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Category Archives: Trials
The Clinic Built By a Tornado
The city of Rochester, Minnesota, was founded in 1854 and incorporated as a town in 1858. The area had previously served as a stagecoach stop, and the new city experienced rapid growth once the railroad began making stops there in … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attitude, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God's Omnipotence, God's Sovereignty, God's Work, Perseverance, Problems, Restoration, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged God works in mysterious ways, origins of the phrase God works in mysterious ways, Rochester Minnesota, Sisters of St. Francis, The founding of the Mayo Clinic, tornado strikes Rochester Minnesota
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Gamaliel’s Advice
“And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Choices, Depression, Disappointment, Discernment, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Will, God's Work, Ministry, Perseverance, Preaching, Problems, Prosperity, Reward, Service, Sowing and Reaping, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Gamaliel's advice, Judas of Galilee, the apostles before the Sanhedrin, the apostles getting arrested, Theudas, Who was Gamaliel?
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Far Better
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard-pressed between … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Aging, Comfort, Death, Encouragement, Eternity, Heaven, Persecution, Personal, Problems, Restoration, Reward, Salvation, Sickness, Suffering, Trials
Tagged at your right hand are pleasures forevermore, heaven is far better, in your presence is fullness of joy, to live is Christ and to die is gain
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How’s Your Perseverance These Days?
A boy saved up his money and bought himself a nice pair of ice skates. Not long afterward he had his mom drive him to the local skating rink so that he could learn to skate. The mother watched as … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Commitment, Disappointment, Doing Good, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Impatience, Obedience, Patience, Perseverance, Reward, Service, Trials, Waiting
Tagged Bible verses about perseverance, Bible verses about quitting, spiritual lessons about perseverance, story about persevering
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Happily Ever After
Everybody loves a happy ending. The fact is, though, that such an outcome usually depends upon just exactly what degree of “happy” the individual is expecting. If those expectations are unrealistically high, well…. The Bible’s classic illustration of this is … Continue reading
Trouble Travels
Here’s a true story. A retired couple found themselves greatly worried by the threat of nuclear war. So, they decided that their best course of action was to settle down in the place that was the least likely in all … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Change, Choices, Complaining, Contentment, Courage, Decisions, Desires, Fear, God's Will, Human Life, Inner Peace, Peace, Problems, Temptation, Trials, War, Worry
Tagged Argentina and the United Kingdom, finding a place of peace, John 14:27, My peace I give to you, peace in the midst of trouble, Philippians 4:7, the Falkland Islands war, the most peaceful place on earth, the peace Jesus gives, the peace that passes all understanding
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The Jonah Path
Question: “What is the Bible’s only book that ends with a question?” Answer: “Jonah.” Jonah 4:11 closes the book by way of God asking the prophet Jonah: “And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Backsliding, Church, Church Attendance, Complaining, Contentment, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Honesty, Mercy, Ministry, Missions, Obedience, Perseverance, Personal, Prayer, Preaching, Problems, Rebellion, Service, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Truth
Tagged god, God makes the sun rise on the evil and the good, God sends rain to the just and the unjust, Is it okay to be mad at God?, Jonah, Jonah being mad at God, nineveh, the importance of being real with God, the wicked people of Nineveh, Why did God spare Nineveh?
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