If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head. Proverbs 25:21-22
Have you ever had someone who was really against you eating out of your hands? Most times when people are against you, it is nothing that you have done, but they feel threatened by you or are jealous of you, and sometimes just because of the peace that you have. Learn to kill them with kindness and you will have them eating out of your hands in no time.
So, let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9
“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is within your power to act.”
My heart was hot within me, and I was overcome with anxiety, and the more I thought, the more troubled I became; then I spoke with my tongue. Psalm 39:3
My brothers and sisters in Christ, nothing good could come of words that we speak in anger. We speak amiss, we utter words we cannot take back, our anger is misplaced and it robs us of our peace. When we are troubled or when anxiety threatens to overwhelm us, let us find a quiet place to retreat, to refresh, to regroup, and recollect our thoughts.
“The Lord God is my strength; he will make my feet like deer’s feet, and he will make me walk on my high hills.” Knowing this, I will rejoice in the Lord, trusting him completely.
Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no fruit, though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls, yet, I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7
“Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, for the one who is gracious, compassionate, and righteous. The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. The godly will rejoice in the LORD and find shelter in him. And those who do what is right will praise him.”
I will praise him for what he has done; Let all who are helpless, listen and be glad. Psalm 34:2
“O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help.”
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul. Psalm 66:16
“I cried out to the Lord with my mouth, and his praise was on my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. But certainly, God has heard me, he has attended to the voice of my prayer.” All thanks and praise to God!
“Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer nor his mercy from me.”
Many O Lord are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts towards us cannot be recounted in order, if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Psalm 40:5
“O God whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of Thy people; grant that when we hear his voice, we may know him who calleth us each by name, and follow where he doth lead; who with Thee and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns one God forever and ever. Amen.”
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23
We have so much to be thankful for. Lord, you in your infinite wisdom knows our needs and more importantly when we need it. You give us our fruits in due season, give us grateful, thankful, hearts always.
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing; sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in; that on a Cross, my burdens gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin. When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart. then I shall bow, in humble adoration, and then proclaim: “My God, how great Thou art!” Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee, how great Thou art, How great Thou art.