Why would the Lord test me when He is all-knowing? Although God is all-knowing, we are not, and tests of life reveal positive things and growth areas in our lives. God has unique plans for our life that He wants us to fulfill while on this earth. He prepares us along our journey with experiences …
There is a journey from our desires to God’s. Have you ever been surprised about how the Bible comments on itself? The writer of Hebrews wants the recipients of the letter to keep the faith. To encourage them, he wrote about people who have kept the faith in the past. He included Isaac in this …
One of the greatest gifts that can be given is the gift of blessing your children. These are godly blessings from parents by words and actions to their children. Blessings builds others up and conveys the fact that all our blessings are possible because of God. Long after our parents are gone, those early blessings …
In life there will be disappointments. It could be a loss of a job, a failed test, a broken relationship, a loss of a sports contest, or a poor grade. The question is not if we will have disappointments, but how to go about dealing with disappointment? Our sinful human tendency is to deal with …
Do you want to be used by God, but think that you are too flawed for God to use you? Though out human history God works through flawed people. That gives us hope that He will also use us. The Lord knows our weakness and frailties, yet He has a plan for each of us …
Have you ever had someone lie to you? How did that make you feel? How did that affect your relationship with that person or organization? What kind of damage resulted in that deception? No one likes to be deceived and the damage it causes often is long lasting. Truth blesses and deception destroys. Truth versus …
Have you ever made poor decisions in your life? If we are honest, we must admit we all have. But does it have to be this way? Instead of making decisions on our own, what if we prayed for discernment of the heart? Would that make a difference? Lack of Discernment Results in Poor Decisions …
Trusting God can be difficult. Why? I think we all struggle with unbelief at times. In fact, people of the Bible struggled with trusting God. You see, trust is developed over time within a relationship. If I don’t know someone well, I tend not to trust them. It is the same with the Lord. We …