Tag Archives: God’s Will

I think I once saw Jesus

Posted on February 3, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

I think I once saw Jesus in the face of an old Aboriginal man in Townsville. We were both waiting to cross a busy street corner. I was suffering from a bout of depression at the time and was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Kindness, Awareness, Healing, inner peace, Inspiration, Jesus, Seeing Jesus | Tagged anxiety, Depression, God With Us, God's Will, happiness, Intuition | Leave a comment

Defining Faith

Posted on February 2, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Many people find it difficult to define what faith really is, especially when they read Bible verses like the one where Jesus said: ‘All things are possible to those who believe.’ Some people assume this refers to mind over matter, … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Faith, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Knowing God, Life's journey, Personal Growth, Promise, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, God's Will, Hope, Resting in God, spirituality | Leave a comment

Winning at Any Price

Posted on February 2, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s an old story about two Mississippi paddleboats, which left Memphis about the same time, travelling down the river to New Orleans. As they steamed along side by side, the two skippers challenged each other to a race. Eventually, one … Continue reading →

Posted in emptiness, Futility, Journey, Life's journey, Living Life, Spiritual Insight, wealth, Winning | Tagged faith, fulfillment, God's Will, happiness, Meaning in Life, rich inner life, spirituality, worry | Leave a comment

Keep on Keeping on

Posted on February 1, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

I heard about a man who bought himself a hobby farm, which included a cow to provide fresh milk. Pretty soon the cow had run dry so he sought advice from a real farmer. He said he’d been very careful … Continue reading →

Posted in Awareness, Encouragement, Faith, God, Inspirational, Jesus, Prayer, Promise | Tagged faith, God's Will, inspirational sayings, persistence, prayer | Leave a comment

The Best Way to Destroy an Enemy

Posted on January 11, 2014 by vincentsmithauthor

Dale Carnegie made a very insightful statement about hate and what it does to us rather than to those we hate. “When we hate our enemies,” he said, “we give them power over us – power over our sleep, our … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Enemy, Forgiveness, Generous spirit, Gentlemanly behaviour, Hatred, Healing, inner peace, Life's journey, Living Life, Moods, Personal Growth, Power over People, relationships, Sleeplessness, Spirituality, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, Bitterness, Destroying an Enemy, disatisfaction, Forgiveness, God's Will, happiness, Hatred, Power over People | 5 Comments

Promise

Posted on November 29, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

In John Bunyan’s great parable of life, the Pilgrim’s Progress, there’s a point where Christian and Hopeful are captured by the Giant Despair, locked in the dungeons of Doubting Castle and beaten unmercifully. But at dawn on Sunday, after days … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Encouragement, Faith, God, Hope, inner peace, Inspirational, Peaceful Sleep, Promise, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Spirituality, Trials and testings, tribulation and trouble, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged anxiety, God's Will, happiness, Hope, inspirational sayings, Intuition, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, spirituality, worry | Leave a comment

God Shaped Holes

Posted on November 2, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Sigmund Freud thought that religion is not about people finding God but people creating God. God, he claimed, is a projection of our needs and insecurities. Commenting on the bleakness of this view Freud said “I can offer people no … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Personal Growth, Religion, Spiritual Insight, Spirituality | Tagged Atheism and Faith, fulfillment, God's Will, Hope, inspirational sayings, Meaning in Life, peace with one's self, religion | Leave a comment

Lucky

Posted on October 2, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

Johnny Carson, host of TV’s famous Tonight Show, got a big laugh when he read this item from the lost-and-found column of a small town newspaper: ‘Lost dog, brown fur, some missing due to mange, blind in one eye, deaf, … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Living Life, Luck, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Trials and testings, Trust in God | Tagged God's Will, happiness, Hope, peace with one's self, rich inner life | Leave a comment

God Knows I’m Worth It.

Posted on August 27, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

The novelist A.J. Cronin based some of his best selling stories on his earlier experience as a doctor in a small mining community in Wales just after the First World War. There was a nurse there who used to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Called and Chosen, Encouragement, Faith, God, inner peace, Inspirational, Life's journey, Living Life, Religion, satisfaction, Spirituality, thankfulness, Trust in God, Wisdom | Tagged fulfillment, God With Us, God's Will, happiness, inspirational sayings, rich inner life, spirituality | Leave a comment

Miracle Fruit

Posted on August 5, 2013 by vincentsmithauthor

I read somewhere that miraculin – sometimes known as miracle fruit – is a small berry with a citrus taste. But the miracle is not what it tastes like, but what it makes everything else taste like. So, for example, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Deceit, Inspirational, Personal Growth, pilgrimage, Righteousness, Spirituality, Wisdom | Tagged fruit, God's Will, inspirational sayings | Leave a comment