“… for the joy of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10d) Most Children of God seem to look at "the joy of the Lord” as only a physical emotion, present when their outward circumstances are easy – no persecutions, no tests, no … [Read more...]
We Complain Too Much
“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (12) I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, … [Read more...]
How Long?
“O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!” (Habakkuk 1:2) There may be times in our lives that God seems silent. We pray and cry out to God; and it seems as if our prayers go … [Read more...]
God, Are You Asleep?
“Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever” (Psalms 44:23) The true people of God are tested and tried by God, not to condemn them, but to conform them unto the image of Christ; even to see if they will keep His … [Read more...]
What Does It Take to Get Us Ready to Serve God?
1 Samuel 1:1-28 A woman named Hannah, the wife of Elkanah, an Ephrathite, had no children. Elkanah had two wives; the other wife’s name was Peninnah, and she had children. It was a great honor to have children in Israel at this time in history. Not … [Read more...]
Begin to Grow Again
“Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven” (Judges 16:22) As children, we often had certain characters or “superheroes” that we looked up to and dreamed of one day becoming. What young boy doesn’t want to dress up like … [Read more...]
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