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Category Archives: Reward
Being in a Relationship With a Jealous God
A.B. Simpson, the great Canadian preacher, used to tell the story of a father and a daughter. One day the father was sitting in his library reading one of his many books. At his feet was his little girl. She … Continue reading
Posted in Commitment, Desires, Discipleship, Faithfulness, God's Name, God's Will, Idolatry, Jealousy, Love, Obedience, Priorities, Rebellion, Reward, Service, Sports, Submission, Trusting In God, Worship
Tagged A.B. Simpson, Abraham, Abraham sacrificing Isaac, Faith, god, God rewards us in this life, God testing Abraham, God's name is Jealous, Jesus as the Angel of the Lord, Mark 10:28-30
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Can Prayer Change God’s Mind?
A reader, Paula Jarvis Garland, wrote to me: “Here’s my question: If everything is predestined, then how does prayer change things? Can our prayers cause God to change his mind?” The question is actually two questions, one concerning predestination and … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Desires, Election, Eternal Security, Eternity, Faith, God's Omnipotence, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, God's Work, Heaven, Influence, Man's Freewill, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reward, Salvation
Tagged Can prayer change God's mind?, Does prayer do any good?, Does prayer work?, God doesn't change, Harry Ironside on predestination, Herbert Lockyer on predestination, If everything is predetermined why pray?, J. Vernon McGee on predestination, passages where God changes His mind, scriptural definition of predestination, verses about God's foreknowledge, verses that say that God doesn't change
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Mary: The Slave of the Lord
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:38, N.K.J.V.) Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she was the woman chosen by God to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Brokenness, Commitment, Discipleship, Faithfulness, God's Work, Heaven, Humility, Ministry, Obedience, Pride, Rebellion, Reward, Righteousness, Salvation, Service, Slavery, Submission
Tagged Christians as slaves of Christ, Mary the handmaid of the Lord, Mary the maidservant of the Lord, the Greek word doule, the Greek word doulos, well done good and faithful servant, you are bought with a price
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Settling for Pig Food
Let’s say that a kid wants the newest, hottest, super-duper-deluxe video-game system for Christmas. The thing costs $450. Now let’s say that the kid’s parents just can’t afford to spend that much on a Christmas present. So what do they … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Confession, Desires, Disappointment, God's Timing, God's Will, Impatience, Patience, Perseverance, Repentance, Reward, Sin, Temptation, Trials, Waiting
Tagged receiving God's highest and best, the prodigal son and the pig food, waiting for God's best, waiting on God
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We Can’t Have the Best of Both Worlds
A Sunday School teacher told her children’s class the story of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar (Luke 16:19-31). She said, “The rich man had a lot of money and lived in luxury every day. He had a beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Comfort, Death, Disappointment, Eternity, Heaven, Hell, Human Life, Money, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Prosperity, Reward, Salvation, Scripture, Suffering, Sunday School, Trials, Trusting In God, Truth
Tagged bear one another's burdens, Christians and suffering, God comforts us in all our tribulation, God is a very present help, God will wipe away every tear, Lazarus the beggar and the rich man, Luke 16:19-31, preaching about suffering, suffering with Jesus, the rich man and lazarus, through many tribulations, what the Bible teaches about suffering
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John Wesley & the Robber
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. (Galatians 6:9, N.K.J.V.) John Wesley was the father of the Methodist denomination. It is estimated that over the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Character, Comfort, Commitment, Depression, Disappointment, Doing Good, Encouragement, Evangelism, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Work, Impatience, Influence, Ministry, Obedience, Patience, Perseverance, Reward, Service, Sowing and Reaping, Waiting, Witnessing
Tagged God's promise to the sower, John Wesley getting robbed, John Wesley horseback, John Wesley's travels, perseverance is required in reaping, reaping in due season, The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin
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Choosing the East Side of the Jordan
Numbers chapter 32 provides us with a fascinating twist in the history of Moses and the Israelites. The twist involves the tribes of Reuben and Gad as well as half the tribe of Manasseh, and it holds multiple metaphorical lessons … Continue reading →