Tag: hope
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We are clay jars… — Growing Godly Generations
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, […]…
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Adopting the Mind of God — Peculiar in a Popular Place
By Adrienne Reece Listen to Article ” Adopting the Mind of God” Divorce, suicidal ideations, anger, rage, wishing death on another, helplessness in parenting with growing and grown children, negative medical diagnosis, surgery, and financial overwhelm, have all been just a few of the subjects on the other side of my phone in the last month. Without […]…
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The BIg Picture — mlsnellings
Last week I started writing about a topic that has been key to my survival during the last few years. The topic is how to hope when you are tired of hoping. I called it “End of your rope hope.” This is hope that is gritty and tough. It’s different from blind optimism or toxic […]…
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“How Do Glory and Spiritual Warfare Work Together?” Rebecca Greenwood with Dutch Sheets — Sound Of Heaven
Glory Warfareby Rebecca Greenwood “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light and kings […]…
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Fighting Enemies with Spiritual Weapons — Run With It
Ephesians 6:10-12 ESV “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic […]…
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In the Wilderness — Godinterest
God shows us who He is by what He does. His promises are worked out in the lives of His people. When we are in the middle of life’s barren wilderness, God’s hand seems absent, blinded as we are by circumstances and situations. But when we emerge from that leg of the journey, we can… In…
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The Upward Call in Christ Jesus — Drawing Closer to Christ
Philippians 3:13-14 ESV, “13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” There have been times […]…
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We are not to fear people…but I did. — God, Truth and Life
Photo by Yan Krukov on Pexels.com Most of you will not know this, but this is my first post in over a year. In fact, I had unsubscribed from my webhost and deleted my website, planning to never deal with a website again. “Why?”, you may ask. Well, when I decided to be done with […]…
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Give Me A Faith Like Abraham — The Way Of The Word
All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. –Hebrews 11:13 Faith Examined Abraham is the most well-known patriarch of the Hebrew faith, and by spiritual birth, the father of all who […]…