We hope you enjoy this re-post from October 24, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Then Jesus was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil. – Matthew 4:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) The idea of “wandering in the wilderness” doesn’t gin up happy… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: The wilderness has its benefits.
Category: Trouble
The New Tolerance
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. – 1 Peter 3:17, KJV According to ChristianAnswers.net: Not long ago, the word ‘tolerance’ meant ‘bearing or putting up with someone or something not especially liked’. However, now the word has been redefined to… Continue reading The New Tolerance
BEST OF TQFG: Is it well with your soul?
We hope you enjoy this re-post from September 29, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident,… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Is it well with your soul?
Flat as a pancake.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. – Philippians 2:8, KJV Andrew Murray, author of Humility: The Beauty of Holiness and Humility & Absolute Surrender, defined this elusive character trait as follows: Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is… Continue reading Flat as a pancake.
It can be hard to sit still.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. – Psalm 46:10, KJV Psalm 46 contains a lot of trouble. Distress (verses 1 and 6), catastrophe (verses 2-3), anger (verse 6), governmental upheaval (verse 6), and war (verse 9) are all mentioned,… Continue reading It can be hard to sit still.
BEST OF TQFG: Here’s a great lesson from the ‘Fifth Book of Ruth.’
We hope you enjoy this re-post from October 28, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ…; – Romans 8:17, KJV We often forget just what we inherit when God adopts us into His family. My friend Jack, who just finished an 8-week… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Here’s a great lesson from the ‘Fifth Book of Ruth.’
The Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego moment.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast… Continue reading The Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego moment.
To feel alone and afraid is horrible.
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. – Psalm 139:8, KJV To feel alone and afraid is horrible, and so many things in life can make us feel alone, afraid, or both. Horrible injury, chronic illness, broken relationships, shattered dreams, and financial… Continue reading To feel alone and afraid is horrible.
A dead battery, a loose terminal, and God’s grace.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: – 2 Corinthians 12:9, KJV All too often, we have a twisted way of looking at God’s grace. This morning, things were going great. I got an early start, and I was knocking items off of my to-do list like nobody’s business. Then, at… Continue reading A dead battery, a loose terminal, and God’s grace.
BEST OF TQFG: If you want God to relieve the pressure, you first need to have faith that He can.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from July 24, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team 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,… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: If you want God to relieve the pressure, you first need to have faith that He can.