seek to have the first place, but it is not their right to seek or to obtain it.

John is saying that if we REALLY UNDERSTAND the DEFINITION of LOVE – that GOD is LOVE & we CLAIM to BELONG to GOD & if we DERIVE OUR SOURCE from HIM then we CANNOT be ANYTHING OTHER than PEOPLE WHO LOVE & EXPRESS the LOVE of GOD.

Do not give way to fear.  You are God’s and He loves you.  He will bring you through!

You are not alone! Trust God to heal you. He can heal your broken heart, but you have to give him all the pieces.