Anxiety is the natural result of doubting the character of God. This diagram helps you think properly about Godâs character in relation to your well-being. Godâs wisdom means he knows what is best for you; Godâs power means he has the ability to accomplish what is best for you; Godâs love means that he genuinely wants what is best for … Read More
Taken from Dead-End Desire: biblical strategies for overcoming self-pity. Available at Christian retailers, Amazon.com and the biblical strategies website (biblicalstrategies.com). To overlook Godâs awesome work in our past and develop a complaining spirit, we need only be selective in the way that we remember the past. We see this tendency in the Numbers 11 narrative: Now the people became like … Read More
Jesus stepped out of his sandals and into the muddy Jordan. For the first time he noticed the weariness of his feet as the river drifted lazily over them. He had traveled south for three days to get to where the baptizer was working. Â âI am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness. Make straight the way of … Read More
For those of you who are kind enough to follow my blog or receive my emails I’m certain that an explanation is in order for my absence of communication for the past several months. My writing efforts over the course of the summer have been directed to publishing a small book entitled: Just Like Jesus: biblical strategies for growing well (ISBN: 978-0-9881942-0-5). It was … Read More
Memorizing verses about the character of God and the nature of the gospel is an effective means to hold temptation at arm’s length. Temptation occurs at the “desire” level (James 1:14) so loving God more changes our desires. I have found the best way to do this is to get to know him better and to grow in appreciating the benefits of … Read More
If it isn’t your favorite verse from the Old Testament, it probably ranks in the top ten. Its Jeremiah 33:3. Even the reference is easy to remember. Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. I’ve heard it quoted in personal testimonies. Casual conversations. With first time acquaintances. … Read More
Faith involves waiting, and most of us donât care for waiting much. Have you ever considered how the Biblical characters commended for their faith had learned the practice of waiting? Read Hebrews 11, paying special attention to how long these faith heroes waited, and youâre sure to see the connection between faith and waiting. Â Noah had faith (11:7), and he … Read More
I am forever thankful for those who have given their lives defending the deity of Christ. Because of their faithful study of the Word I have never questioned that Jesus was, is, and will always be fully God. They valiantly defended what the Bible declared (Heb. 1:1-3), and what Jesus himself affirmed on multiple occasions in the gospel record (John … Read More
The phrase they got away with murder communicates that we believe our sense of justice has been vilified. Whether on the basketball court or the courtroom we think that someone did something wrong, and that they didn’t have to pay. Such a belief nearly led to the undoing of Asaph, the writer of the 73rd Psalm. He wrote, But as … Read More
The eternality of God is one of his attributes that the Scriptures affirm. Before the mountains were brought forth or ever you had formed the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2) Jesus said, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end (Rev. 22:13). Alpha is the first … Read More
