One of the best thingsI ever heard about this aspect of using patience and trusting God is from a friend who used to say, “God feeds the birds, but He doesn’t throw the food into their nests.” Ultimately, my trying situation may go on for a while and my patience will continue to...
273). The word is also used by Paul when he describes his struggle, his ‘hard labour,’ and striving in prayer for the believers in that city (Colossians 1:29-2:1). When he was in Jerusalem, at least in the final week of his life, Jesus made a practice of withdrawing to this ...
I’ve always been a future-oriented person. I had thought it was a strength to be able to look ahead, articulate long-term goals, and connect those with my present steps: That is, until I moved to Lebanon. For many living in Lebanon and several other countries in this region, it’s ...
by rendering evil for evil. It is the spirit of meekness and forbearance that he inculcates, not a slavish regard to this and that particular form of manifesting it. So when he says: "Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away" (ver...
Eventually, the antichrist will be revealed for who he is. But preceding this event, a “falling away” will occur. There will be the spirit of apostasy within the church. Indeed, this has happened over the life of the church. Hundreds of denominations were created by “falling away” from...
Joseph, for example, had a dream in his youth that was fulfilled in his later life. He was ridiculed because of the dream, but he held fast to it. Remember his resentful brothers out on the dessert that afternoon so long ago and so far away: “Behold, the dreamer comes” they spat ...
Preceded by a Messenger, Enter Jerusalem on a Donkey, Betrayed by a friend, Sold for 30 pieces of silver, Money is thrown into God’s house and used to buy the Potter’s field, Silent before His accusers and Crucified between two thieves ...
(including financial wellbeing), and the shame I feel for not being able to give him more money. Conversely, I don’t have middle-class Christian relatives to turn to as a last resort for help. In addition, I feel that I deprive my son of more opportunities—not just material things,...
I am not as strong of a Christian man as God wants me to be; but I’m a stronger Christian man today than I was yesterday. I am skeptical that I would be willing to die for my faith if confronted with that today; but I hope a time will come when I am prepared to do so. I...