- 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: trials
Not a Dumb Bird
I’m two chapters into God’s Twenty Questions session with Job (actually, I have no idea how many questions God has peppered Job with over these 70+ verses — but it’s a lot). But I think there’s only a couple of … Continue reading
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
Consider
Talking to a brother after church yesterday morning, we managed to linger together long enough to get past the “How are you?” pleasantries and go a bit deeper into the “How ARE you?” realities. We talked about how this season … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiastes
Tagged consider your ways, I know Who holds tomorrow, priorities, suffering, trials
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That People May Know
A friend of mine captured it well in one of his social media posts: “When I was hoping to get a break from the COVID/politics news cycle, I wasn’t asking for the whole state to be set on fire.” It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Isaiah
Tagged be still and know that i am God, calamity, I know Who holds tomorrow, knowing God, trials
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Pressures, Prayer, Promises, and Presence
For me, Psalm 119 is the psalm of psalms. Fearfully and wonderfully made. Like all of Scripture, knit together through the pen of the songwriter by the inspiration of the Spirit. Yet, this song is different. While, overall it has … Continue reading
Posted in Psalms
Tagged God's abiding presence, God's presence, prayer, suffering, the presence of God, the Word of God, trials, word of God speak
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Paraklesis
Hovering over the “God of all comfort” in the opening verses of 2Corinthians this morning. Ten times the word “comfort” appears in the first seven verses. How does that not register on your radar in times like these? To rephrase … Continue reading
Posted in 2Corinthians
Tagged God of comfort, Holy Spirit, indwelt, our Helper, suffering, trials
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