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Category Archives: Disappointment
The Good Thing About Trouble
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. (James 1:2-3, N.L.T.) Dr. Lee … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Commitment, Disappointment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, Joy, Persecution, Perseverance, Personal, Problems, Service, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Count it all joy, how to grow spiritually, James 1:2-3, learning to be thankful for trouble, Lee Roberson, the secret of greatness, Tom Wallace, trouble produces perseverance
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“Lord, This Isn’t What I Requested”
Perhaps you’ve seen the following piece (or at least some version of it): I asked for strength — and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom — and God gave me problems to solve. I … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointment, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, Prayer, Prayer Requests, The Holy Spirit
Tagged God answers our prayers in strange ways, God will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him, God works in strange ways, how God answers prayer, the Holy Spirit teaches us all things, when God doesn't give you what you asked for
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When Lightning Strikes You
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Christ's Death, Christ's Return, Complaining, Disappointment, Discipleship, Persecution, Perseverance, Personal, Problems, Suffering, Trials
Tagged all things work together for good, apple tree struck by lightning, being a partaker of Christ's sufferings, God's pruning
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God’s Tear Bottles
You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? (Psalm 56:8 N.K.J.V.) Life can sure make us cry. We lose loved ones. Disease strikes. Tragedy occurs. We suffer setbacks. We get our hearts … Continue reading
Trusting in People Can Make You Look Stupid
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.” (John 14:1, N.K.J.V.) Our son Ryan played on the high school basketball team. Each summer the head coach would organize and run a travel-ball tournament as … Continue reading
Limburger Cheese, Traffic, & Roses
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. (Psalm 100:4, N.K.J.V.) Evangelist R.T. Kendall tells the story of some youngsters who played a prank on a man who … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Attitude, Complaining, Contentment, Disappointment, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Mercy, God's Provision, Grace, Human Life, Personal, Praise, Problems, Thankfulness, Work
Tagged be thankful that thorns have roses, God makes His sun rise on the good and the evil, God sends rain to the just and the unjust, R.T. Kendall, reasons to be thankful, this whole world stinks
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For the Furtherance of the Gospel
But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel. (Philippians 1:12, N.K.J.V.) The traditional view is that Paul wrote the books of Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians, … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Change, Complaining, Disappointment, Discipleship, Evangelism, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Missions, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Service, Suffering, The Gospel, Trials, Witnessing
Tagged for the furtherance of the gospel, Paul chained to a Roman soldier, Paul witnessing to the palace guard, Paul's imprisonment in Rome, turning a loss into an opportunity for ministry
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When It Doesn’t Make Sense
Most of us have had to endure times when life didn’t make sense. For that matter, some of us are there right now. What’s especially difficult about such times is the fact that God, who is normally the source to … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Commitment, Depression, Disappointment, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Sovereignty, Human Life, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged 2 Corinthians 4:8, perplexed but not in despair, Vance Havner When It Doesn't Make Sense, when it doesn't make sense
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How to Use Your Bad Experience
Tom Wallace tells the story of a time when he received a phone call in which he was told that a certain family was in need of pastoral comfort in the emergency room of the local hospital. Tragically, the family’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adversity, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doing Good, God's Work, Individuality, Influence, Ministry, Problems, Service, Suffering, Trials, Witnessing
Tagged a boy who shot his brother, how to minister to others, relating to those whose are hurting, using your bad experience for the Lord, using your testimony as a witness
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When the Timing Isn’t Right
Tonya and I lived in a rental apartment and then a rental house for pretty much the first two years of our marriage. Then we started looking around for a house to buy. One house in particular looked good and … Continue reading
