A helpful word from Randy Alcorn: When suffering and evil come, they exert a force that either pushes us away from God or pulls us toward him. For those whose faith endures suffering, the devastation feels just as real. But knowing that others who suffer have learned to trust God helps them trust in him [...]
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“When suffering and evil come. . . ”
Posted in Quotes on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Give yourself momentum for the new year!
Posted in Scripture on November 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know, the new year is still more than a month away. But I’d like to encourage you to give yourself some momentum before the new year begins. God has helped me throughout this year through a plan to read through the Bible in a year. There have been some amazing days when God [...]
Afflicted and in pain – I will magnify him with thanksgiving!
Posted in Scripture on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 69:29-36 29 But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high! 30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. 32 When the humble see it they will [...]
Increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God!
Posted in Scripture on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2 Corinthians 4:7-18 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of [...]
Helpful things: People who pray (and email) like this!
Posted in Helpful things on November 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Do you ever wonder how to let someone know you are praying for them or with them? I certainly do. And God provided a helpful example, this time through one of the great women in my life: my oldest sister. I’m deeply grateful that God has given me sisters who love me and my wife [...]
It is he who made us (all of us!) and we are his!
Posted in Scripture on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 100: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with [...]
Joy is coming! And he will not forget his elect with disabilities!
Posted in Scripture on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jeremiah 31:7-9 7 For thus says the Lord: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.’ 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, [...]
“I’ve really seen that he’s sufficient” – Jennifer Rothschild
Posted in commentary on November 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A short video of Jennifer Rothschild, who is blind, talking about living with a disability and testing out the promises of God. It brings to mind 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (emphases in bold are mine): Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In [...]
Pastor John on suffering of all types
Posted in Scripture, Sermons on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you think you’ve seen this before, you probably have. I am copying Justin Taylor’s post on Pastor John’s address to the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization because it not only speaks to those who want to serve those who are suffering, it also speaks to those who are currently suffering. There is a kind [...]
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Christ’s Surpassing Value Keeps Us – Sam Crabtree
Posted in commentary, Scripture on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pastor Sam is one of the giants at Bethlehem. He doesn’t preach much, but his influence is everywhere – from his role as Executive Pastor to frequently leading the communion table to his endless work on multiple internal and external committees. One of those committees is the Desiring God Board of Directors, where he shared [...]
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