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Category Archives: Waiting
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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A Story About the Value of Waiting Just a Little Bit Longer
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say on the Lord! (Psalm 27:14, N.K.J.V.) In his booklet When Everything Goes Wrong, Adrian Rogers tells the story of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn, who was … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Choices, Conviction, Decisions, Depression, Faith, God's Timing, God's Foreknowledge, God's Guidance, God's Will, Impatience, Patience, Problems, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Adrian Rogers, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, communism, gulag, history, imprisonment in a gulag, russia, When Everything Goes Wrong booklet
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He Will Make It Plain
In his wonderful little book, The Red Sea Rules, Robert J. Morgan shares a story from the life of William Cowper. Cowper was a famous English poet and hymn writer who struggled with severe mental issues, bordering on insanity, until he … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Comfort, Depression, Disappointment, Doubt, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God's Love, God's Omnipotence, God's Omnipresence, God's Timing, God's Guidance, God's Mercy, God's Omniscience, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Patience, Perseverance, Suffering, Suicide, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform, man who tried to commit suicide, Robert J. Morgan, the Ouse river, The Red Sea Rules, William Cowper
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Give God Time
The Bible makes no attempt at all to contradict the statement: “Timing is everything.” It tells us that God the Father didn’t send Jesus to the earth until “the fullness of the time had come” (Galatians 4:4, N.K.J.V.). It tells … Continue reading
Posted in Desires, Disappointment, Doubt, Faith, God's Timing, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Impatience, Patience, Prayer Requests, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Faith, Frank W. Boreham quote, giving God time, God's Timing, God's timing in the Bible, waiting on God, Why am I having to wait?, why God isn't in a hurry
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Traveling with Jesus
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27, N.K.J.V.) During my teenage years I ran around a lot with my friend, Jerry Willis. Jerry had a 1970 Chevy Nova Super Sport muscle car … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Commitment, Disappointment, Discipleship, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Timing, God's Guidance, God's Will, Impatience, Patience, Personal, Problems, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged GPS systems, My sheep hear My voice, riding in a 1970 Super Sport Nova, the journey is as important as the destination, walking with Jesus
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Rainbows
“Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said: “This is the sign of … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance of Salvation, Creation, Doubt, Eternal Security, Eternity, God's Omnipotence, God's Wrath, God's Judgment, God's Mercy, God's Sovereignty, Heaven, Prophecy, Restoration, Salvation, Scripture, The Bible, Trusting In God, Waiting, Weather
Tagged an emerald rainbow, Bible, Dave Hunt, different interpretations of the new earth, Genesis, god, God giving Canaan to Israel forever, Noah's flood and the Black Sea, the covenant God has made with the earth, the meaning of the rainbow, the new earth, the rainbow around God's throne, Was Noah's flood a local flood?, Was Noah's flood a worldwide flood?, what Dave Hunt taught about rainbows, Will this earth be destroyed by fire?
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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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Did Jesus Help the Eagles Win the Super Bowl?
The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in last Sunday’s Super Bowl. While that result was a bit of an upset, what stood out to me most about the game was the inordinate amount of “Jesus talk” the … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Desires, Disappointment, Evangelism, God's Will, God's Work, Human Life, Perseverance, Personal, Problems, Prosperity, Sports, Suffering, The Holy Spirit, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged criticism of Tony Dungy, Did Jesus help the Eagles beat the Patriots?, Doug Pederson's Christianity, John Piper tweet about Philippians 4:13, Nick Foles' Christianity, Tim Tebow and Jesus, Tony Dungy's Christianity
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Waiting on God’s Best
Dr. Doug Cecil was an Associate Professor at Dallas Theological Seminary for many years and now serves on staff at Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He loves to use a quote from Orel Hershiser, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Desires, God's Provision, God's Will, Impatience, Needs, Patience, Satan, Temptation, The Devil, Waiting
Tagged baseball, Christ Chapel Bible Church, Doug Cecil, George Will, illustration about Orel Hershisher's philosophy of pitching, Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball, mlb, Orel Hershisher, Orel Hershisher's philosophy of pitching, settling for second best, Sports, two theories about pitching, waiting for God's best, yielding to Satan's temptation
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Lessons from Habakkuk
The Old Testament book of the prophet Habakkuk isn’t one that often gets preached. But that doesn’t mean that it won’t “preach.” This is evidenced by the fact that it is quoted multiple times in the New Testament. The apostle … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Backsliding, Belief, Coming Judgment, Complaining, Disappointment, Disobedience, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God's Chastening, God's Omnipotence, God's Timing, God's Judgment, God's Sovereignty, Impatience, Patience, Persecution, Perseverance, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Problems, Suffering, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged God using the Babylonians to judge Judah, habakkuk, Habakkuk criticizing God, lessons from the book of Habakkuk, the just shall live by faith
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