It is always good to seek out wise and spiritually mature people to talk to.

May God open our eyes to see the miraculous every day.

May God open our eyes to see the miraculous every day.

We should be merciful to everyone especially to our enemies.

A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.

For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

John answered and said,"A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

22 But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

9 But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, "Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there." 10 So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God, warning the people there to be on their guard. This happened several times. 11 The king of Aram became very upset over this. He called in his officers and demanded, "Which of you is the traitor? Who has been informing the king of Israel of my plans?"

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them;4 for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident.

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish. He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward. Now he is seated in the place of highest honor beside God's throne in heaven.

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous for what others have, and you can't possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.