Take Up Your Cross Daily but What Does that Mean?
“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple” Luke 14: 27. Doing what’s right and being obedient is the cross we must bear to be a disciple of...
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Many Afflictions of the Righteous and Sorrows of the Wicked
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all” Psalm 34: 19. I believe a big reason the righteous are often afflicted is to teach us to live by...
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Manasseh: How Judgment Leads to Mercy Then and Now
“Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. And when he was in...
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Afflicted but not Crushed
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. . . “ 2 Corinthians 4: 8, 9. This passage doesn’t just apply to...
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Endurance and Perfection in the Bible: The Link
“And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying, ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means...
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How To Be an Overcomer from the Inside Out
“. . . and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be...
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What Does It Really Mean to Trust in the Lord?
“Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him” Proverbs 30: 5. To take refuge in God is to trust Him or yield to His ways and...
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How God Protects Us
“And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, ‘Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout...
Take Up Your Cross Daily but What Does that Mean?
“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple” Luke 14: 27. Doing what’s right and being obedient is the cross we must bear to be a disciple of...
Many are the Afflictions of His Children
“I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you...
Faith Comes by Hearing: The Power of the Tongue
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits” Proverbs 18: 21. One reason the tongue has the power of life and death is...
What Does Grace Look Like When You’re Suffering?
“We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in...
Strength for the Weary Soul in the Wilderness of Unmet Need
“The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary” Isaiah 50: 4. I believe this verse is Isaiah the prophet...
Enter Into God’s Rest: What’s the Secret?
“And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief” Hebrews 3: 18, 19. This chapter...
Entering God’s Rest Requires a Fight
“So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war” Joshua 11:...
Many Afflictions of the Righteous and Sorrows of the Wicked
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all” Psalm 34: 19. I believe a big reason the righteous are often afflicted is to teach us to live by...
Manasseh: How Judgment Leads to Mercy Then and Now
“Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. And when he was in...
Take the Narrow Path to Freedom
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard...