Posts Tagged ‘Trust’
📖 Word For The Day: Growing Through Adversity
            Who among us enjoys an encounter with adversity? We desire for everything to go according to plan, and for life to be easy. Why is it that the reality of our Christian life is something very different? Adversity is the womb in which…
Read MoreWord For The Day: God’s Unfailing Presence
Do you ever feel alone? People are all around, but in your pain or loss, you feel alone. Fear may grip your heart, and your senses scream for you to get away, to escape! This week, we have been learning how to Trust God Even When Life Hurts. God’s love is unfailing, and His grace…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Trust in The Lord With All Your Heart
One of the greatest truths of Christianity is the idea of trusting God; in fact, you can only become a Christian if you trust in his righteousness and not your own, but once you become a Christian by trusting in his righteousness, it begins a life of absolute trust in God; a trust that must…
Read MoreWord For The Day: God Is In Control
Is God in control? If God is both powerful and good, why is there so much suffering, pain, and heartache in the world? Why do bad things happen to good people? Many assume that you can’t have it both ways as they look at the pain and adversity in the world today: “God is either…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Can God Be Trusted
Here is a question that we have all wrestled with, and perhaps you are asking this question today, “Can God be trusted?” I have been reading “Trusting God,” an excellent book by Jerry Bridges. This week I want to share with you some of what I have been learning. Adversity and trouble come to all…
Read MoreBefore and After Salvation, God’s Way
The same attitude, dependency, and faith we have toward Christ for our salvation is the same attitude, dependency, and faith we must have toward Christ for our daily life.
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…
Read MoreWho To Trust?
In our Bible study in John 6Â we have seen Christ feed 5000 people and then use that miracle to point us to this spiritual reality: Christ is the Bread of Life. Â He is the eternal satisfaction to our spiritual hunger. Christ comes to the disciples on the Sea of Galilee and then they go to…
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