Holy Healthy Happy Blog
A devotional blog to help you apply the wisdom of the scriptures to your life and the challenges it presents.
Get Off the Well-Worn Path of Hurt: Embrace Compassion and Forgiveness
Colossians 3:12-14: "Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord...
Be Careful in Giving and Receiving Counsel: Let God’s Word Be Your Guide
Matthew 7:1-5: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank...
Not ‘Feeling It’? Trusting God Beyond the Roller Coaster of Faith
2 Corinthians 4:4-6: "The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for...
Trusting God in the Waiting: Finding Peace in His Perfect Plan
Lamentations 3:22-24: "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.'" Lamentations 3:55-57: "I...
Living 1 Corinthians 13: Choosing to Act in Love Every Day
1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth....
Embrace Your Thorns: Finding God’s Grace in Weakness
2 Corinthians 12:7-9: "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given to me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me,...
Whose Attention Are You Seeking? God’s Approval vs. Man’s Praise”
2 Corinthians 10:18: "For it is not the man who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends." TL;DR: Are you seeking the attention of others or the approval of God? Reflect on your motivations and strive to serve with a pure heart, knowing...
Christ Esteem vs. Self Esteem: Discover True Worth in Christ
Colossians 3:3: "For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." Colossians 3:8-10: "But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have...
Sinful Thought or Sinful Action? Guard Your Mind and Obey Christ
2 Corinthians 10:5-6: "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is...