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Don’t Worry, The Lord is Near!
Your hand trembles as you open the pathology report that has just come in the mail. Your voice breaks as you let your spouse know that you have lost your job. You don't know how much your friends notice your
God’s Presence in Suffering
The book of Job is not only a witness to the dignity of suffering and God's presence in our suffering, but it's also our primary biblical protest against religion that has been reduced to explanations or "answers." Many of the
9 Things to remember When You Feel Like a Failure!
Sometimes it is real, other times it's imagined, but the feeling of failure is acute. Disappointment in one's self is heart breaking and soul damaging. Paralyzing to the very core. But as the saying goes, failure is not fatal. Nor
Let God move the stones in Your life-A message for You!
Life's problems and troubles can drain you out and almost make you feel like you are having the life choked out of you! It doesn't have to be that way! You don't have to suffer and walk the lonesome road
As You Seek To Please an Audience of 1, You have to Choose!
It's quiet. It's early. For the next 12 hours, I'll be exposed to the day's demands. It's now that I must make a choice. And so I choose...I choose love. I will love God and what God loves. I choose
Are you unhappy with your circumstances?
Contentment is hard to attain. Even the apostle Paul, a hero of the faith, had to learn to be content (Phil. 4:11). It was not a natural character trait for him.For Paul to write that he was content in every
Do You Need Your Soul Saved? A Prayer For You!
We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved. (Hebrews 10:39) …Humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. (James 1:21) These two scriptures are written to believers,
No Matter What, Keep Dancing With God -Who Brought You!
Years before your junior prom, long before your kindergarten rendition of the hokey pokey, God began a dance with you. Before He sketched you out, He first sat down with a pen and paper and orchestrated every line of your
God does want to bless you but for a Purpose!
God does not have a problem with you being rich as long as He is first place in your life. In fact, He wants you rich. He needs you to help finance His end time harvest of souls. As Christ’s
Prayer and Joy Goes Together!
Do you experience joy when you pray? The Bible says to rejoice in the Lord and pray. Philippians 4:4-7 is the classic passage on this. That passage and others tell us that prayer and joy go together in at least
Facing closed doors?Appeal them with YOUR praise!
-“O Thou Kind Lord! These lovely children are the handiwork of YOUR fingers of Thy might and the wondrous signs of Thy greatness. O God! Protect these children, graciously assist them to be educated and enable them to render service
What Are the Promises of God?
Imagine stumbling over a treasure chest buried in the ground. You open it. It’s full of gold coins. Millions and millions of dollars’ worth. That’s a perfect picture of the Bible. The Bible is like a treasure chest. But instead
Are you the victim of God’s Pruning Shears?
Recently when we had one of our round table discussions about God and what He is currently doing in the lives of the people around the world, we began to realize that not only is God at work in their
Is your 2013 terrible so far?God can still change it!
Have you ever found yourself spending a lot of time thinking about the past and what happened,what didn’t happen and what you wished would have happened? If you have found yourself spending a lot of time thinking on these things
