What does the Bible say about thoughts and feelings?
Proverbs 12:15 says the way of the fool is right in his own eyes. God gave us our feelings and emotions for a reason. They are not evil by themselves, but what we allow our thoughts to dwell on may be negative and causing an unhealthy overload of negative emotions.
What does the Bible say about a time for war?
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. I thought in my heart, “God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed.”
What Jesus says about war?
In his prophecies of the Last Things, Jesus spoke of the wars of the future. He said that nation would rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, that wars and rumours of wars would be heard of, that Judaea would be devastated, Jerusalem besieged and taken by the gentiles, and the Temple defiled and destroyed.
What the Bible says about fighting battles?
Deuteronomy 20:4 For the LORD your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory. ‘
What is the meaning of Proverbs 29 11?
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. This verse contrasts two of the most mentioned characters in Proverbs – the “fool” and the “wise man.” The fool’s focus and attitudes cause him to openly display his “anger” when things don’t go his way.
Can God see thoughts?
Yes he can. Read Psalms 139 : 4, Jeremiah 20 : 12, Matthew 9 : 4, God not only knows your thoughts, he knows what you will think and about what you will speak before you do. He is Omniscient (all knowing), Omnipotent (all powerful), Omnipresent (all present).
How does God feel about war?
Most Christians believe that war should be avoided if possible, and should only be undertaken if all efforts to resolve an issue by peaceful means have failed. Many Christians see war as the result of a failure to live by God’s standards.
Does the Bible say there is a time for peace and a time for war?
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
Why does God allow war?
“War is a consequence of sin.” God allows war because it is one of the consequences of the sinfulness of man. Max Lucado wrote, “To ask God to prohibit war, then, is to ask him to prohibit the consequence of human behavior. Something he has never been wont to do. As long as there is sin there will be war.”
What does the Bible say about fighting for what is right?
Jeremiah 22:3 (NIV) “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Why does God give his toughest battles?
It’s this: God gives the hardest battles to his strongest soldiers. Being one of the ‘strongest soldiers’ implies that we have strength of our own to fight and emerge victorious. It’s saying that we can handle a tougher challenge, more so than the ‘weaker’ soldiers out there.