Endure Through the Pain to Become Strong
“For when I am weak, then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12: 10b. In this passage, Paul focuses on a “thorn in the flesh” given to keep him humble, declaring that God’s grace is sufficient and...
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Self-Denial and Abundant Life: The Link
“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...
A Fool and His Beatings
“When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord” Proverbs 19: 3. “Condemnation is ready for scoffers and beating for the backs of fools” Proverbs 19: 29. According to verse 29, our foolishness...
A Call to Worship When it Feels Impossible
“Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. . . ” Exodus 7:...
The Test of Your Faith that Will Drive Out Your Demons
“When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand” Acts 28:3. This passage describes the apostle...
How to Be Blessed with Every Good Thing
“No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly” Psalm 84: 11b. This is one of the many precious promises out of the book of Psalms. These are some of the most comforting...
The Prince of Peace Gives Peace in Every Circumstance
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called. . . Prince of Peace” Isaiah 9: 6. This is a pivotal...
Resist Temptation and Turn a Snare into Freedom
“They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the...
Resisting Temptation: The Easier Way to Suffer
“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering” Hebrews 2: 10. This verse tells us Jesus was...
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...