Suffering
Word For The Day: Fellowship of Suffering
How well do you know the people you worship with every Sunday? We may worship with people, pray, and even serve with them without ever experiencing a fellowship bond. Trials and afflictions are used by God to draw us together. They break down barriers between us and destroy the illusion that we are self-sufficient. John,…
Read More📖 Word For The Day: God Works Through Adversity
God is at work in us to cause us to grow. He does not consult us to find out if we feel the need for growth, or ask us how we would like to grow. As a well-skilled farmer, God tends his own.…
Read More📖 Word For The Day: Suffer For The Right Thing
Today’s Word for the Day is taken from 1 Peter 4:15-16. Please read that text now. WHAT: Yesterday we discussed the reality for the Christian is to expect to suffer. In other words, suffering is our portion. I also said that suffering is…
Read More📖 Word For The Day: Suffering Is Expected
The Word for today is from 1 Peter 4:12. The Bible reads: “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you.” WHAT: It is my…
Read MoreONE PLEA – Glorify God With Your Life
We have all been guilty of offering habitual prayers, or even casual prayers. You know, the kind of thoughtless prayers like “Lord bless all the missionaries today.” I will never forget the night Carman was born. It was 9:30 in the evening on April 8, 2002 when Lori said that she thought it was time.…
Read MoreOur Source of Power for Salvation and Godliness
Life is tough. How can God expect us to live like He asks us to live? Too many of us have a testimony of frustration over our own inability to live life the way God asks. Peter instructs us that God does in fact expect us to live righteously in this world. (Therefore, beloved, be…
Read MoreMud & Miracles
I hate Zesco – power cuts. It is evening, the sun has set and you have plans for the evening. Suddenly you hear that dreaded sound: “thunk!” Everything goes dark. What is your immediate response? You run for the light – a candle, a torch, or switch on an inverter. Around our house when Zesco cuts…
Read MoreRecovering From Grief
The human capacity for grief is at times overwhelming! Time and again this year I have been face to face with people who are suffering deep grief. In the past ten months I am aware of at least 10 ladies who husbands have passed away. Others have suffered the loss a son or daughter or parent. Many…
Read MoreWhose Sons & Daughters Are You?
The Setting (37) Jesus’ public ministry was marked by increasing levels of conflict and opposition from the religious leaders of his day, the Pharisees. It was ultimately this conflict which God used to bring to pass his plan eternal plan for Christ—that he would suffer a violent death as the penalty for sin and become…
Read MoreOvercoming Discouragement
Have you ever felt discouraged, perhaps to the point of bordering on depression? It may surprise you to know that you are not alone. At one time or another we all face this problem. William Ward graphically described discouragement when he wrote: “Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust…
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