Suffering Well: How Joseph Did It
“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God” Genesis 45:8a. This statement was made by Joseph to his brothers after he had become a ruler in Egypt. He was saying...
Category: God’s Redemptive Nature
Why Does God Let Us Suffer? It’s NEVER Random
“To this you were called because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps” 1st Peter 2:21. This passage may refer more to the suffering of persecution,...
Trials and Glory in the Bible: The Link
“Trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow” 1 Peter 1:11. In...
All Things Work Together for Good If I Love God
“And we know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who have been called according to his purpose” Romans 8:28. This familiar and beloved passage comes out of Romans 8. Click...
The Prodigal Son: From Give Me to Make Me
“And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. . . I am no longer worthy to...
If God is Good, why do I Hurt So Bad?
“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made” Psalm 145:8, 9. This verse tells us the Lord is gracious, compassionate, rich...
How Does God Restore Your Wasted Years?
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust,the other locusts and the locust swarm—my great army that I sent among you” Joel 2:25. This passage out of...
The Link: Dew of Heaven and Earth’s Richness
“May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness—an abundance of grain and new wine” Genesis 27:28. This verse comes from the passage of scripture where Isaac one the patriarchs, gives his eldest son’s (Esau)...
Jesus and Peter are Still Tight
“When they had done so [put out into deep water at Jesus’ bidding], they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. . . and filled both boats so...
Fiery Trials and God’s Faithfulness
“ So these men. . . were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. . . Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, ‘Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most...