In toil and hardship, watching often [through sleepless nights], in hunger and thirst, frequently driven to fasting by want, in cold and exposure and lack of clothing, – 2 Corinthians 11:27, Amplified Bible (AMP) It’s when you are in the throws of service to God that you can expect the unrelenting attacks of Satan. The… Continue reading Chin up! Your weary soul means you are doing something right for Christ!
Category: Trials
Here’s the secret to overcoming your enemies.
…You can not stand before your enemies until you take away from among you the things devoted [to destruction]. – Joshua 7:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) Many, many Christians lead defeated lives. They often question their faith because rarely, if ever, do they see God actively working to help them overcome great obstacles. Rather than experience… Continue reading Here’s the secret to overcoming your enemies.
Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!
When the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept. – Judges 2:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) God never fails to keep His promises, but we often do. When we do, our bad choices can lead to lifetimes of consequences. In the latter part of… Continue reading Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!
It’s natural to fear being the “go-to guy.”
Be strong (confident) and of good courage… – Joshua 1:6, Amplified Bible (AMP) A friend of mine’s mother passed away not long ago. As we were talking about her home-going to Heaven, he mentioned to me that his mother was the last, close connection he had to her generation. “With her passing,” he said, “it… Continue reading It’s natural to fear being the “go-to guy.”
Dig those roots deeply.
[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf… Continue reading Dig those roots deeply.
A danger for us all.
For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and scorn Me and break My covenant. – Deuteronomy 31:20, Amplified… Continue reading A danger for us all.
There’s nothing like running to the “happy place.”
For I will [fully] satisfy the weary soul, and I will replenish every languishing and sorrowful person. – Jeremiah 31:25, Amplified Bible (AMP) Sometimes we get exhausted, and all of our energy is spent. The causes of such exhaustion are many, but the causes don’t really matter once the weariness is upon us. We are… Continue reading There’s nothing like running to the “happy place.”
Here’s the key to healthy living.
By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. – 2 Peter 1:4, Amplified… Continue reading Here’s the key to healthy living.
Patiently serve while you are waiting for the “whys.”
…and cast their crowns before the throne… – Revelation 4:10, KJV A seventeen year old young man, whom I will call Dale, was fighting AIDS. In the hospital, undergoing treatment to prolong his life, there were no doubt times when this born-again believer wondered, “Why?” Why would God allow him, a faithful servant, to contract… Continue reading Patiently serve while you are waiting for the “whys.”
When facing the giants, do the opposite of what the spies did.
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God gives us. Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God. – Deuteronomy… Continue reading When facing the giants, do the opposite of what the spies did.