OUR PRAYERS ...

"Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference."

Max Lucado, 

out of his book He Still Moves Stones

GOD'S FORGIVENESS

"God does not forgive all people indiscriminately; He waits until they turn to Him with 

prayers of repentance."

Note re: Psalm 86:5 from The Life Application Study Bible.

FAITH LOOKS UP!

THE LORD PROVIDES

OUR WRONG DESIRES VS. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

The will of the Holy Spirit is in constant opposition to our sinful desires. The two are on opposite sides of the spiritual battle.

Our wrong desires are:

1 - EVIL

2 - DESTRUCTIVE

3 - EASY TO IGNITE

4 - DIFFICULT TO STIFLE

5 - SELF-CENTERED

6 - OPPRESSIVE & POSSESSIVE

7 - DECADENT

8 - SINFUL

9 - DEADLY

The Fruit of the Spirit is diametrically opposed to sinful desires:

1 - GOOD

2 - PRODUCTIVE

3 - DIFFICULT TO IGNITE

4 - EASY TO STIFLE

5 - SELF-GIVING

6 - LIBERATING & NUTURING

7 - UPLIFTING

8 - HOLY

9 - ABUNDANT LIFE*

* The  Life Application Study Bible.

YOU ARE NO ACCIDENT

"You can judge the value & the worth of a product by looking at the one who made it. 

You are no accident. 

You were created by God for God." 

Mary Sutherland

International Christian Speaker & Co-Founder of 

Girlfriends in God, a conference and devotional ministry.

Link: http://www.marysoutherland.com