If we ask God, He promises us HIS peace "that passes all understanding"! When we take time to step back from the pressure of life and come into the presence of God, He can speak promises of hope and comfort over our circumstances. Use these Bible verses about peace for meditation ...
Liberty is not the first, but the second word. The first word is obedience. God created manin His own image—which means that we are created for liberty. But we have overlooked the first word:Godcreated man. Therefore God is master. As long as men keep that firmly in mind, that God ...
who love you and support you. But for those true believers who have children that have walked away from God, that pain is very real. A parent’s regrets and doubts are constantly splashed up on the mind. Sleepless nights, going over and over the mistake made, the unchangeable...
Having grown up in “faith” churches that idolized strength and bravery, I can tell you that there is a tremendous amount of bullying and judgment that happens there. It may be a lack of understanding, but for the most part, they, too, are submitting to peer pressure while ignoring what...
Following Him, means: Believing and following His teachings, which also means keeping His commandments. Believing that even though we do not understand all things, He does. For“Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite” (Psalm 147:5). ...
Daniel saw some things that disturbed him greatly and it caused him to be sick. I can identify with him. Truth is not always comfortable, but it will always bring a peace that passes understanding. Truth will increase your faith and trust in the God who made you and all creation. ...
(for this the phrase itself indicates), therefore the Council, as understanding this, suitably wrote ‘one in essence,’ that they might both defeat the perverseness of the heretics, and shew that the Word was other than originated things.” Athanasius, Defence of the Nicene Council, 20 (A....
the elastic substance beneath springs up again. As soon as the wind passes over the cornfield, the bowing ears raise themselves. You have to steep foul things in water for a good while before the pure liquid washes out the stains. And so time is an element in all the good that we get...
Gen. 50:10; Num. 20:29; Deut. 34:8 – here are some examples of ritual prayer and penitent mourning for the dead for specific periods of time. The Jewish understanding of these practices was that the prayers freed the souls from their painful state of purification, and expedited their jo...
The following verse proceeds our opening verse. Not only are we instructed to consult God, but it is His word that is to be consulted for light and understanding. “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word,it isbecausethere isno light in them.” ...