Dear Pastor Mike, How does something like this fit into God’s intricate plan for the world? How does the brutal death of this little girl build God’s Kingdom on Earth? If He doesn’t care enough about her to save her, then why should He care about any of us? Serious question. Hi Serious, Several […]
Why God?
by Lisa Leidenfrost 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Sometimes we ask ‘why’ of God when we don’t understand why He has given us such a hard trial. Job asked that of God and notice that God did not answer his question directly. He answered it by saying, ‘take a good look at who I am and that […]
God’s purposes in Hardship: a lesson from the apostle Paul
by Lisa Leidenfrost It is hard to see at first how God uses trial to bless, but let’s take a look at Paul’s trials and what God does with them. “For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Cor. 4:5). If we are God’s […]
Change: time moves on
by Lisa Leidenfrost Change is not an easy thing, especially when it goes in a direction you don’t want. Let’s face it. When you are in a severe trial your life changes. The initial trial may be bad enough on its own, but there is often a series of negative changes that happen in its […]
They Still Stagger Forward
“Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction in earthly things. They will exhaust themselves in the deceitful delights of sin, and, finding them all to be vanity and emptiness, they will become very perplexed and disappointed. But they will continue their fruitless search. Though wearied, they still stagger forward under the influence of spiritual […]
Exhortation : Freedom from Guilt
We are born guilty. From our earliest moment, we feel guilty. We feel this way because we are guilty. The Bible tells us that this is because of our father Adam. He sinned and we all sinned in him, both genetically and covenantally. As if this wasn’t enough, we all prove our guilt by doing […]
Psalm 63 – The Watering Hole
‟O God, You are my God Early will I seek you. My soul thirsts for You My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.” (v.1) In the first line, ‟O God, You are my God,” this states possession, a close relationship. The Lord is his God and it puts everything […]
It Doesn’t Work
The goal of life is to glorify God by walking with him and enjoying him. The problems we have in life are due to our sin or to the sins of others. Problems multiply as we respond to the sins of others in sinful ways. In counseling, we find people who are struggling with life and […]