- So . . . I'm "feeding myself" in the morning from God's Word and thought I'd post what I'm chewin' on and make my "food" available for others who might want to nibble a bit. Hope it's of some benefit to you . . .
The word of God is living and active . . . (Hebrews 4:12)
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Tag Archives: suffering
Face to the Wall
The news was devastating. “Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.” Not what King Hezekiah wanted to hear. Though at the point of death, how he had hoped that the prophet’s visit would have … Continue reading
Posted in 2Kings
Tagged all sufficient grace, God sees in secret, prayer, suffering, trials, weakness
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It Has Been Granted to You
Minds set on the things of God rather than minds set on the things of man — that’s been running through my head this week as I prepare to speak, Lord willing, at our gathering this Sunday. Not surprising it … Continue reading
There’s Always a Benefit
Nobody’s looking for troubles. To avoid sorrow and suffering, if it were possible, might well be on everyone’s to do list. Hardship and hurt aren’t things we pencil into our calendars — rarely are they predictable, never do they wait … Continue reading
Posted in Psalms
Tagged God is good, hard times, sanctification, suffering, transformation, trials
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Manifested
Since reading Rankin Wilbourne’ book, Union with Christ, I have been more mindful of the implications of “it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). That not only am I “in Christ”, but … Continue reading
Posted in 2Corinthians
Tagged jars of clay, resurrection power, suffering, trials, union with Christ
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Relying on God — Always a Good Thing
Utterly burdened. Completely overwhelmed. Beyond strength. Way past the ability to endure. Despairing even of life. Thinking this is it, it’s over, not going to make it! That’s the situation Paul describes in the opening chapter of 2Corinthians (vv. 8-9a). … Continue reading
Posted in 2Corinthians
Tagged all sufficient grace, hope in God, knowing God, suffering, trusting God, weakness
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The How of Suffering
Not to oversimplify, and not to be overly influenced by the ways of our current culture, but it seems to me that Job and his friends had become quite polarized in there back and forth, round-and-round-we-go debate. Though they at … Continue reading
Posted in Job
Tagged all sufficient grace, redeeming grace, redemption, restoration, suffering, trials
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Good Bottom-Line Advice from a Miserable Comforter
I think for many years, when I read Job, I didn’t really read, or at least try to listen too closely, to chapters 4 thru 37. Influenced by the big idea that Job’s friends were “miserable comforters,” while Job himself … Continue reading
Posted in Job
Tagged faithfulness, fear of God, God's faithfulness, God's testing, integrity, suffering, trials
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While Doing Good
A quick thought this morning from Peter’s concluding exhortation to those who were going through a season of suffering. Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. (1Peter 4:19 … Continue reading
Posted in 1Peter
Tagged ambassadors, do good, good works, salt and light, suffering, trials
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Be Holy
I don’t how many times I’ve read this passage, but this morning it struck me as an odd thing to say. Perhaps the last thing I’d think of saying, given the situation. Yet, among the first things God would say. … Continue reading
A Genuine Faith
It’s the real thing! 2020 proves it! Hovering over Peter’s opening words to the “elect exiles of the Dispersion.” While they many not have been “sheltered in place,” they had been “scattered to places.” Like us, their “normal” way of … Continue reading
