Helping Others

Scripture  Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. ~Galatians 6:2-3, NLT Quote To minister to the needs of others even when you are hurting, is to liberate your soul from…

The High Cost Of Low Living

Scripture My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned.  ~Psalm 38:5, NIRV Quote Sin can make us so sick that we become sick of sin. ~Ya’akov No one seems to know the exact setting that inspired Psalm 38. It is a penitential Psalm like 32 and 51. Scholars are reasonably sure…

Sympathy

Scripture Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.  ~Psalm 137:1, NLT Quote You who are called Christians, if you be not criers, there is no spiritual life in you. ~John Bunyan Psalm 137 is an account or recollection of the Jewish exile in Babylon. The Psalmist experienced the…

Succour

Scripture He {Jesus} himself suffered when he was tempted. Now He {Jesus} is able to help others who are being tempted. ~Hebrews 2:18, NIrV Quote Your ministry will be forged from your suffering and this can even include failure. ~Ya’akov There is a lot of pain and suffering in this world. The fields are white…

Lamentations

Scripture Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love. For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow. ~Lamentations 3:32-33, NLT Quote Emotional pain is less dramatic than physical pain but it is more common and harder to bear. ~C.S. Lewis A part of the…