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Category Archives: Complaining
Have You Forgiven God?
That title is not a misprint. I’m guessing that you’ve heard a lot of preaching about God forgiving you. For that matter, you’ve probably also heard a lot about you forgiving others. But when was the last time you heard … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Complaining, Contentment, Disappointment, God's Omniscience, God's Will, Perseverance, Personal, Prayer, Problems, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Bible characters who got mad at God, disappointed with God, forgiving God, getting mad at God, what to do when God lets you down
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The Pessimistic Christian
A man opened up a hot-dog stand by the side of the road in front of his house. His goal was to make a little money to supplement his monthly income. He didn’t have a grand plan for the whole … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Complaining, Criticism, Decisions, Depression, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Provision, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged Are you an optimist or a pessimist?, God wants Christians to be confident, story about a man selling hot dogs
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How God Can Use Your Patmos
The apostle John lived into his eighties, perhaps into his nineties, and in so doing easily outlived all the other apostles. And how did he spend his “senior citizen” years? Post-Biblical church history provides strong documentation that he lived and … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Character, Complaining, Disappointment, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Service, Spiritual Warfare, Sports, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Domition persecuting John, growing in the valley, how God can use a problem in your life, learning from a bad experience, The difference between Ephesus and Patmos, the island of Patmos, Why was John on Patmos?
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How Can You Give Thanks For Bad Things?
…giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5:20, N.K.J.V.) In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18, … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Complaining, Death, Disappointment, Faith, Perseverance, Problems, Sickness, Suffering, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Trials
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Ephesians 5:20, giving thanks always for all things, How can I thank God for bad things?, in everything give thanks, James 1:2-3
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Ministering to Lost People
And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. (Matthew 5:41, N.K.J.V.) In its specific scriptural context, this verse has nothing to do with putting in the extra hours required to become a success in the business … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Attitude, Complaining, Discipleship, Doing Good, Evangelism, God's Work, Good Works, Humility, Influence, Ministry, Persecution, Revenge, Service, Suffering, The Sermon On The Mount, Witnessing
Tagged do not resist an evil person, going the second mile, ministering to lost people, the Christian serving the lost person
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Trouble Travels
Here’s a true story. A retired couple found themselves greatly worried by the threat of nuclear war. So, they decided that their best course of action was to settle down in the place that was the least likely in all … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Change, Choices, Complaining, Contentment, Desires, Fear, God's Will, Human Life, Inner Peace, Peace, Problems, Temptation, Trials, Worry
Tagged finding a place of peace, John 14:27, My peace I give to you, peace in the midst of trouble, Philippians 4:7, the Falkland Islands war, the most peaceful place on earth, the peace Jesus gives, the peace that passes all understanding
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When God Doesn’t Seem to Care
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Children, Christ's Death, Comfort, Complaining, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Fatherhood, Honesty, Parenting, Pastors, Persecution, Personal, Prayer, Problems, Suffering, Thankfulness, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged God has been good to me, How long O Lord?, thoughts from Psalm 13, what to do when God doesn't seem to care, when you feel abandoned by God, your enemy triumphing over you
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Strange Looking Bread & Fish
“Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Complaining, Contentment, Desires, Disappointment, Discernment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, God's Provision, God's Work, Impatience, Needs, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Wisdom
Tagged asking for a fish and getting a serpent, finding bread in stones, finding fish in serpents, Matthew 7:9-11, when God answers your prayer in a different way, when you asked for bread and got a stone
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Something To Believe In
A pastor’s family got home from church following a Sunday morning service and started preparing for lunch. After everyone had changed out of their Sunday best clothes, the mother began heating up some leftovers from the previous night. When the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Atheism, Attitude, Belief, Complaining, Disappointment, Doubt, Encouragement, Eternity, Faith, Heaven, Human Life, Problems, Salvation, Suffering, Suicide, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Bret Michaels friend's death, doubting God's existence, James Kimo Maano, meaning of the song Something To Believe In, Poison song Something To Believe In
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Something to Consider When Troubles Come Your Way
You have to love Gideon. As he lived in a time when God seemed to be a million miles from Israel, and as he dealt each day with the fallout from that situation, he became a realist. And as a … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Change, Complaining, Depression, Disappointment, Discernment, Encouragement, God's Judgment, God's Provision, God's Will, God's Work, Influence, Justice, Ministry, Prayer, Problems, Restoration, Service, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged getting hurt by the sins of others, Gideon a mighty man of valor, If the Lord is with us why has all this happened to us?, Israel not driving out the Canaanites, Israel's Judges, the pattern for the book of Judges, the time period of the book of Judges, you being the solution to your own problems
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