The Storms of Life: Why We Will Always Need Them
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew...
Growing Weary and How to Stay Strong
“. . . looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the...
Temptation to Sin: Friend or Foe?
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12: 10. I’m Only Tempted to Sin Where I’m...
God’s Mercy in Judgement Makes Us Glad
“. . . he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him” Proverbs 23: 24b. This verse tells us a father is glad in or delights in a wise son. Solomon was...
Wilderness Experience or Pit: Choose Your Path to Freedom
“So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only...
Who Has Authority Over Me, God or My Boss?
“So Pilate said to him, ‘You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?’ Jesus answered him, ‘You would have no authority over...
The Wise and Foolish: What We Can Learn from Ants
“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest” Proverbs 6: 6-8. In Our Best Interest The...
How to Actually Trust in God
“So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on every side” 2 Chronicles...
The Afflictions of the Righteous: Through the Sea of Suffering
“For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the...
God Will Fight for You, but You Still Have to Go to Battle
“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give...