Posts by Pressing On Together

Paul says he learned the secret of contentment (Philippians 4:11). Since he did, we can also. I am definitely not there, and I am continuing to study contentment, but here is what is helping me now. These suggestions apply to those who are the beloved children of God, who have put their trust in Christ…

I’m writing this a few days after the wildfire disaster in Lahaina, Maui, that killed many people and destroyed numerous homes and businesses. Videos showed numerous destroyed cars, many of which appeared to be trying to get out of danger. There was little or no warning for people to protect themselves. In Colorado, there have…

Mike Rowe’s Dirty Jobs shows a series of necessary jobs where the workers get dirty. Honestly, I have yet to see a job I would like to have! (!) One job was at a chicken/egg farm. Mike asked a series of workers whether the chicken or the egg came first. Until the last worker, they…

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7) God’s word tell us what to do when we are anxious: pray with thanksgiving.…

Bagatelle: An unimportant or insignificant thing.Trivial: Of little significance or importance.Blip: A temporary or insignificant phenomenon. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (Romans 8:18)  When our focus is on the trivial, the bagatelle, the blip, ourselves,…

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. At the end of the age, God will create a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away. (Genesis 1:1; Revelation 21:1) The whole universe is God’s. Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. (Job 41:11)…

God asked Jonah if Jonah had reason to be angry. Jonah: “i have good reason to be angry, even to death” (Jonah 4:9). Whoa! Last week, Pressing on Together was about me-centered versus God-centered points of view (See Point of View). Jonah is a great example of me-centeredness. You know what happened. God told Jonah…

We see the world through our own points of view. “You are the window through which you see the world.” For the self-righteous, narcissist, and self-centered, it is me-centered. “My truth.” “How does this affect me?” “Me, Myself, and I.” They are the main characters in their own play. For the Christian For the Christian,…

We can be in a fix, with the only remedy being time. What do we do in the meantime? It is easy to spend out time regretting the choices or events that got us here. “If only I’d left a new minutes earlier.” “If only I hadn’t…” If only that bug hadn’t been going around…

This is AWFUL! Yet You are holy (Psalm 22:3) This is HORRIBLE! Yet You are Creator, Sovereign, Faithful, Loving. Father, help me, help us, rejoice in who You are. Help us rejoice in Your holy, loving faithfulness. The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who…