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Category Archives: God's Timing
You’ve Got All You Can Handle Today
Scotland’s George MacDonald was a Christian author and minister. He once said: No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Doing Good, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Work, Obedience, Personal, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Priorities, Service, Work, Worry
Tagged a morning prayer, borrowing from tomorrow's trouble, don't worry about tomorrow, Ephesians 2:10, George MacDonald, Matthew 6:34, one day at a time
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“Is Anybody Up There?”
Many of us have experienced times when we felt like the little boy who began his prayer by saying, “Hello, is anybody up there?” The times when God seems distant are bad enough, but the times when He seems downright … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Fatherhood, God's Love, God's Timing, Impatience, Patience, Perseverance, Prayer, Prayer Requests
Tagged God's timing, keep on knocking, making requests to God, Matthew 7:7-11, McDonalds, persistance in prayer, Prayer, prayer requests, waiting for God's timing, waiting on God
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Year by Year
As the story in 1 Samuel chapter 1 begins, a woman named Hannah is barren. She has a husband, Elkanah, who loves her very much, but she cannot give him children. Perhaps that is why he has a second wife. … Continue reading
Posted in Disappointment, Encouragement, Faith, God's Love, God's Timing, God's Provision, God's Will, Impatience, Needs, Patience, Perseverance, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged God isn't in a hurry, God's delays, God's timing, Hannah, the prophet Samuel, waiting on God
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God’s Delays Are Not His Denials
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. (Psalm 130:5, N.K.J.V.) A little boy asked his father to buy him a gold watch. When the father didn’t seem to acknowledge the request, the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Faith, God's Timing, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Will, Needs, Patience, Perseverance, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged answer to prayer, delay in answer to prayer, God's delays are not His denials, Prayer, prayer request, three ways God's answers prayer requests, waiting on God
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In Training to Be Used Mightily
A budding young soloist went to a great Italian musician for voice training. The master handed him a piece of music and said, “Practice this for one full year and then return here.” The request seemed a bit strange, but … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Choices, Commitment, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Omniscience, God's Will, Impatience, Ministry, Music, Obedience, Patience, Perseverance, Rebellion, Reward, Submission, Teaching, Temptation, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged God's training, how God prepares us for service, how God trains His servants, preparation for Christian service
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The Power of One
…one sinner destroys much good. (Ecclesiastes 9:18, N.K.J.V.) Wow, you talk about a statement with truth to it! These words from Ecclesiastes punch us right in the face, don’t they? What a sad but very real fact it is that … Continue reading
Posted in Christ's Second Coming, Christ's Return, Coming Judgment, Current Events, God's Timing, God's Wrath, God's Judgment, Human Life, Influence, Prophecy
Tagged Bible prophecy, Christ's millennial reign, Christ's thousand year reign, the battle of Armageddon, the last days, the power of one person to destroy, the tribulation period, times will wax worse and worse
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Faith
Flywheel was the first movie done by the Kendrick Brothers, who are associated with Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. It’s not as well known as the brothers’ other movies (Facing The Giants, Fireproof, Courageous, War Room, and Overcomer), but I like … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Belief, Faith, God's Timing, Patience, Perseverance, Personal, Prayer, Reward, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged a definition of faith, Belief, Faith, Flywheel the movie, Kendrick Brothers' movies, Sherwood Baptist Church movies, the faith walk is on a need to know basis
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God’s Delays
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “God is taking too long,” you come from a large tribe. I, for one, am very impatient. You know that you are impatient when microwaves, fast food restaurants, and remote controls are too slow for you! … Continue reading
My Father Runs the Trains
Railroad tracks snake their way through the heart of the town in which I live. I’m not talking about old, decrepit tracks that haven’t seen any action in years. These tracks are alive and vibrant with the sounds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Desires, Disappointment, Encouragement, God's Omnipotence, God's Timing, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Needs, Problems, Trials, Worry
Tagged Dr. James H. Brookes, God runs the trains, God's Provision, J. Hudson Taylor, making the right connections, what Jesus said about sparrows, what Jesus said about the birds of the air, what Jesus said about the lilies of the field, Worry
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The Disciple's Road 