GodinterestI serve with a training & equipping organization. I am also a freelance writer and I take great interest in writing and sharing growth resources. Reading is one of my great loves. I love it for all its fresh insights and points of view that help as I consider issues relevant to my faith life.
Even those experiences we deem calamitous can carry the seeds of a great blessing. It is often only in retrospect, however, that the benefit reveals itself. And whether or not it reveals itself and how quickly it does so, is dependent upon only one thing: our own individual perspective.
Jesus Christ gave His commandment-keeping disciples “a new commandment.” What element of it was new? Has it replaced God’s 10 Commandments?
There is little patience with God when it comes to telling lies. That is nothing short of cosmic treason and blasphemes the God Who created us in His image (Gen 1:27). Speaking the truth is not always convenient or easy but it is always the best.
With the passing of each year we observe changes in our lives and in the world about us. While some of the changes are good and beneficial, others are not. Were it not for the assurance of the abiding presence of our unchangeable Lord, our spirits would be greatly distressed and our hearts would melt out of fear and worry.
Life is rife with trouble. Whether it’s relationships or nature, politics or warfare, we are surrounded and threatened by trouble. A dash of unpredictability with a hint of powerlessness and a smidgen of significance serves up a dose of anxiety.
They are a barometer of what is normal, what is possible. “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future” – Dan Pena.
Understanding what the resurrection of Christ means for us as Christians is key to living a vibrant life in this trouble-laden world.
Have you ever heard the phrase idle hands are the devil’s workshop?
The biblical qualities of meekness and gentleness are misunderstood and undervalued in today’s society of extremes — where all too often people tend to angrily overreact or passively underreact.
“The biggest truth about grace is that no matter what you have done, your life is not irredeemable. It doesn’t matter how far you’ve gone, how many lies you’ve built up, how many bridges you’ve burned. Grace can meet you there”¦”
No human life is possible without sodium chloride or salt and salt is the only trace mineral that is found in every cell in the human body. Without it, the organism would cease to function, therefore, salt is a biological necessity.
In a world riddled with disappointment, malice and tragedy, what rationale do we have for believing in a benevolent God?
Speaking is central to God. God himself is Word, and his speech commanded nothing to be everything (John 1:1–3). The question is, How do I understand it and tune in so that I can hear God’s voice?
Will your grace run out, if I let you down, ’cause all I know is how to run, cause I am a sinner? If it’s not one thing it’s another, caught up in words, tangled in lies. But you are a Savior and you take brokenness aside and make it beautiful. Will You call me a child when I tell you lies ’cause all I know is how to cry?
In Matthew 18:3 Jesus says, “I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” In the next chapter, He further says, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
William Franklin Graham Jr. KBE was an American evangelical Christian evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally after 1949.