Boldness

Spiritual boldness comes from walking in the light.

Proverbs 28:1

 Win-Win

Why is it so much easier to forget about

 our own sins than

it is to forget the sins of others? 

Matthew 18:21-35

Our main problem in relationships is selfishness. 

The modern civilization has

 become a self-oriented community,

where relationships are evaluated

 as business-deals and

privacy is exalted as the highest

 goal for a living standard.

Forgiveness will never work as a fifty fifty arrangement.

It seems like bad deal for the one

 who has been offended,

but it actually is an win-win deal

 for all who dare to participate.

His presence will lead us.

Exodus 33:18

The more time, health and wealth you have, the more

opportunities you have to sin.

But the opportunities to glorify God

don’t depend on any of these.

Our priority is not to ask for more money,

but to ask for more revelation of His presence.

“Show me your glory”, Moses said as he understood

that without God’s presence he would be desperately

lost with a million people in the wilderness.

He understood that his leadership didn’t depend on his talents.

It depended on the visibility of God in their midst.

Boredom has to go

There are so many good things in the world that

steal our time from better things.

Sometimes believers live a good but eventless life.

They have forgotten

that they have the power to initiate

the joy of heaven on the earth.

When all things become common, they become

uninteresting. The sense of holiness makes life interesting.

Christ can bring a celebration to all our boredom.

Trust

A handshake is a strong symbol for trust.

I have no weapon in my hand.

I make myself approachable to you.

It’s not possible to work together without trust.

Trust can be lost in one second, but cannot be

restored in a second.

It will take hard work, a lot of continuing forgiveness

and a long time to bring back trust.

Restored trust is a supernatural gift from God.

Slow Faithfulness

Alfiya ushered in by her father on her wedding day.

pic by Eija

The power of love is manifested in faithfulness.

Faithfulness is not a feeling. It's a decision.

The more time you have, the more faithful you can be.

 Greater Love

John 15:13

In order for love to be manifested it must go through trials.

The greatest test for love is time.

"You love me, all right. How long will your love last, till my first failure?"

When married people say, after being married for twenty years,

"We just don't love one another anymore", they can be encouraged to

learn to love one another again. It will be different. Maybe it could

even be Greater Love.