Keep on Keeping On. Persevere. To persevere, according to Oxford Languages, means to “continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.” Seasons of waiting require perseverance and can be so hard, especially when days turn into months and months turn into years. While…
Often we hear people ask the question, why would a good, loving God allow suffering and bad things to happen? And when we’re in the midst of trials and suffering, we often wonder the same thing. Why me, and when will this end, or what can I do to wriggle out from underneath this pain?…
How do you know if you have experienced growth through your trials? It’s no secret that the Christian life will be full of trouble. Jesus himself says that in this life we will have trouble. Jesus also had to endure the trial of the crucifixion. Paul was denied the removal of a thorn so that Christ’s strength could be made perfect in his weakness. So we will surely have trials and troubles in this life. But how do you know if they have produced growth?
Well, we’ve come to the end of our Thanksgiving series on God and Our Trials. Friend, I don’t know where you are in your life and what circumstances you find yourself in, but I hope you have found comfort in understanding the good that will come from the hard times of life and in knowing…
So far we have looked at God’s sovereignty and His providence. His sovereignty means His complete control over everything that happens to us and how nothing surprises Him for He already knows the outcome. That can and should bring us rest and increase our faith and trust in Him. It’s His providence that brings us…
Last week we looked at God’s Sovereignty in relation to our trials. We learned how we can trust Him to provide for us through those trials. Both Matthew and Luke explained that He cares for us even more than the sparrows, lilies and grasses of the fields. Today I want to explore how the trials…
God’s sovereignty might just be my favorite attribute of Him and the one that has sustained me the most through the course of my life, especially the trials that came through being Big Bro’s mama. There were times that the only thing that got me through the days and weeks was knowing none of what…
God and our trials. Have you ever wondered where He is in the midst of the hard times you are walking through? When you are in the thick of things, it is difficult to feel His presence. But He teaches us so much about Himself through those hard times. As November begins and Thanksgiving…
What in the world do you do when the trials just keep coming? When you feel like you honestly and truly cannot fight anymore? When you see all the positive promises of hope and goodness and prosperity and reward and can in no way identify or ever see yourself being able to identify with those…
Do you ever feel like you are being held over a fire? Or that you are going to be consumed by the flames of circumstance in your life? Suffering is just a part of life and can be a internal or external pain that we just cannot wriggle away from. In the weeks up to…