Category: Nuggets for Life

I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES          Behavior is a mirror in which we show our image.  There is nothing truly great in any man except character.  The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.  Character is not  made in a crisis but… Continue reading I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES

FOCUS ON POTENTIAL, NOT LIMITATIONS     In order to succeed at being yourself, build confidence, and overcome insecurity you must focus on potential instead of limitations.   Focus on your strengths instead of your weaknesses.       We cannot do anything and everything that everyone else is doing or anything we want to do.  We can do anything… Continue reading FOCUS ON POTENTIAL, NOT LIMITATIONS

  HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE DIFFERENT If you are going to overcome insecurity and be the person you are called to be in Christ, you must have the courage to be different.  You are going to have to take a chance on not being like everyone else. As believers, our sense of worth has to… Continue reading HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE DIFFERENT

  2 Corinthians 3:13,17,18  “We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away…..Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect… Continue reading WORD FOR THE WEEK February 15, 2015

GOD’S WORD FOR NOW….   MEEK AIN’T WEAK     The word meek has a bad reputation.  Most people hear it and think of someone cowering in timidity, but that’s not what the word means.  It actually means “power under control.”        Meekness doesn’t come naturally.  Often, we see the  opposite extreme of angry defiance or wilting… Continue reading GOD’S WORD FOR NOW…. MEEK AIN’T WEAK

  SOME PEOPLE ANNOY US.. They interrupt us when we’re trying to concentrate, ignore us when we need their help, or give us unwanted advice.  Sometimes, the best we can do is tolerate them.       Tolerating people is not loving them, and God has set a high standard for us in relationships.  God has imparted… Continue reading SOME PEOPLE ANNOY US..

“HOLD ON TO HOPE….”  BIBLICAL HOPE Be hopeful. God is working in our world. Through all of the pain and conflict, in the personal and private tragedies as well as in the public world-shaking crises – our God is at work to bring about His peace on earth. Consider these ten benefits of hope to… Continue reading “HOLD ON TO HOPE….” BIBLICAL HOPE

“Help Is On The Way” Michael w. Smith People say time will heal But you know, they just don’t feel what you feel Times are hard but God is so goodHe’s never failed you, and He said He never would He see’s your tearsHe fights your fears   [CHORUS] Hold on, help is on the… Continue reading “Help Is On The Way”

         Three friends die in a car accident and they go to an orientation in heaven. They are all asked, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?”              The first guy says, “ I would like… Continue reading WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU?

“COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS, NAME THEM ONE BY ONE..” Don’t wait for Thanksgiving to be “thankful.”   Begin today, counting your blessings instead of counting your problems.  We used to sing that old hymn, “Count Your Blessings.”       “When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,      When you are discouraged thinking all is lost,     Count your… Continue reading “COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS, NAME THEM ONE BY ONE..”

Place Your Life Before GodSo here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture… Continue reading Place Your Life Before God

    Certain kinds of roots can be dug up, dried, ground, and mixed with oil to make dyes to color fabric.  A dye misused causes a terrible stain. Bitterness is like a misused dye–it colors how we look at life, and it stains every relationship.     People who are bitter feel they have every right… Continue reading ROOTS OF BITTERNESS…..by Zig Ziglar

A LITTLE KINDNESS…Zig Ziglar     If you want to be on the receiving e4nd of kindness, you have to show kindness to others first.  It’s the law of sowing and reaping.  Mercy is responding compassionately to someone’s hurt, going the extra mile to help people in need, and being willing to listen when someone wants to… Continue reading A LITTLE KINDNESS…Zig Ziglar

Our Worship of God…from Carroll Parish     Our worship of God is greatly affected by our view of God.  Is He almighty?  Majestic?  All-powerful?  Or is He our image?       How we see Him will determine how sincerely we worship,  and the depth of our worship of Him.  A low vision of God will bring forth… Continue reading Our Worship of God…from Carroll Parish

THE WELL OF THE HEART….Zig Ziglar “Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”  Matthew 15:11 “The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut out.”  Proverbs 10:31     Most of us think very little about our communication.… Continue reading THE WELL OF THE HEART….Zig Ziglar

Life Promises He who walks with the wise will be wise.  But the companion of fools will be destroyed.       Proverbs 13:20 “True wisdom is the ability to really live, to squeeze every drop of meaning out of life, and to look to God to give us the greatest adventure life has to offer.  Can you… Continue reading Life Promises

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU   by Joyce Meyer “Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that are ruining the vineyards….”  Song of Solomon 2:15     Little disappointments can create frustration, which in turn may lead to bigger problems that can produce a great deal of damage.  Minor annoyances can upset us just as much as huge disappointments.… Continue reading GOD’S WORD FOR YOU by Joyce Meyer

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU…… Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petitions, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6-7

“Fear not (there is nothing to fear), for I am with you;  do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My (victorious) right and of… Continue reading FEAR NOT………..

“How truly amazing that in our powerless, hopeless, sinful state we were given a redeemer; a Redeemer who left heaven and was made like one of us in humans flesh because we needed a Savior who was near of kin. But we needed more than someone related to us. We needed someone who was able… Continue reading “I AM REDEEMED!”……..