Got Nerves?

Posted on June 29, 2010 by WomanAlive

You’ve got nerves, I’ve got nerves, we all have nerves!  So what happens when someone gets on them?  I usually keep my mouth closed so my foot won’t go in it!  Notice I said usually, it’s a work in progress for sure.
What does God say about how we should handle anger?
Proverbs 29:11,20
(11)A fool vents  all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.  (20) Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The problem with anger is that it may lead us to lose control of our conduct and lash out at others with foolish words or deeds that are intended to hurt others and may be regretted later. By contrast, a wise man will control himself, even when he is angry.
The Bible teaches that our words and deeds are controlled by our thoughts. We must learn to control our thoughts and emotions, because harboring sinful thoughts will lead to sinful conduct. [Prov. 4:23; Matt. 15:18]
Ephesians 4:31,32
Not all anger is sinful (v26), but we should put away anger that is associated with bitterness, clamor (“loud quarreling” – NKJV), evil speaking, and malice. It is the opposite of kindness, tenderheartedness, and forgiveness (v32).
Anger is sinful when it leads us to lose control so that, instead of being helpful to others, we become abusive, saying evil or hateful things intended to hurt them. Or we may simply not care about how we affect them. [Col. 3:8; 2 Cor. 12:20]

Do you feel Inadequate? Me too!

Posted on July 23, 2010 by WomanAlive

I was taking a look at Joyce Meyers magazine online this morning and the headline “Do you feel inadequate? ” jumped out at me!   I’m thinking “Great, now here’s an article I need to read!”  I wonder, do you feel that way too?  Below I’ve given you the link to the magazine PDF, I hope it will help you realized you aren’t alone in the way you might be feeling right now and I pray it ministers to you.  Here’s part of what BY STASI ELDREDGE had to say about feeling inadequate…

“I have friends who are absolutely
beautiful. But when someone pays them
a compliment, you can see it bounce off
them like a tennis ball.” … (more)

STASI ELDREDGE is a writer and speaker, and the leader of the women’s ministries of Ransomed Heart. She and her husband, John, cowrote the bestseller “Captivating.” Their newest book, “Love & War: Finding the Marriage You Dreamed Of,” is about learning to fight for each other instead of with each other.  The Eldredges live in Colorado.   www.ransomedheart.com

Bitterness Hinders Hearing … Asthma Solution …

Posted on July 13, 2010 by WomanAlive

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Bitterness Hinders Hearing… (Joyce Meyer)

July 13 Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind). — Ephesians 4:31 Bitterness toward God is a sure hindrance to hearing His voice. Any-time bitterness tries to take hold of you, refuse it. Many times, the devil tries to make us think we are the only ones having a hard time. I don’t mean to sound unsympathetic, but no matter how bad our problems are, someone else always has a worse problem. A woman worked for me whose husband walked out on her after thirty-nine years of marriage. He simply left her a note, and was gone. It was a tragedy for her! I was so proud of her when she came to me after a few weeks and said, “Joyce, please pray for me that I will not get mad at God. Satan is tempting me so severely to get mad at Him. I can’t get mad at God. He’s the only friend I have. I need Him!” Bitterness was trying to take root in my friend’s heart because her life had not turned out the way she wanted it to. When we get hurt, we must realize that every person has a free will and we can’t control that free will—even through prayer. We can pray that God will speak to people who may hurt us; we can ask Him to lead them to do right instead of wrong, but the bottom line is that He must leave them to make their own choices. If someone makes a choice that hurts us, we shouldn’t blame it on God and become bitter toward Him.

God’s word for you today: If you get hurt, don’t ever blame God.  He is the best friend you have. From the book Hearing from God Each Morning: 365 Daily Devotions by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2010 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

The Love of God!

Posted on July 10, 2010 by WomanAlive

Put together all the tenderest love you know of, the deepest you have ever felt and the strongest that has ever been poured out upon you, and heap upon it all the love of all the loving human hearts in the world, and then multiply it by infinity, and you will begin perhaps to have some faint glimpses of the love and grace of God!