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Category Archives: God’s Will
“Christian Verses” Podcast: Psalm 90:12
The verse says: “So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom” (N.K.J.V.). Numbering your days equates to using them wisely by filling them with the things God would have you to do. It’s the … Continue reading
Going Backward in Life
“But this I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Bible Study, Choices, Coming Judgment, Counsel, Decisions, Depravity, Desires, Disobedience, Faithfulness, God's Guidance, God's Will, God's Word, Man's Freewill, Obedience, Personal, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Scripture, Sin, The Bible, Trusting In God, Truth
Tagged following your heart, following your own counsel, going backward in life, going backward instead of forward, Is the Bible still relevant for today?
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Can You Trust Your Work?
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10, N.K.J.V.) It is said that Napoleon once ordered a coat of mail. (Mail is a steel … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Commitment, Discernment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Eternal Security, Eternity, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Heaven, Individuality, Ministry, Obedience, Priorities, Reward, Sanctification, Service, Sowing and Reaping, The Judgment Seat of Christ, Work
Tagged story about Napoleon ordering a suit of mail, the gaining of eternal reward, The Judgment Seat of Christ, the loss of eternal reward, unworthy work burned up at the judgment seat of Christ
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The Man Who Couldn’t Sort Potatoes
A farmer hired a man to work for him. The worker’s first job was to paint the barn. The farmer said, “The job should take you about three days.” To the farmer’s surprise, however, the worker finished the job in … Continue reading
“This Is Good!”
A king in Africa had a close friend who had a habit of looking at any situation and proclaiming, “This is good!” One day, as the two were hunting, the friend had the job of loading the king’s gun. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Balance, Comfort, Complaining, Contentment, Death, Decisions, Depression, Disappointment, Discernment, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, Friendship, God's Foreknowledge, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Grace, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Restoration, Sickness, Suffering, Thankfulness, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Can God use bad things?, Faith, God bringing good out of the bad, God's Sovereignty, story about everything being good
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Why a Lion Tamer Uses a Chair
Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Commitment, God's Will, God's Work, Individuality, Influence, Ministry, Personal, Priorities, Service, Spiritual Gifts, Talents
Tagged focusing on one thing and doing it, illustration about focus, keeping a lion confused, spreading yourself too thin, the importance of focus, using your gift for God, using your talent for God, Why does a lion tamer use a chair?
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