We all want God to reward us. Most want it without having faith.You have to have faith.

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) – now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

You can’t please God without faith.

That’s impossible.

Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) – but without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Some can’t determine if they are a stepping stone or a stumbling block to others.

Child of God . . . You are a representative for Jesus Christ – a walking bible.

II Corinthians 5:20 (KJV) – now then we are ambassadors for Christ, though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ stead, be ye reconciled to God.

We carry so much unnecessary unforgiveness, we don’t realize how much it’s weighing us down.

Forgive others and loss the weight. You’d be surprised how much lighter you feel.

Remember, forgiveness is for you.

Matthew 6:14 (KJV) – for if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

When you’re disobedient to what God has called you to do, He always has a way of getting you back on track.

You don’t have more power than God.

Psalm 62:11 (KJV) – God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

When God shows us His love for us, by blessing us, mostly, He shows it through others.

You mistaken it as coming from man, so you set your heart on man.

Don’t forget where your blessings come from.

James 1:17 (KJV) – every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

When we pour out our heart to man first, we’re putting our trust in man, and expecting man to be our safe haven.

God is your refuge.

Psalm 62:7-8 (KJV) – in God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Whatever you say and do to others, whether good or bad, you’re doing it to yourself.

Believe it.

Galatians 6:7 (KJV) – be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Grown folk . . .

You’re not too old to get a spanking.

Deuteronomy 8:5 (KJV) – thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.