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Category Archives: Problems
Always Victorious?
By this I know that You are well pleased with me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. (Psalm 41:11, N.K.J.V.) David wrote Psalm 41, and it’s simply impossible to understand our text verse correctly unless we view it … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Commitment, Criticism, Disappointment, Eternity, Faithfulness, God's Work, Human Life, Persecution, Perseverance, Prayer Requests, Problems, Service, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, Trials
Tagged are Christians always victorious?, dispensationalism, do Christians always win?, Does God change?, does God promise victory to the Christian?, Psalm 41:11, the Christian as an overcomer
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Romans 8:28 & Roan Mountain
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28, NKJV) I grew up in the small town of Bakersville, North Carolina. I would … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Brokenness, Comfort, Complaining, Creation, Depression, Disappointment, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Sovereignty, God's Work, Perseverance, Personal, Problems, Restoration, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged Bakersville North Carolina, can God bring good out of bad?, Cloudland Hotel, God works all things out for the good, Matthew 6:28-30, rhododendrons on Roan Mountain, Roan Mountain, Romans 8:28
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Mitchell County (We’re Not All Leaving)
In March of 2024, the United States Census Bureau released its 2023 county population estimates for North Carolina. Of North Carolina’s 100 counties, 85 of them had either grown in population or at least remained almost identically the same in … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Business, Church, Commitment, Contentment, Current Events, Faithfulness, God's Omnipotence, God's Will, God's Work, Individuality, Influence, Ministry, Obedience, Pastors, Personal, Problems, Prosperity, Service, Submission, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged 2023 United States Census Bureau stats, a dwindling population, bloom where you are planted, God's Will, living where God wants you to live, Mitchell county, North Carolina
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Look for the Best
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:8, N.L.T.) A … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Balance, Complaining, Criticism, Depression, Disappointment, God's Love, God's Provision, Human Life, Leadership, Loneliness, Praise, Problems, Sickness, Suffering, Trials, Worry
Tagged focusing on the negative, focusing on the positive, go through life looking for the best, Philippians 4:8, things that are worthy of praise
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The Incredible Power of Showing Kindness
The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, was once a world-renowned health resort. Opening its doors in 1866, the Sanitarium eventually grew into a massive complex that included a hospital, a nursing school, and multiple research facilities that were … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Communication, Counsel, Criticism, Doing Good, Encouragement, Friendship, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Problems, Reconciliation, The Tongue
Tagged Battle Creek Michigan, be kind to one another, death and life are in the power of the tongue, Dr. Carolyn Geisel, speaking words of kindness, The Battle Creek Sanitarium, the mouth is a well of life, the power of the tongue, the tongue is a tree of life, the tongue promotes health
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Will God Meet My Need?
In the mid-19th century, poverty characterized the people of the northeast Highlands of Scotland. During those days a man named John Murray was praying for guidance by a riverside. Many of his neighbors were immigrating to America, and he was … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Children, Faith, Family, Fatherhood, God's Love, God's Provision, Needs, Parenting, Personal, Prayer Requests, Problems, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged God will supply all your need, God's Provision, John Murray, Philippians 4:19, Trusting In God, why the Christian shouldn't worry, will God meet my need?, Worry
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Temptation’s Wreckers
As a lifelong resident of North Carolina, I’m interested in historical tidbits of information about my state. Somewhere along the way, I picked up an old legend about Nags Head, a town located on the Outer Banks of eastern North … Continue reading
God’s Provision
I’ve never been a wealthy man, but there have been times when I was financially better off than usual. One such time was when I served as the pastor of a certain church. That church paid me a larger salary … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Faith, God's Guidance, God's Provision, God's Will, Money, Needs, Personal, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged God's Provision, I shall not want, Jesus talking about the birds and the lilies, Jesus using object lessons from nature, trusting God to meet your needs, When it's God's will it's God's bill
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Redefining Prosperity
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I wish my blog readership was bigger, my church had more people, my home was nicer, my salary was larger, and my bank account was more impressive. Does that shock … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Contentment, Covetousness, Desires, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doing Good, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Greed, Influence, Money, Personal, Priorities, Problems, Prosperity, Reward, Service, Trials
Tagged a biblical definition of prosperity, Joseph prospering in Potiphar's house, Prosperity, prosperity preaching, whatever he does shall prosper
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Galatians 6:9
Robert Raikes was the father of the Sunday School movement that swept over England in the late 1700s and spilled over into the United States in the early 1800s. As the editor of the Gloucester Journal, Raikes became greatly burdened about the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Children, Church, Commitment, Disappointment, Doing Good, Doubt, Dress and Appearance, Encouragement, Evangelism, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Work, Impatience, Influence, Ministry, Missions, Patience, Perseverance, Problems, Reward, Service, Sowing and Reaping, Sunday School, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting, Witnessing, Youth
Tagged Galatians 6:9, in due season we shall reap, let us not grow weary in doing good, Robert Morrison, the first Sunday Schools
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