To Trust and Obey Feels Like a Threat to Your Well-being
“And Elijah said to her, ‘Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for...
Category: God’s Redemptive Nature
Afflictions and Usefulness: The Link
“. . . but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused” Exodus 23: 11. This passage of scripture is talking about the sabbath laws of ancient Israel. But I want...
God’s Redemption from Sin and Suffering
“. . . but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them” 2 Chronicles 15: 4. In this chapter we learn that...
All Things Work Together for Good but How?
“Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love...
Confess Your Sin and Avert God’s Judgement
“You say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned’”Jeremiah 2:35. Ancient Israel had forsaken the one true God to serve...
Love Is Power
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” Mathew 3:...
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...
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...
He Has Made EVERYTHING Beautiful in Its Time
“He has made everything beautiful in its time” Ecclesiastes 3: 11a. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Not just being born, planting, healing and building up. But also: Dying. . .plucking up. ....
How Perseverance Produces Character Through Adversity
“This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless” 2 Samuel 22: 33. But how does God make our way blameless? Does He just put it on us without any effort on our...