1 Peter 2:19-For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. One of the things that I believe really helps people “push through” difficulties is having “a point of reference”. That there is something or someone that inspires you to think, “that if they made it, then so […]
Matthew 3:11–“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. One of the wisest things that I believe we should all eventually embrace is to know our […]
Deuteronomy 25:17-19-“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. I’ve realized from my own experiences and now […]
Isaiah 50:6-8-I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting. 7 But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I […]
I’m reading 2 Samuel in the Bible about David and his sin with Bathsheba. I dread reading this portion because it’s all downhill for David from this point on – so it seems. The illegitimate child dies. Then, his son rapes his daughter (half-sister to the rapist). Then, the girl’s full-brother kills him in revenge. […]
One word from God can make all the difference in the world. When was the last time you heard from God? Mary was distressed. Her hope was dashed. The very purpose of her life was crushed. Jesus had just died, and what’s worse, someone removed His body and so, she couldn’t even give Him a […]
Isaiah 49:4-I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose. Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.” I truly believe, that the only way you can have hope in the midst of failure, is that God […]
Psalm 109:4-5-In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. 5 So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. One of the hardest things to get used to growing up for me, was to realize that just because you “do things right”, doesn’t mean that people […]
Does God ever command us to do something we cannot do? “Of course not!” you say. Why would God command us to do something knowing that we can’t carry it out? I, as a father, would not tell my 10 year old to solve a Calculus problem. That would be cruel! But God DOES command […]
Psalm 105:16-17–When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, 17 he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. Being forty years old and living in the town I grew up in, it is sometimes shocking to see people you went to high […]