We compare ourselves to others and sometimes want what they have.

Your life is not based on what you possess.

Luke 12:15 (KJV) – and he said unto them, Take heed, and be aware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he posseth.

When you envy someone, it makes you act out in an evil way.

James 3:16 (KJV) – for where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Those that make peace also come with righteousness.

Righteousness and peace come together.

James 3:18 (KJV) – and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

If you read the word and not do it, you’re not deceiving man.

You’re deceiving yourself.

James 1:22 (KJV) – but be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

When we wait on God and not move before Him, we will not be anxious, and He will give us strength like eagles.

That’s power!!

Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) – but they that wait up on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

If you love God, you’ll  obey His word.

Therefore, when you walk worthy of the Lord, He will not withhold any good thing from you.

Psalm 84:11 (KJV) – for the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Blessed are those who trust in God.

Psalm 84:12 (KJV) – O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Most would rather be in a place where the word is not.

It is better to be in the courts of the Lord than anywhere else.

Psalm 84:10 (KJV) – for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

It is God’s will for you to give thanks for it all.

That’s everything.

I Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV) – in every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

The Lord is never too busy that He can’t hear you or save you.

Isaiah 59:1 (KJV) – behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.