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Category Archives: Persecution
Christians Bringing a Touch of Christ’s Kingdom to Earth
Series: “Christ’s Kingdom” (post #5) Jesus spent His three-and-a-half-year earthly ministry bringing a touch of His heavenly kingdom to the earth. Then, after being crucified, He resurrected and ascended back to heaven. This left a gaping hole in regards to … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Anger, Character, Discernment, Discipleship, Disobedience, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, Doing Good, Extending Forgiveness, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Giving, God's Provision, God's Will, God's Word, God's Work, Good Works, Influence, Lust, Marriage, Ministry, Needs, Obedience, Persecution, Personal Holiness, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Priorities, Prosperity, Reconciliation, Revenge, Reward, Righteousness, Salvation, Sanctification, Scripture, Series: "Christ's Kingdom", Service, Temptation, The Bible, The Heart, The Old Testament Law, The Sermon On The Mount, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged christianity, Christians using the sermon on the mount to evidence salvation, god, jesus, the audience for the sermon on the mount, the citizen of the kingdom, the kingdom man, the kingdom woman, The Sermon On The Mount, the teachings of the sermon on the mount
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When God Doesn’t Seem to Care
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Children, Christ's Death, Comfort, Complaining, Depression, Disappointment, Discernment, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Fatherhood, God's Love, Honesty, Needs, Parenting, Pastors, Persecution, Personal, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Suffering, Thankfulness, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged god, God has been good to me, How long O Lord?, psalms, thoughts from Psalm 13, what to do when God doesn't seem to care, when you feel abandoned by God, your enemy triumphing over you
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Thy Rod & Thy Staff They Comfort Me
The 23rd Psalm is all about how the Lord leads His people. One of my favorite parts of the Psalm is verse 2: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. (K.J.V.) … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Backsliding, Comfort, Depression, Disappointment, Discipleship, Discipline, Disobedience, Encouragement, Fear, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Omnipresence, God's Guidance, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, Obedience, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Rebellion, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Suffering, Temptation, The Devil, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, god, how a shepherd uses a rod, how a shepherd uses a staff, How does God's rod comfort us?, How does God's staff comfort us?, Phillip Keller, Psalm 23, Psalm 23:4, They rod and thy staff they comfort me, What is the valley of the shadow of death?, yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
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What Does “Rest For Your Soul” Really Mean?
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Comfort, Complaining, Death, Depression, Disappointment, Encouragement, Human Life, Inner Peace, Loneliness, Peace, Persecution, Problems, Salvation, Satan, Sickness, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, The Devil, The Holy Spirit, Trials
Tagged christianity, how to find rest for your soul, jesus, My yoke is easy and My burden is light, Paul being stoned, Paul receiving 39 stripes five times, Paul's thorn in the flesh, Satan hindered Paul, what does rest for your soul mean?, you will find rest for your soul
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Something to Consider When Troubles Come Your Way
You have to love Gideon. As he lived in a time when God seemed to be a million miles from Israel, and as he dealt each day with the fallout from that situation, he became a realist. And as a … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Complaining, Depression, Disappointment, Discernment, Faithfulness, God's Chastening, God's Judgment, God's Provision, God's Will, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Obedience, Persecution, Prayer, Problems, Restoration, Service, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged getting hurt by the sins of others, gideon, Gideon a mighty man of valor, If the Lord is with us why has all this happened to us?, Israel not driving out the Canaanites, Israel's Judges, judges, the pattern for the book of Judges, the time period of the book of Judges, you being the solution to your own problems
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The Lord My Refuge
Series: “The Names of God” (post #3) One of the three rounds of temptation that Satan inflicted upon Jesus involved the suggestion that Jesus leap from the pinnacle of the Jewish temple and expect God the Father to dispatch angels … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Angels, Balance, Christ's Death, Disappointment, God's Chastening, God's Name, God's Sovereignty, God's Word, Human Life, Persecution, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Satan, Series: "The Names of God", Suffering, The Devil, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged how God uses sickness, Jehovah Machis, Paul left Trophimus sick, Psalm 91:11-12, Psalm 91:9-10, The Lord is my refuge, The name of the Lord is a strong tower, towers in the Bible, when God doesn't heal, Why doesn't God heal me?
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Will Explain Later
In his day, Dr. Thomas Guthrie was one of Scotland’s most popular and respected preachers. On the subject of the Christian life oftentimes being difficult, perplexing, and downright confusing, Guthrie said: A man standing on the summit of a lofty … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Commitment, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Eternity, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Guidance, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Heaven, Impatience, Loneliness, Patience, Persecution, Problems, Salvation, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting, Wisdom
Tagged Dr. Thomas Guthrie, frustrated with God, God marks some things will explain later, Vance Havner, Why doesn't God give me the answers I need?
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