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Waiting on God’s Best
Dr. Doug Cecil was an Associate Professor at Dallas Theological Seminary for many years and now serves on staff at Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He loves to use a quote from Orel Hershiser, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Desires, God's Provision, God's Will, Impatience, Needs, Patience, Satan, Temptation, The Devil, Waiting
Tagged baseball, Christ Chapel Bible Church, Doug Cecil, George Will, illustration about Orel Hershisher's philosophy of pitching, Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball, mlb, Orel Hershisher, Orel Hershisher's philosophy of pitching, settling for less than God's best, Sports, two theories about pitching, waiting for God's best, yielding to Satan's temptation
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The Very Real Problem of Fear
One hot day in July, a farmer sat lazily on the porch of his shack, whittling on a piece of wood. A neighbor dropped by for a visit and asked him, “Did you get your cotton harvested yet?” Without looking … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Belief, Comfort, Courage, Death, Doubt, Faith, Fear, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, Inner Peace, Needs, Problems, Sickness, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged how to overcome your fear, Is there more to fear than fear itself?, the farmer who didn't plant any crops because of fear, The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, Was Franklin D. Roosevelt right about fear?
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When You Can’t See God Working
In his book Looking On the Heart, Dale Ralph Davis relays the story of a B-17 bombing run over a German city during World War II. As one of the B-17s approached the city, the plane was struck by the shells … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Belief, Comfort, Depression, Disappointment, Doing Good, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Love, God's Omnipresence, God's Timing, God's Provision, God's Will, God's Work, Grace, Impatience, Needs, Patience, Perseverance, Prayer Requests, Problems, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting, Worry
Tagged Czechs forced to work for the Nazis, Dale Ralph Davis, Looking on the Heart, Nazi anti-aircraft flak, plane struck by flak doesn't explode, This is all we can do for you now story, unexploded shells in bomber, world-war-2
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God’s Perspective
A man was having a particularly intimate conversation with God by way of prayer. The man asked, “God, how long is a million years to you?” God answered, “It’s just like a second of time for you, My child.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Belief, Commitment, Disappointment, Discernment, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Omnipotence, God's Timing, God's Guidance, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Impatience, Money, Needs, Obedience, Patience, Perseverance, Prayer Requests, Problems, Prosperity, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged God's perspective is different than ours, illustration about God giving a penny in a minute, Isaiah 55:8-9, My thoughts are not your thoughts, My ways are not your ways
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Jesus: The Cosmic Santa Claus
“The Jesus You Know” series (post #5) I was licensed to preach in October of 1992 and formally ordained into the ministry in February of 1993. Upon my ordination, I began my first pastorate. So, if we do the math, … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Belief, Bible Study, Covetousness, Desires, Doctrine, Faith, Giving, God's Will, God's Word, Money, Needs, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Preaching, Problems, Prosperity, Scripture, Series: "The Jesus You Know", The Bible
Tagged Bible facts that refute the prosperity gospel, Did Jesus heal everybody?, health and wealth preachers, Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, little gods heresy, name it and claim it, possibility thinking, prosperity preachers, Richard Roberts, seed faith giving heresy, the positive confession movement, the prosperity gospel, the word of faith movement, verses health and wealth preachers use, verses prosperity preachers use
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Becoming Childlike
A man was driving down a treacherous mountain road. Suddenly, a deer bolted out in front of him, causing him to instinctively jerk the steering wheel to his left. The next thing he knew he was headed off a steep … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance of Salvation, Belief, Children, Doubt, Faith, Fear, God's Provision, Heaven, Needs, Problems, Salvation, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged becoming childlike, christianity, Faith, god, jesus, Mark 10:15, receiving the kingdom of God as a little child, the difference between childish and childlike, What does it mean to be childlike?
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A Hop of Faith
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Complaining, Current Events, Depression, Disappointment, Faith, Fear, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, Needs, New Year, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged a leap of faith, Faith, optimism, pessimism, the new year
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The Disciple's Road 