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Category Archives: Trusting In God
The Good That Can Come From Your Day of Trouble
The residents of a remote area of Alaska were having serious trouble with wolves. In desperation the residents posted a $5,000 reward for each wolf brought in dead. That sizable reward prompted Bill and Joe to try their luck. The … Continue reading
God Doesn’t Change, But Don’t Try to Put Him in a Box
“For I am the Lord, I do not change…” (Malachi 3:6, N.K.J.V.) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, God's Omnipotence, God's Provision, God's Will, Needs, Prayer Requests, Trusting In God
Tagged Bum Phillips quote about Don Shula, Does God change?, don't try to put God in a box, God's creativity in meeting needs, how the New Testament is different from the Old Testament
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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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No, We Don’t Preach “Easy Believism”
Baptists frequently get labeled with the accusation that we preach “easy believism.” People say, “C’mon, there must be more to getting saved than praying a simple prayer in which you ask Jesus to be your Savior.” My response to that … Continue reading
Secret Prayers
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him will I trust.” (Psalm … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Intercessory Prayer, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Trusting In God, Wisdom
Tagged a secret prayer life, George Truett, George Truett growing up in Hayesville NC, George Truett's mother's prayers, Jesus going off alone to pray, Psalm 91:1-2, secret prayers
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How to Kill Worry
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1, N.K.J.V.) Clovis Chappell, the great Methodist preacher, once told the following story: In the early days of aviation, a … Continue reading
Does God Want You to Get Out of the Way or Get Involved?
Does God want the Christian to stay out of the way and let Him sovereignly bring His will to pass? Or does God want to actually use the Christian to bring that will to pass? The answers to these questions … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Choices, Decisions, Discernment, Discipleship, God's Omnipotence, God's Omniscience, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, God's Work, Obedience, Parenting, Prayer, Problems, Service, Submission, The Holy Spirit, Trusting In God
Tagged Does God want me to get involved?, let go and let God, Should a Christian manipulate the process?, when God wants you to take a hands off approach
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The Desires of Your Heart
Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4, N.K.J.V.) One interpretation of this verse contends that we shouldn’t take David’s words so simply and so literally. According to this interpretation, … Continue reading
Posted in Desires, God's Provision, God's Will, Grace, Needs, Obedience, Prayer Requests, Reward, Trusting In God
Tagged How should we interpret Psalm 37:4?, It is God who wills in you to do for His good pleasure, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 2:13, Psalm 37:4, seek first the kingdom of God, the desires of your heart
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The Disciple's Road 