Proverbs 14:30 – Amplified  – A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 14:30 – Message Paraphrase  –A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones. Proverbs 18:14- KJV –The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Proverbs 18:14- NLT – The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed s

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:23). We are spirit beings who have souls and live in bodies. Our souls are made up of our mind, our emotions and our willpower or volition. Today, I want to discuss the use of our emotions, but let me mention a few things first. God gave us every sense to be used for His glory. With our spirit, we

Today I continue the series on the Characteristics of Love. Check out the last 4 blogs if this is your first in this series! Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…(1 Corinthians 13: 4-8). D

The family, consisting of a man and woman in a marriage relationship, is the basis for any human society. If marriage loses its value, then that society is in danger of collapse. Marriage and family are God’s plan to pass values and morality from one generation to the next. And, as goes the family, so goes the nation. In our nation, we have more couples living together in fornication and having children than ever before. And now, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that mar

The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to hear as the learned (Isaiah 50:4). Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love (Ephesians 4:2 – NLT). Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility,

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…(1 Corinthians 13: 4-8). I want to finish discussing The other side of love today. Remember that love does not rejoice in injustice and unrighteousness