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Category Archives: Contentment
Mona Lisa
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (James 1:17, N.K.J.V.) In 1911, the famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the … Continue reading
Feeling Kind of Small?
You’ve probably heard of Solomon’s temple, that beautiful, majestic house of worship that served as the centerpiece of worship in Israel. That temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonians in 587 B.C. To make that destruction even worse, Nebuchadnezzar deported the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Church, Contentment, Criticism, Disappointment, Doing Good, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Impatience, Leadership, Ministry, Obedience, Patience, Perseverance, Service, Trials, Trusting In God, Worship
Tagged Cyrus the Great releasing the Jews, despise not the day of small things, How long did Zerubbabel's temple stand?, starting a new church, starting a new ministry, the day of small things, Zerubbabel's temple compared to Solomon's temple
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A Three-Point Checklist for the New Year
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or the left. Remove your foot from evil. … Continue reading
Find Things for Which to Be Thankful
A subway car was overly crowded, causing several people to have to stand. Naturally, most of them were griping about the situation. As the car pulled into another station where still more people boarded, one standing man said to those … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Complaining, Contentment, Disappointment, Perseverance, Problems, Salvation, Suffering, Thankfulness
Tagged being thankful, Complaining, count your blessings one by one, giving God praise, sacrifice of praise, Thankfulness, the fruit of your lips
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Carowinds
I’m 56 years old now, and it’s been more than ten years since I was forced to come to grips with the reality of aging. On that day so long ago, Tonya and I took our two boys (Ryan and … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Change, Contentment, Elderly, Human Life, Parenting, Personal, Youth
Tagged aging, Carowinds, getting old, gray hairs, refusing to grow up, the glory of old age, the Peter Pan complex
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How Optimistic Are You About Your Future?
Flagstaff, Maine, was chosen as the site for a huge hydroelectric installation. The installation would include a dam that would impound miles and miles of water and bury the town under water. Consequently, in the late 1940s, the process of … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Aging, Assurance of Salvation, Attitude, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Comfort, Contentment, Depression, Disappointment, Elderly, Encouragement, Eternal Security, Eternity, Faith, Heaven, Peace, Problems, Reward, Salvation, Suffering, Trials
Tagged a town buried underwater, an inheritance in heaven, Flagstaff Maine, Heaven, hope for the future, optimism about the future
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Suffering
We live in a culture in which we are taught to avoid suffering. After all, avoiding it does seem to make perfect sense. But the problem is that God, who oftentimes delights in making little or no sense, uses suffering … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Comfort, Complaining, Contentment, Courage, Depression, Disappointment, Encouragement, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Reward, Salvation, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Christ's suffering, Christian suffering, How does God use suffering?, is anything good about suffering, why do Christians suffer
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The Test of Prosperity
Quick, name the toughest test to pass spiritually. Did you say, “Disease”? Did you say, “The death of a loved one”? Did you say, “Troubles?” Did you say, “Disappointment”? Well, there’s no doubt that none of those tests are spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Backsliding, Choices, Contentment, Decisions, Desires, Disobedience, Faithfulness, God's Provision, Greed, Lust, Personal Holiness, Prosperity, Sex, Sin, Temptation, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Chuck Swindoll, David, David and Bathsheba, David's sin, Prosperity, the test of prosperity
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