FEAR NOT: We are Worth More than Sparrows
We should note... that God's care for the sparrows does not prevent them from experiencing the normal struggles and challenges and difficulties of life: they are eaten, they have diseases, they lose...
View ArticleMidnight Mindset | Trusting God’s Judgments throughout Tough Times
To submit to God's judgments, especially when we find them painful, requires a heart that if focused on God rather than our selves. It requires a heart that is preoccupied with God's holy will and...
View ArticleAdversity or Atrophy
Many of us can trust God for the good things that comfort and sustain us. But do we have the faith and the knowledge of God to see Him in the challenges that make the difference for us between...
View ArticleHow can I Grow Spiritually?
...a Believer grows spiritually as he/she studies God’s Word (the Bible) and is thereby taught by The Holy Spirit. This is the method God has ordained for us to grow into the likeness of His son, Jesus...
View ArticleLove Persuasion
We are told that nothing shall separate us from God's love for us. And that is greatly comforting, even inspirational. However, it is difficult to remember this truth and walk in this truth when trials...
View ArticleMy God, I Thank Thee, Who Hast Made
I thank Thee, Lord, that here our souls Though amply blessed, Can never find, although they seek A perfect rest; Nor ever shall, until they lean On Jesus’ breast.
View ArticleDo Not Be Surprised at Trials and Afflictions
When days of darkness come upon us, let us not count it a strange thing. Rather let us remember that lessons are learned on such days, which would never have been learned in sunshine.
View ArticleGod’s Joy in the Midst of Life’s Pain
This is a point of testing that we often fail. We believe God is loving and good when things are easy and we can see a smooth, comfortable course ahead of us. It's so easy to feel love and praise for...
View ArticleAccess to Grace
When some followers of Christ find themselves suffering, their immediate response is “Lord, deliver me from this, immediately!” He can and sometimes He does. But He often does not. When He does not it...
View ArticleObedience Fashions the Foundation for Fortitude
The modern church does not suffer, primarily, from a lack of teaching: the modern church suffers from a lack of obedience. The failure of the church today is that Believers refuse to practice the...
View ArticleGod hath not promised…
God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower–strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
View ArticleWhat to Do While Waiting for God
Waiting for God to respond to our urgent petitions is often a challenging experience. We pray to Him hoping for a quick answer. But things rarely happen as quickly as we would like. Therefore, we must...
View ArticleConsider HIM
When I track my weary way, When fresh trials come each day, When my faith and hope are dim, Then, my soul, consider Him.
View ArticleSifting to Secure the Success of the Saved
Peter was to be sifted so that he could thereby be sanctified; and then become useful to help his fellow Believers grow stronger. What satan meant for evil would end up being a great blessing to many.
View ArticleWe’ll Get Through This
Lord, our troubles Are so great, We don't know what to do; The price for our Iniquity Is finally coming due.
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