God’s Grace Overcomes Difficulties
I don’t like difficulties of any sort. But reality is–that’s not going to happen. Difficulties are a part of life, so we’d best learn to deal with them well.
I don’t like difficulties of any sort. But reality is–that’s not going to happen. Difficulties are a part of life, so we’d best learn to deal with them well.
Someday we’ll know more fully than we know now. We’ll know more about God’s character and more about why He allowed certain circumstances into our lives.
Just ask the foot racer who lost the lead when he turned his head to check on the runners behind him. A split-second backward glance cost him the lead.
My three-year-old granddaughter was helping me tape boxes when she said, “This is a cross. It’s like Jesus. He died on the cross.” She noticed, but I did not.
Eight months after receiving “guard” as my focus word for 2022, I’m beginning to appreciate its relevance to my life in ways I hadn’t imagined.
God has purposes yet unseen for our lives, too. Every one of the hardships we experience are part of the pruning and honing necessary to prepare us.
How do we respond to suffering? Do we get angry or fall into self-pity? Or do we allow God to use our pain to refine us and make us more like Jesus?
Let’s put our hope in God’s word. He vowed to never forsake us. He promised to be our refuge, our guide, our wisdom, and our provider
Our role in our relationship with Him is to tune our ear to listen so we can hear it above the din of so many other voices calling for our attention.
What do you need today, friend? If you’re following the Good Shepherd, then everything you need is at your disposal. Just ask.
Every hardship we experience is part of the pruning and honing necessary to prepare us. They also make us more like Jesus no matter what our destiny is.
If the Spirit controls our thoughts, we learn to establish healthy boundaries. We experience the freedom of forgiveness and the joy of life and peace.
We need to be intentional and likely make some changes if we want to someday hear God’s “Well done, good and faithful servant.” What can we do to finish well?
God’s all about exchanging the old for the new, giving second chances, and restoring what was lost or broken. He wants to fill us with hope.
Let’s ask Jesus to fully possess our minds, our eyes, our hands, our tongues, and our feet and to love others through us.
Why should my life be so different than a Nepalese woman’s life because I was born in Alberta? I don’t understand. And yet I must trust that God is in control.
One of God’s rules that’s become very real to me over the past year or so is to treat my body like the temple of the Holy Spirit. It’s changed my life.
Living by God’s truth and in His light ensures His blessing and power in our lives. I much prefer this to living in lies and darkness. I’m sure you do, too.
God gives us the victory. He reminds us that we’re doing this in obedience to His call, and He’s responsible for the results.
I returned last night from a two-week trip to Eastern Europe. What a wonderful opportunity to see God at work in so many places!
Christ invested His life in us. You know what that says? He considers us a treasure. He highly values us. He’d never consider us a cast-off.
I chose to thank God for my mud and rock hut, the neighbors who stopped by daily, and their patience. As I began to express gratitude, God changed my heart.
What difference does it make if Christ’s love controls us? For starters, the world would look much different. Let’s do our part in making change happen.
We need to shed our comfortable Christianity and start living in a way that forces us to depend on God’s power to survive if we want to grow in our faith.
I remember when I first sensed God nudging me to write this book. My human logic scoffed: “Who, me? You want me to do what? Are you kidding? I can’t do that.”
“It’s all in one’s perspective,” said Jan. She explained that when troubles come, we’re all faced with a choice regarding where we fix our gaze.
Many times, when we’re walking an easy path, we tend to grow confident in our abilities and know-how. We think we’re able to manage on our own, thank you.
Running the Kingdom-building race with purpose might mean letting go of something that in itself is very worthwhile in order to achieve a greater good.
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