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God Customizes Trials God customized the trials believers are in. He has a specific purpose and He designed your trouble just for you. Just for me. Benefits of Trials Paul, James, and Peter each tell us the benefits of trials. Trials bring about: Paul: perseverance, proven character, hope. (Romans 5:3-5) James: endurance, perfect result (perfect…

God never gives up. God is never disappointed. We can give up. We can be disappointed. But God never is or does. We are totally, completely, accountable for our behavior. God holds us responsible. At the same time, God is omni-everything. He is all-powerful. He is present everywhere. He knows everything. And God ALWAYS accomplishes…

“I couldn’t help it!” Has someone said that to you? Or have you said it to yourself? Oh no. That may feel true, and for unbelievers may partly or mostly be true. They are slaves of sin. (John 8:34) However, believers were freed from sin and became slaves of righteousness. (Romans 6:18) We now are…

Last week’s post included times that Jesus left certain groups or places. (Is it Too Late?) There are also times a person or group leaves Him or demands that He leave them. And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them.…

Is it too Late? Are we to leave? Go away? Sometimes Jesus left people or an area and went away After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.” (John 7:1) But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him,…

God’s prophesies and promises are History. History written in advance. Almighty, Sovereign God knows the end from the beginning. When He speaks, He tells us truth about what is coming. Truth about the heavens and the earth. Truth about the scope of human actions and results. Truth about the future of the righteous and the…

“Mixed” Families and Friends I hope this doesn’t apply to you, but we all know of families and friends who are at odds due to different political beliefs. There are families who no longer celebrate holidays together. There are friends who no longer speak. There is abundant advice about how to handle “mixed” gatherings without…

(I wrote this post and the previous one, God is At Work, prior to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump…) I’ve read that humans cannot truly “multi-task,” but, rather, we rapidly shift from one task to another. That is NOT true of Almighty God! Our Almighty God is infinite. Infinite in knowledge and wisdom. He…

God is at work: In believers For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6) In those who will be redeemed The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient…

Bewildered. I can see an event totally differently than someone I know. Different perspective. Different language. Different reality. Different world-view. It can be very difficult or even impossible to have a conversation about that event. There are many instances of friendships ending, or even families splitting, over these differences. Is that what happened at the…