The simple reality is that I don’t know all the glorious things God is doing in and through my circumstances. I have to learn to trust that God is at work every day, doing good even when I can’t see it. I love howJohn Piper puts it: God is always doing 10,000 things in your...
As worry and stress disap- pear in our rearview mirror, we discover new things about God, life, and others that we never imagined. Throughout this study, we will look at men and women who faced challenging situations and impossible odds but discovered the power of relying on God every ...
Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. At times it is literally impossible for me to know how a certain thing can possibly work out for my good or anyone else’s. When something tragi...
The fact that you woke up breathing is a miracle that God orchestrates every day. He wants us to acknowledge the good in our lives even when we are walking through the valley. When the focus is on our problems, He can’t grow us to trust Him in the hard seasons. The creator God wh...
promise of providence than your own natural deduction of human logic. God’s ways are far above our ways. Sometimes His call is radical, and when you are deeply convicted in faith that God is calling you to trust Him, then do it. Trust Him in all things and He will always provide ...
Even when we aren’t excited about what’s to come, He can’t contain his own because He loves to be with us and can’t wait to invite us into all the good things He has in store. 12 Comments Posted in Life in Christ | Tags: fun, God, gospel, grace, invitation, joy, kingdom...
I wasn’t thinking of it this way at the time, but I suppose all this might be part of the reason why, when I needed to pray, I turned to the bodhisattva Manjuśrī rather than to a God or Goddess as such. For Mañjuśrī, while perhaps omniscient, is not omnipotent. He lets ...
We must do all we can, but in the end there is trust in God. (Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish Catholic priest, 1491-1556) Nothing is impossible for me, and never will be, because I trust in God, he is able to do anything. (Francis de Sales, former Bishop of Geneva, saint in the ...
They laugh because that is what you do when someone says he can do the impossible. They laugh a little at God, and a lot with God— for God is laughing, too. Then, with the smile still on his face, he gets busy doing what he does best—the unbelievable. He changes a few things...
s not impossible with you, Lord and I ask you to join me. I know you’ve always been there, but sometimes I try to take control and do it myself. Sometimes I let Satan in because I’m simply too darn stubborn. No more, God. No more. I need you. We need you. Please join ...