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Category Archives: God’s Will
Bread & Stone
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Complaining, Desires, Disappointment, Family, Fatherhood, God's Love, God's Omniscience, God's Will, God's Work, Husbands, Marriage, Ministry, Parenting, Pastors, Personal, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Priorities, Service, Trusting In God
Tagged babysitting, God's denials, Parenting, preacher's kids, refused prayer requests, stones and bread, taking your requests to God, when God says no
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Do Your Building with God
Psalm 127:1 is one of my favorite verses from the book of Psalms. The first part of that verse reads: Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it… (K.J.V.) The Bible’s best illustration of these … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Decisions, Desires, Discernment, Disobedience, God's Will, Obedience, Priorities, Prosperity, Temptation, Trusting In God, Work
Tagged do your building with God, Genesis 11:1-9, Nimrod, Psalm 127:1, seeking God's will, the tower of Babel, What was wrong with the tower of Babel?
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Good Versus Best
It’s easy to understand that “bad” is the enemy of “good.” But have you ever considered that “good” is the enemy of “best”? Abraham thought of Ishmael as a good blessing, but God wouldn’t stop talking about Isaac as the best blessing (Genesis 17:15-22; … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Choices, Commitment, Encouragement, God's Timing, God's Will, Impatience, Patience, Perseverance, Problems, Temptation, Trials, Waiting
Tagged good is the enemy of best, Ishmael or Isaac?, Moses in Midian, pulling up a well pump, receiving God's best, the purpose of the book of Jude
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The Right Tool for the Job
For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to … Continue reading
Posted in Faithfulness, God's Will, Individuality, Ministry, Obedience, Personal, Service, Spiritual Gifts, Talents
Tagged the right tool for the job, the right wet/dry vac, using your spiritual gifts in serving Christ, using your talents in serving Christ, what can I do for the Lord?
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Lynched by Mistake
In one Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown is lying in bed talking to Snoopy, who’s lying atop the covers at Charlie’s feet. Charlie says, “Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, ‘Is life a multiple choice test or is … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Aging, Choices, Discernment, Faith, Family, Fatherhood, Fear, God's Omniscience, God's Will, Husbands, Obedience, Parenting, Personal, Prayer, Problems, Submission, Trials, Trusting In God, Work, Worry, Youth
Tagged Boot Hill, Charlie Brown, God's Will, life is an essay question, lynched by mistake, prayer as a dialogue, The Lord is my shepherd
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Who Are You Riding With?
The Lone Ranger and Tonto were in the desert. When 10,000 Indians attacked them from the north, the duo fled south. When 10,000 more Indians attacked them from the south, they fled east. When 10,000 more attacked them from the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Children, Choices, Contentment, Decisions, Fatherhood, Friendship, God's Will, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Sports, Work
Tagged getting your child on the right team, the lone ranger and tonto surrounded by Indians, true friendship, unconditional love, Where should you work?, Who should you marry?, you find out who your friends are
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God Knows Best
A farm boy went off to college to get some big-city learning. By the time he returned home at the end of his first semester, he had some new ways of looking at things. No longer was he content to … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Creation, Faith, God's Omniscience, God's Will, Humor, Trusting In God
Tagged atheism, God knows best, God the Creator, God's wisdom, Trusting In God
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