God never said we wouldn’t be tried; He made it clear we would come out as gold, to His glory! “These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remain...
1Pe 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: It is illogical to the carnal mind yet the hardships we face in this life are...
God never said we wouldn’t be tried; He made it clear we would come out as gold, to His glory! “These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remain...
I tried it. Sitting on the said-white chairs, the other day, I recommitted to God to be positive about it all. That is. . .until I looked left. . . and saw the brown chairs.Grr…not them again.My thoughts wandered off to lands of annoyed and not-bueno. God, how do we continu...
I didn’t turn from my sin by being beaten up by religious people. Even though I tried to destroy their faith, I turned from my sin because saved people loved me the same way God had loved them. They knew what I was about and fervently wanted me to see what Grace and Love looked ...
…life squeezes so tight that I can’t breatheAnd every time I’ve tried to be what someone else has thought of meSo caught up, I wasn’t able to achieveBut deep in my heart, the answer, it was in meAnd I made up my mind to define my own destiny ...
Elliott always rooted for the underdog and tried to use his connections to give people a boost, said former Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, who knew Elliott for 40 years. Louisville mass shooting: 5th victim dies after gunman opens fire inside bank | LiveNOW from FOX Five people were killed ...
He tried to cover his sin by bringing her husband Uriah home from war to sleep with her. Uriah didn’t comply. With the coverup thwarted, David had Uriah killed. Not David’s finest moment! Then the child conceived in this act of adultery died. If we stopped there, we may be ...
17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; 18even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he...
Or, maybe, we’ve been burned before and haven’t even tried for such friendships. There once walked a Personwho, though he was highly exalted, did not count His high honor as something to hold on to, but gave up all privilege, becoming like one of us; in fact, becoming ourservant,...