Tag Archives: trials and temptations

The Difference Adoption Makes

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Pete

From time to time there’s the temptation to fall back. To do what you’ve stopped doing. To respond the way you used to respond. To go where you no longer want to go. Any number of things might trigger it, … Continue reading →

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The Hedge

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Pete

Job wants out. “I give,” he cries. Life, or what’s left of it, is just too hard. Everything he worked for, his herds and flocks, were gone. Everything he sacrificed for, his children, gone too. Everything he drew on to … Continue reading →

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If I Knew . . . I Still Would

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pete

Kind of interesting how observations from two completely unrelated passages can come together to get the mind churning. Something I read this morning from a preacher and then a reminder concerning a prophet came together and started me thinking. Noodling … Continue reading →

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The Ponderer

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Pete

It’s truth given as a warning, but being received this morning as a comfort. It is a reminder of the nature of the God of heaven which has profound implications for life on earth. That God possesses a divine knowledge. … Continue reading →

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Who’s In the Boat

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Pete

They weren’t rookies when it came to navigating the lake. They knew how bad it could get when the weather turned and the winds came rolling in. They had been there, done that. They had navigated storms before. So when … Continue reading →

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Well Tried

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Pete

We often talk of our less than ideal circumstances as divinely appointed or allowed crucibles. Situations where the heat is turned up so that the impurities might be burned off. Times that test our faith and in so doing expose … Continue reading →

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To Be Faithful Amidst the Fullness

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Pete

It kills me to read 1Kings 11. Maybe, if he had had a lot less money, he could have afforded a lot less wives. Perhaps if he had a little less to possess he wouldn’t have become so bored with … Continue reading →

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A Holy Hand-off Into Unholy Hands

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Pete

It seems that before Jesus could go public with His ministry, His Father had arranged two meetings in preparation. The first was with John the Baptist in the Jordan (Matt. 3:13-17). In order to “fulfill all righteousness” Jesus, though without … Continue reading →

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The Crown of Life

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Pete

Keep your eye on the prize. I’m guessing if you’ve been in Christian circles for any length of time you’ve heard something like that before . . . maybe so often that it’s lost its punch. One of those “pat … Continue reading →

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