I’m In Trouble: What Does the Bible Say?
“When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him” Psalm 91: 15. This verse tells us God will be with us in...
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How The Wilderness Experience Exorcises our Demons
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes,...
Judges 20: The Defeat of the Righteous
“The people of Israel. . . inquired of God, ‘Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?’ And the Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up first’. . . And the men of...
How to Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again,...
Bearing Fruit in the Bible: Lessons from Nature
“Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase” Psalm 85: 12. The question becomes what is the “good” that this verse speaks of that enables our land to yield its increase?...
A Grateful Heart Changes Everything
“For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins” 2 Peter 1: 9. Often the reason we don’t walk in love when we...
I Will Send the Comforter
“But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart” John 16: 6. The disciples were filled with grief at the news of Jesus’ departure from the earth. But He tells...
Surprising Benefits of Suffering
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone” Isaiah 9:2. This verse is commonly used in connection with the...
Afflictions of the Righteous and Sorrows of the Wicked
“In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order,...
Adversity In the Bible: How Much Control Do We Have?
“But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, ‘As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity’” 2 Samuel 4: 9. This verse tells us God delivered David...