When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.

Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter; it's a truth encounter.

When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.

The major strategy of Satan is to distort the character of God and the truth of who we are. He can't change God and he can't do anything to change our identity and position in Christ. If, however, he can get us to believe a lie, we will live as though our identity in Christ isn't true.

Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD.

A Christian is not simply a person who is forgiven and goes to heaven. A Christian, in terms of his or her deepest identity, is a saint, a spiritually born child of God, a divine masterpiece, a child of light, a citizen of heaven.

Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.