Psalm 121:1-2 (LSB) 121 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? 2 My help comes from Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth. Trials. Tough times. Unexpected crises. Sudden tragedies. Famines. Sadness. Loss. Mourning. These are things we all face in our lifetimes. Jesus told us this would … Read more
John 16:33 (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” In this world, difficult things will come our way. Will they change us? And will that change be for the … Read more
James 1:2-4 (NKJV) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. I’ve spent a fair amount of time lately pondering on the irony … Read more
Greetings in the name of Jesus! We’ve got a little retro video for you today which we recorded in our truck, just like we used to do a few years back. This newest video, “Enduring”, is based on a simple question that gets asked. The answer is interesting. We hope you’ll take a few minutes … Read more
James 1:2-4 (NKJV) 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Some people today reading this have taken … Read more
Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Are we having to start over today? Maybe we lost everything we had. Maybe we got let go on our job. Or maybe … Read more
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in … Read more
Romans 8:18 (NKJV) 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. This verse brings us a message of great hope! Not a single one of us likes suffering. It’s hard, it’s disheartening and it can be miserable … Read more
Acts 14:21-22 (NLT) 21 After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia, 22 where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God. As … Read more
Psalm 34:19 (NKJV) 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all. Affliction; Something that causes pain or suffering. Ailment, trouble, indisposition, menace, trouble. We have all experienced something that falls into at least one of those categories. Maybe we’re even facing something like that right now. … Read more
Acts 17:28 (NKJV) 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Wow! We sure are in a different season for the Church as a whole these days. Some may say it is only temporary because of … Read more