What drives you? I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Humans are competitive in nature. We have a strong tendency to compare ourselves to one another and it’s a fierce force that drives…
Author: Estera Marian | Glorious Destiny
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Sorrow can be a good thing. For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases. Ecclesiastes 1:18 We shy away from sorrow and turn our faces from grief. The more we know, the more we suffer in this world but how can this be encouraging? Sometimes God chooses our lives for a…
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Virtue is what matters. Who can find a wife of noble character? She is far more precious than jewels. Proverbs 31:10 Character is not what is praised today. Shallow beauty is. The more appealing to the eye, the more a woman receives admiration. Most men appreciate external assets in women but what gives real beauty…
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The secret of favor. The Lord shows favor to those who fear him, to his godly lovers who wait for his tender embrace. Psalm 147:11 (TPT) God wants us to respect Him. To respect means to honor, to fear. He also wants us to wait for His tender embrace. I love this translation! I often…
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The incense of the soul. May my prayer be set before you as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering. Psalm 141:2 Most people don’t pray anymore. Some do but often wonder quietly if their prayers are acceptable to God. Did you know that our prayer can be as pleasant incense before…
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God remembers you. He remembered us in our humiliation His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 136:23 When the burdens of life have you bowed low and you feel forgotten, you aren’t. When the grief that washes over you cannot be explained to anyone, you are seen. When it hurts to trust again because you have…