Posts Tagged ‘Encouragement’
Faith in the Lion’s Den
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 ALL THINGS? We find it so easy to quote this verse but believing it and living it is not as easy, especially when you are in the lion’s…
Read MoreBeing Like Barnabas
Acts 4:36-37 “36 And Joses [Joseph], who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” How should we face the grievous problems of life? When…
Read MoreHills and Valleys
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain (Isaiah 40:4). When you drive through Colorado, you cannot help but be impressed as you approach a mountain 12,000 feet high. But as you get closer, you are suddenly…
Read MoreLord, Save Me
Matt Recker Matthew 14:30 Peter was confident he could walk on the water to go to Jesus, if indeed that was Jesus walking on the water. From the safety of the boat Peter saw it could be done, and His only goal was to go to Jesus. Obeying Jesus’ word, “Come,” Peter began to walk…
Read MoreEncouragement of the Psalms
Mike Stalnaker In the late 1800s, Rowland Prothero compiled instances of how God used the book of Psalms specifically in the lives of people. Prothero divides his book into 12 chapters covering the Psalms from the “Early Ages of Christianity” until the 1900s. His book, The Psalms in Human Life, is the result of his…
Read MoreWhat a God!
Matthew Johnson A personal testimony in honor of our all-sufficient God. A throw-back post… I wrote this poem back in 2009. That was a tough year for me, mostly because as immature as I am now, I was far more immature then. By August of 2009, it had been two years since I had been…
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