This next reason is not going to be a very popular reason for many Christians – but it is a very powerful reason nonetheless – and it is all for our own good and benefit. The second main reason God will allow different kinds of trials and tribulations to come our way in this life i...
God gives us hard things to do so we can do them together and we can always handle that. When we choose to follow Jesus and let go of the idols and distractions around us, it doesn't mean we get a free pass from hardship. Jesus never promised us a life without suffering, trials, ...
This deep sea of joy is made available to us as weobeyGod–another reality that makes some bristle. They don’t realize when Christ tells us to follow God’s ways, he’s not trying to make our lives miserable. He’s showing us the way to enjoyabundance of life(John 15:9-11; John...
“Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience . . . without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. . . . If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone ...
ByjefferisMarch 22, 2023Leave a comment The Body of Christ (that means you) has authority to deliver people from demonic bondage. How the devil disarms us…through fear Opening Doors for the evil one to oppress you Signs of oppression: ...
and to seek justice for all people. Help us to recognize the true grandeur and life-changing power based in loving you and all of our neighbors. In Christ Jesus, with you and the Holy Spirit, may we co-create a world ruled not through domination, but in that radical and all-powerful ...
Give me a willing spirit, a heart both clean and good. Oh, take into thy keeping thy children great and small, and while we sweetly slumber, enfold us one and all. Written by Carolina Sandell Berg, 1832-1903; translated by Gracia Grindal, b. 1943 ...
Let us not let temporal displacement of the texts of Scripture be a rationale to expect defeat in time and history in the battle against evil, as we fight for and with the Way, the Truth and the Life. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory...
My new book is a living journey of how I’m getting through my very difficult hard-core trials, pain and suffering with the help of God. It is not only sharing about my suffering, but it reveals real tools you can use to see you through your problems. ...
Not that trials do not come. But they “cannot penetrate the sanctuary of your soul” when you dwell in My shelter (3). TREES As the sun rises, your eyes are drawn to the back-lit leaves of the trees, transformed into glowing, emerald-like jewels. But the trees themselves live ...