To be able to withstand the storms of life, we must be prepared.

To be prepared is to be wise and do what the Word of God says.

Matthew 7:24-25 (KJV) – therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

God is against those that do wrong.

But He listens and hears the prayers of the righteous.

I Peter 3:12 (KJV) – for the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

God loves and meets us right where we are . . . in our mess.

But He loves us too much to leave us there.

Therefore, He changes you more and more to be like His Son.

II Corinthians 3:18 (KJV) – but we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

You will stand before God and receive judgement for what you’ve done, whether good or bad.

Make it count!

II Corinthians 5:10 (KJV) – for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

We hold back from fully trusting God because we think we know what’s best.

When you’re weak, He is strong.

Lean on Him.

II Corinthians 12:9 (KJV) – and he said unto me, “My grace ilis sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness”. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the pwier of Christ may rest upon me.

We are to love everyone.

Including the ones you say that you hate.

It’s not a choice, but a commandment from God.

1 John 4:21 (KJV) – and this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

You can’t love God and hate your brother.

Otherwise, you’re a liar.

I John 4:20 (KJV) – if a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

God gave us His Spirit.

Therefore, He lives in you and you live in Him.

I John 4:13 (KJV) – hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Love is . . . Jesus dying for us, to close the gap between God and man to save us from our sinful ways.

I John 4:10 (KJV) – herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.