I was reminded again today that we cannot predict how God will act. The reminder came as I was reading the account in Genesis 32 of Jacob...

You’ve probably watched a movie or read a book where there was some great battle at the end. What comes to mind for me is the last...

Too often we hear “If you are walking in God’s will, you cannot fail!” And, viewed from the vantage point of heaven, that is true. But in...

Romans 5:3-5 promises something wonderful at the end of our hardships and suffering: HOPE. The verses read “we also exult in our...

I’ve always been challenged by Romans 5:3-5: “We also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and...

The road of life is rough. There are times when there are so many potholes that we despair of moving forward at all. Banged, broken, and...

Paul writes in I Thessalonians 2:18-20, “For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our...

Doing good is a choice. Paul writes “be careful to engage in good deeds” (Titus 3:8). There is a distinct intentionality about this. If...

“Lord, help me to love that person!” Have you ever prayed that prayer? I have. Perhaps you prayed for help to love a difficult family...

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for...

“For He is like a refiner’s fire .... He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine...

When someone we know is suffering, we may not quite “get” why it hurts so much or understand what they are experiencing. We may be...

There are times when life is just awful. Fortunately, Philippians 4:1-13 gives us ten keys to facing life – no matter what life throws...

“I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in...

When we cry out to God for relief from the midst of our pain, there is a very difficult answer that we may receive - and that is the...

Let’s look at another “no” answer that God may give us when we cry out to him – one of the most famous of them all: “NO; MY GRACE IS...

When we are in trouble or pain or suffering and cry out to God, there is a “Yes” from God we may receive that carries a condition: “YES,...

Sometimes when we cry out to God for help, he may say, “Yes, but rest.” Other times, he may reply, “YES, BUT WRESTLE.” Jacob found this...

There is a response that God may give when we cry out for help that is, to me, one of the most tender answers we can ever hear. It is,...

When we are suffering and pray to God for help, one of the answers he may give (and one that we don’t often think of!) is, “YES, BUT...