Friday night, on the way to work, I heard a small part of a Joyce Meyer talk on the radio. What grabbed me was this: God wants us to control self and love others, but we want to love ourselves and control others. Read more…

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A joyful heart makes a cheerful face,
    but with a heartache comes depression.
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The mind of a person who has understanding searches for knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools feed on stupidity.
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Every day is a terrible day for a miserable person,
    but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
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Better to have a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and turmoil.
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Better to have a dish of vegetables where there is love
    than juicy steaks where there is hate.
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A hothead stirs up a fight,
    but one who holds his temper calms disputes. Read more…

Love, heavenly love, the love which Jesus commands us to love, is not an emotion. Read more…

The cross is not a metaphor; it is the avenue which God chose, and Jesus accepted, to take us into the tenaciously loving embrace of the hands of our Creator. Read more…

If you expect your preacher to present an inspiring sermon then you don’t love her. If the preacher expects the assembled people to pay attention then the preacher does not love them. Read more…