https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/Encouragement for daily livinghourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/615203I HOPE I DO THIS RIGHT SINCE I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON BLOGIT. I AM WRITING TO LET THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH MY HUSBAND JIM THAT HE HAS SUFFERED ANOTHER STROKE AND WILL NOT BE WRITING FOR A TIME. JIM EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN DISABLED SINCE 2000 HAS CONTINUED TO BE AS ACTIVE AS HE...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/615111"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9) This scripture is simple, straightforward, and sure. Dr. Luke offers this as a solution to whatever is broken or lacking in your life. He had a personal spiritual...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614966"For God is not a God of disorder but of peace..." (I Corinthians 14:33,NLT) If you thought that God was a god of confusion and disarray, please think again. God is the giver of peace, and requires order in our lives as well as in our churches. What a mighty God we serve. If your life happens to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614835"Withold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it." (Proverbs 3:27) Solomon had a good thought and it is nice when people put it into action. Kindness is contagious, and a little kindness goes a long ways. Don't take my word for it; try it for yourself...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614735Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all! ~ Romans 12:16, NLThttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614687The Lord is truly all things to all people. He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. We have His word on it. The Lord is unchangeable, unshakeable, and unstoppable. Oh how He loves you and me. I never want to experience what Samson experienced when he realized that the Spirit of the Lord...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614600But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank. (Jeremiah 17:7-8, NLT) The prophet, Jeremiah, made a powerful statement in the above scriptures. I like being blessed, don't you? If indeed you trust in the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614550A heart-warming story with meaning and worth. As you read it, think about how much God really loves you. There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. One...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614386There was time after time many years ago that the children of Israel could not stay between the lines so-to-speak. They would earnestly serve God for a time, and then they would drift and detour, and always managed to find another path that [seemed] better to their liking. They would get...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Gemsoftruth/614252But God has indeed heard me; he has listened to my prayer. I praise God, because he did not reject my prayer or keep back his constant love from me. (Psalm 66:19-20) Do you know that God hears you when you pray? He sure does and He listens to every word that you speak. Some have asked, "how can...