“Praising God in the midst of difficulty is so powerful because God stands in the moment with us.The thing that I can testify during those moments of difficulty—when I brought my pain directly to God and walked with Him through it—was the reality that God was really there, and He gav...
If we will have hope for a God of cosmic proportion, who can and will redeem the world; if we will labor for that God while remembering the limits to what we, in our human frailty, can accomplish; if we will nurture our faith through trials and setbacks as well as joy; then like b...
Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” There is no variation. And Luke chapter 3 will indicate this very same genealogy, only he puts it backwards because it ends really where it
1 Peter 1:12 –To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things which angels desire to look into. Mark 12:3...
Through the smell test. I don’t care for them and find them dumb. Would you know anything deeper that biblical puts. Them in the wrong side of the ledger. My daughters are believers. But they are 18 and 21. Thanks. Mike Figueroa Reply Jeremy Myers says January 15, 2016 at 4...
The Bible doesn’t just warn aboutyougoing into debt either. It also tells us that helping a friend or relative go into debt by cosigning is a horrible idea. Proverbs 17:18 (NIV) says, “One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.” If that’...
Despair and fear often go hand in hand, one will tend to make the other stronger within us. Yet the Bible is filled with countless reminders of how God is always with us in whatever we face — through the fire, in the storm, over deep waters, and across the wilderness. The most ...
For example, when I was pregnant with each of our sons and going through labor, knowing the outcome that awaited me on the other side of the pain helped. Then there have been those times of suffering and frustration in both relationships and work that have taught me the same. I’ve lear...
This is where Scripture not only addresses my self-condemnation and answers my questions, but also puts me in my rightful place that I am not God. These two versions of Job 14:5 spell it out: “Our time is limited.You have given us only so many months to liveand have set limits we...
But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.New American BibleThey will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.New ...