Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You. – Psalm 33:22, AMP Have you ever had days when you felt the pressures of life weighing you down? On days like that, it’s as if you are carrying someone twice your size on your back, and you wonder if… Continue reading If you want God to relieve the pressure, you first need to have faith that He can.
Category: Doubt
Don’t lament the end of an era.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV It is terribly easy to become depressed when something we love comes to an end. We mourn for the loss, and naturally so. Whether we lose a loved one to death or distance, or whether we see… Continue reading Don’t lament the end of an era.
When you doubt, just ask God for reassurance. He’s happy to give it.
…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. – Hebrews 13:5, KJV My 8-year old daughter was sitting quietly next to me as the two of us – along with my father-in-law, my son, and my niece – were returning from a mildly successful fishing excursion on my father-in-law’s boat. The… Continue reading When you doubt, just ask God for reassurance. He’s happy to give it.
It’s amazing what you can learn while falling 211 feet at 80 mph.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord. – Proverbs 21:31, KJV I’m old enough to know better than to ride roller coasters at my age, but I just had to do it. I just finished my first excursion at Carowinds Thrill Park in Fort Mill, SC with my family. We had a blast, but little did I… Continue reading It’s amazing what you can learn while falling 211 feet at 80 mph.
God is working on you. Just hang in there.
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me… – Psalms 138:8, AMP Every now and then, God blesses us with extraordinary moments of insight into His plan for our lives. He lifts us up out of the belly of the fray where all we can see are the swords and shields flailing around us. He… Continue reading God is working on you. Just hang in there.
Believe it or not, tough times are good for you.
Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. – Jeremiah 24:5, AMP In Jeremiah 24:5 we find one of the most shocking statements in all of… Continue reading Believe it or not, tough times are good for you.
He that overcomes shall inherit all things.
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. – Revelation 21:7, KJV One of the things I do in my “spare time” is teach real estate licensing classes. In one recent class, several of the students expressed concern about their ability to pass the… Continue reading He that overcomes shall inherit all things.
Use the very weapon that Satan is trying to snatch from you.
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles… – 2 Chronicles 32:8, KJV It is our faith that unlocks the power of God in our lives, which is why Jesus tells us in Matthew 9:29 that “According to your faith… Continue reading Use the very weapon that Satan is trying to snatch from you.
Confused about what to do? Submit your will to God’s, and things will clear up for you.
If any man desires to do His will (God’s pleasure), he will know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself) whether the teaching is from God… – John 7:17, AMP During a recent missions conference held at our church, a young man asked missionary Kris Blumer how to choose between two… Continue reading Confused about what to do? Submit your will to God’s, and things will clear up for you.
Don’t fret the exercise of faith. It draws us closer together.
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. – John 9:6, KJV In John 9, Jesus restored sight to a man born blind from birth. For years I was puzzled as to why Jesus chose… Continue reading Don’t fret the exercise of faith. It draws us closer together.