11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,...
Jacob is like most of us. He prayed asking for God’s protection but then he created his own strategies and plans. He was afraid that his brother Esau was going to attack him for his deception and for stealing his birthright and blessing.As Jacob returned home, as he learned that Esau ...
11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to ...
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content… one. Psalm 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the bea...
Was Paul (the mentor) more loved by God then Timothy (the student)? NO, we all have a time and a place of being the student and the mentor. We cannot grow unless we ask for help from those who have gone before us. We must know there are things to be learned before we can be ...
He used to regard these outward privileges, one by one, as so many items of gain; now he has learned to regard them, all in the aggregate, as so much loss because of Christ. They were loss because confidence in outward things tends to keep the soul from Christ. Τοῦ γὰρ ...
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul ...
Hardly; no more than I should give Judas a pat on the back for his betrayal of Jesus, even though it ultimately led to the the hope of salvation. But I do owe God my gratitude for the lesson I think I’ve learned. I thank God that issues of racism and privilege are getting attenti...
Sometimes those very things led to some pretty strong debates, but I have learned to listen and consider his views. And you know what? He’s right most of the time. I love him for the way he loves me. The way I’m his priority and how we have found a solid place to feel that ...
However, we quickly learned when one is immune compromised you are relegated to canned, frozen, and packaged foods as well as all meats cooked to well done. Not ideal timing as we had scheduled way before his diagnosis to drive up to Chicago to cheer Natalie on in her first ever ...