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Category Archives: Trials
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
We live in a world that is deeply scarred by suffering. Some people suffer physically, while others suffer emotionally, mentally, psychologically, or financially. But whatever your specific brand of suffering happens to be, no one gets out of this world … Continue reading
When It Doesn’t Make Sense
Most of us have had to endure times when life didn’t make sense. For that matter, some of us are there right now. What’s especially difficult about such times is the fact that God, who is normally the source to … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Commitment, Depression, Disappointment, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Sovereignty, Human Life, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged 2 Corinthians 4:8, perplexed but not in despair, Vance Havner When It Doesn't Make Sense, when it doesn't make sense
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How to Use Your Bad Experience
Tom Wallace tells the story of a time when he received a phone call in which he was told that a certain family was in need of pastoral comfort in the emergency room of the local hospital. Tragically, the family’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adversity, Disappointment, Discipleship, Doing Good, God's Work, Individuality, Influence, Ministry, Problems, Service, Suffering, Trials, Witnessing
Tagged a boy who shot his brother, how to minister to others, relating to those whose are hurting, using your bad experience for the Lord, using your testimony as a witness
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Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.” (John 14:1, N.K.J.V.) Some people just have to worry, even when there is nothing happening that is worrisome. They are like the patient in the mental … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Comfort, Courage, Depression, Doubt, Encouragement, Eternal Security, Fear, God's Love, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, Grace, Inner Peace, Needs, Peace, Problems, Sickness, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged How well does Jesus know you?, let not your heart be troubled, no one will snatch them out of my hand, the greek word ginosko
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Going the Extra Mile
In Business By the Book, Christian financial consultant and author Larry Burkett told the story of how he once became the victim of a bad long-term lease. The mistake he made was renting an office space in a building that … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Business, Character, Discipleship, Doing Good, Evangelism, Faithfulness, Giving, God's Work, Influence, Ministry, Perseverance, Problems, Reward, Service, Sowing and Reaping, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Witnessing
Tagged a Christian going the extra mile, a Christian going the second mile, Business By the Book, dispute between a lost landlord and a Christian leasee, how a Christian can minister to a lost person, Larry Burkett
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Has Somebody Kept You From Your Milk & Honey?
A study of the life of Moses will show that he didn’t get to live the life he should have. Rather than lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into a land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8), he … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Comfort, Disappointment, Encouragement, Eternity, God's Word, God's Work, Heaven, Leadership, Persecution, Perseverance, Problems, Service, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged a land flowing with milk and honey, God's will being thwarted, Israel refuses to enter Canaan, Moses done wrong by the Israelites, when you are denied your destiny
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Offenses Must Come
“Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!” (Matthew 18:7, N.K.J.V.) The Greek word translated as “offenses” in this verse is skandalon, and it’s a word that … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Depravity, Faithfulness, God's Work, Ministry, Problems, Service, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation, The Devil, Trials
Tagged Christians yielding to the same temptation again and again, For offenses must come, Satan corrupts minds, stumbling blocks, the children of the devil, the flesh lusts against the Spirit, the Greek word skandalon
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God is Watching. But That Doesn’t Have to Be a Bad Thing.
One day some kids were assembled for lunch in the cafeteria of a Christian school. On one table, at the end of the food line, sat a big bucket filled with apples. Taped to the bucket was a staff-written note … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God's Omnipresence, God's Omniscience, God's Work, Needs, Perseverance, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Worry
Tagged 2 Chronicles 16:9, Asa's alliance with Ben-Hadad, Does God see everything?, God is watching, God shows Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him, God's Omnipresence, God's omniscience, Hanani
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Can God Make a Way Where There Seems to Be No Way?
(“Questions From Israel’s Exodus” series: post #11) In the previous post, I explained that God’s route for Israel’s exodus from Egypt was not the commonsensical route that anybody would have expected them to take. Rather than have the Israelites head … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Comfort, Courage, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Encouragement, God's Omnipotence, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, Needs, Perseverance, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Restoration, Series: "Questions From Israel's Exodus", Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged Did Pharaoh drown in the Red Sea?, God can make a way, God parting the Red Sea, Israel encamped at the Red Sea, Pharaoh and his army chasing Israel, the Angel of God inside the pillar
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The Disciple's Road 