Lord, Help Me Be Kind When I Don’t Want To!

Be kind! Especially when everything in you screams to react in anger, be kind. Ask yourself, what is lying behind that internal outrage?

Years ago, while helping to lead a children’s outreach with Youth With a Mission, I learned a children’s chorus based on Ephesians 4:31-32 (KJV). “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, […]

Can’t Handle Ridicule? What about Persecution?

What will you do when so-called benign ridicule of your faith turns to persecution?

If it all goes away tomorrow, all the wealth, the power, the accolades, the promotions, and all the respect from your family and friends, what would you do? How would you feel? What would you be willing to do to make sure those perks continue in your life? It’s something worth considering. So-called benign ridicule […]