Everywhere we look lately, it seems that suffering and pain are on the rise. Maybe it is age related , culture related, government related or simply what God has decreed for us for our growth in grace. The Bible tells us that though suffering always comes, it is never an excuse for sin. Sin is […]
Godly Offspring—Raising Children 1
Introduction: In the beginning we see God creating life. He started with the heavens, the planets, the plants and animals, and then, finally with people. Isaiah 43:7 says he did this for his glory. God received glory by creating people. This comes to him because people make him famous through various means. We praise him, […]
A Young Man’s Desire to Know the Will of God
Hi John, Knowing God’s will about life is a matter, mostly of spending time with him and then doing what you want. As you spend time with him, you become like him. Then you begin to think like him and do the things he does. As this happens, you begin to anticipate how he thinks […]
contentment requires enormous strength!
Gaining contentment does not mean losing sorrow or saying goodbye to discomfort. Contentment means sacrificing itchy cravings to gain a settled soul. You give up one thing for another. It’s hard. Hard, but sweet. You are “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.” You “have nothing, yet possess everything.” First Timothy 6:6 says, “Godliness with containment is great […]
Dying For Others
I have around 250,000 conscious hours remaining to me in which I could be smiling or scowling, rejoicing in my life, in this race, in this story, or moaning and complaining about my troubles. I can be giving my fingers, my back, my mind, my words, my breaths, to my wife and my children and […]
life is heavy for the strongest shoulders
Our challenges always build. A ninety-five-year-old man sits in his chair with a wandering mind because a century cannot pass without many blows. That much life is heavy for the strongest shoulders. A young man might feel bold; he might feel courageous, gambling with life and death. And he might be courageous. But he trusts […]