“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31) Romans 8 contains one of the most inspirational of the Pauline discourses. Verse 18 tells us that “…that the sufferings of this present time are not … [Read more...]
Trials and tribulations – we often ask, "Why does God allow His Children to continue to suffer?” Trials seem to be part of everyone’s life. You may be in the midst of one right now; or just having come through one; or on the brink of one. Instead of asking God why He is allowing them; perhaps we can ask what He is teaching us through them.
Now Where Is Thy Faith?
“What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God?” (Kings 17:18) In 1 Kings 17:9-16, the writer records the miracle that God performed through the widow of Zarephath as she believed God’s promise. She took her last food and gave it to … [Read more...]
Hide and Seek
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:” (Job 23:8-9) As a child, my siblings … [Read more...]
Coincidence or Providence
Romans 8:28 Webster says that coincidence is when “two things happen at the same time by accident.” Webster says that Providence is “divine guidance or care, (2) God conceived as the Power sustaining and guiding human destiny.” The question today to … [Read more...]
It Is Only a Test
1 Samuel 30:6d David had fled to the land of the Philistines as recorded in (1 Samuel 27:1) because King Saul of Israel hated him and had sought to kill him many times. David said in his heart that one day he would perish at the hand of Saul, so he … [Read more...]
Where is God?
Psalm 13:1-2 “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be … [Read more...]
