Posts with the category “encouragement”

By any measure, last week was a terrible week for our nation.For reasons that need no further explanation, it was a particularly bad week for conservatives in this country.In light of the anxiety that so many of us are feeling about the days to come, I want to remind all of us that no that matter who sits in the White House, no matter who holds the gavel in the house of representatives, and no mat...  Read More

This is a short piece of creative writing that I started a few weeks ago. I’ve spent a lot of time in 1 Peter lately, getting ready for my next preaching series, so the format of the letter is similar to that of 1 Peter (I’ve included hyperlinks in bold to all of the biblical references). It’s something of a “tongue in cheek” letter to those dear friends who have left California (California’s Refu...  Read More

"There are many different kinds of troubles in this world."  Read More

"As God provides the sea for leviathan, so does he find a pool for the minnow."  Read More

"It seems like people are busier and more connected today than at any other time in history..."  Read More

"Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Thou art the potter, I am the clay."  Read More

"We cannot love Christ without loving him in the brethren."  Read More

Isaiah 59:1 “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; nor His ear so dull that it cannot hear.”  Read More

"The more we get what we now call “ourselves” out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become."  Read More

"Most people 'hurt by the church' were hurt by individuals in a local congregation."  Read More

"God often makes life hard so that we will learn to hope."  Read More

"We keep opening more and more schools, so the need never goes away."  Read More

"Unity in the church begins at the top and it flows down throughout the body."  Read More

"Preach the gospel. Preach the hope of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for sinners."  Read More

"It is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance."  Read More

"Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn of another day."  Read More

"There is a close connection between what we fear and what we think we need."  Read More

I believe that the single most important distinction that a leader can make is between what he is “able to do” and what he “can do."  Read More

Ladies you have eternal souls, you belong to Jesus, not to your children.   Read More

A proverb does not give guarantees; rather, it indicates the best route to a desired end.   Read More

Eighteenth Century pastor and author John Newton wrote the following letter to a sister who was grieving the loss of her sister.  Read More

Often God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty  Read More

Why Men Hate Going to Church  Read More

It was a profound realization when I understood that I could become an artist with my very life.  Read More

In his book Quiet Talks on Prayer S.D. Gordon makes the following observation about what faith is born out of.  Read More

The more we get what we now call “ourselves” out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become.  Read More

An excerpt from Sarah Mae & Sally Clarkson's book Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe   Read More

For me, making a specific plan to face the giant of depression always lessens its impact and shortens its duration.  Read More

"This is the worthiness – the best and only kind we can bring to God..."  Read More

"My end was the outward calm; His was my meeting with the storm."  Read More

“We exist to proclaim the Lordship of Jesus Christ over all things for the joy of all people.”   Read More

Johnathan Leeman lists eight ways that Christians should submit themselves to the local church:   Read More

For Christians are not distinguished from the rest of mankind either in locality or in speech or in customs.  Read More

Is there anything too difficult for God?"In the exodus, one mighty act followed another. The story goes like this: Combine the most powerful king in the known world, slaves who stood no chance of successful insurrection because all they knew was slavery, and oppression that was getting worse. You now have the perfect ingredients for God’s decisive act of deliverance. It was the event on which God ...  Read More