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Category Archives: Faith
Filling in the Gaps of My Learning
I grew up in a small, rural, conservative Southern Baptist Convention church. I believed in Jesus as my Savior at a young age, was baptized, and joined the church. I went to Sunday School just about every Sunday and stayed … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Bible Study, Children, Church, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doubt, Faith, Parenting, Persecution, Perseverance, Personal, Prayer Requests, Problems, Scripture, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, The Bible, Trials, Trusting In God, Youth
Tagged Bible, children's ministry, children's Sunday School classes, christianity, Faith, god, jesus, what we don't teach in our churches, what we don't teach to our children, what we don't tell people about God, youth ministry
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God Loves the Word “Through”
Have you ever noticed that God loves the word “through”? Take Isaiah 43:2, for example, where He says to Israel: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Complaining, Courage, Disappointment, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God's Guidance, God's Provision, Needs, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, Teaching, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting, Worry
Tagged christianity, Faith, god, God takes us through it, Isaiah 43:2, through the fire, through the rivers, through the valley of the shadow of death, through the waters, will God deliver me?
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“What Are You Doing Here?”
Elijah had recently experienced one of the greatest victories of his life in defeating and executing Queen Jezebel’s 450 prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:17-40). Afterward, he probably hoped that Jezebel would admit defeat and stop her … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Angels, Backsliding, Change, Choices, Courage, Depression, Disobedience, Faith, Fear, God's Will, God's Work, Ministry, Obedience, Persecution, Problems, Service, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged Bible, elijah, Elijah at Mount Horeb, Elijah in Beersheba, Elijah on Mount Carmel, Elijah running from Jezebel, Elijah under the tree, Faith, god, jezebel, what are you doing here Elijah?
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When God Doesn’t Make a Way
My previous post was entitled “God Can Make a Way” and was based upon the story found in Acts 12:1-19. That post focused upon how God made a way of escape for Peter as Peter sat in a Roman prison … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Angels, Belief, Bible Study, Death, Disappointment, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, God's Omnipotence, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Human Life, Justice, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Personal, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Preaching, Problems, Scripture, Suffering, The Bible, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged acts, Bible, Faith, G. Campbell Morgan, Herod Agrippa I, J. Vernon McGee, peter, Prayer, the death of James, Warren Wiersbe, when God doesn't make a way
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How Would You Describe Your Walk With the Lord These Days?
Vance Havner, the renowned preacher, once told the story of a writer who knew an elderly lady who loved to give her testimony in church. The lady would always begin by saying, “Forty years ago…” After hearing her do that … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Belief, Children, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Faith, Family, Fatherhood, Honesty, Loneliness, Parenting, Personal, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Sports, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged being real with God, Bible, christianity, Denver NC, doing a spiritual checkup, Faith, god, jesus, Vance Havner
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The Temporary Victim
When Joseph’s older brothers sold him into slavery a series of events was initiated by which God, over the course of 13 years, caused Joseph to become the second highest ruler in Egypt. Nine years later, after Joseph’s brothers had … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Christ's Death, Comfort, Complaining, Disappointment, Encouragement, Faith, God's Omnipotence, God's Foreknowledge, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Work, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Restoration, Revenge, Reward, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged all things work together for good, from victim to victor, God meant it for good, God uses evil to accomplish His purposes, God's Foreknowledge, God's Sovereignty, Jesus as a victim, Jesus was delivered by the purpose and foreknowledge of God, Joseph as a victim, predestination
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God: Your Captain
Thomas Stevenson was the father of Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous author. That in itself will get you a brief mention in the history books. Actually, though, Thomas was a touch famous himself, especially in his day. His fame came … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Angels, Comfort, Courage, Death, Decisions, Depression, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God's Holiness, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Omnipresence, God's Guidance, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, Heaven, Perseverance, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry, Worship
Tagged God as your Captain, God is still on His throne, In the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah 6:1-5, Isaiah's vision of God, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson
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Have You Dug Your Ditches?
And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’ For thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Choices, Decisions, Faith, God's Timing, God's Will, God's Work, Needs, Obedience, Prayer Requests, Problems, Trusting In God
Tagged digging your ditches, Elisha telling the kings to dig ditches, God sends the water, Israel & Judah attack Moab, Jehoram and Jehoshaphat
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Lessons Learned From the Brink of Canaan
The book of Joshua is the Bible’s record of how the Israelites, under Joshua’s leadership, claimed their promised land of Canaan. Unfortunately for the Israelites, however, four decades earlier their initial attempt at completing that assignment had produced disastrous results. … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Choices, Comfort, Courage, Disobedience, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God's Guidance, God's Judgment, God's Will, Obedience, Rebellion, Trusting In God
Tagged claiming your Canaan, Israel sending in the 12 spies, Israel's failed invasion of Canaan, missed opportunities, the Israelites refusing to take Canaan
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The Disciple's Road 