Several weeks ago, I talked about that God isn’t a Genie we can order a cure from, that when we feel alone…God is with us, and why sometimes God chooses not to heal us–because He has a plan to use us. This week, I’d like to share three ways we can discover a mission God […]
Read the rest of this entry »Remember your creator in the days of your youth
I was reading my Bible recently when this passage hit me: “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’” -Ecclesiastes 12:1 and it struck me why some people are able to move past devastating news […]
Read the rest of this entry »Why doesn’t God heal me?
Sometimes it’s hard to understand why some people are allowed to remain in their struggle while others are delivered from their suffering. We ask God and sometimes even demand that God tell us why He keeps us this way. To some, this may sound like sin and maybe it is, but it is human nature […]
Read the rest of this entry »God only allows our struggles to go so far
So the other day I was reading Psalm 91, “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,” -Psalm 91:4-5 I began thinking of all the struggles […]
Read the rest of this entry »Faith vs Experience
My pastor talks about this. I never thought of faith this way before, but he’s right. Our experience shapes us much more than our faith does because, if faith never becomes experience, it wanes. It’s fragile. Once I had faith in God. Now I have experience. I’ve experienced God in my life, what He can […]
Read the rest of this entry »Why you shouldn’t wait til your story ends before you tell it
“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take […]
Read the rest of this entry »What other things NOT to say to those who are suffering
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” Ephesians 4:29 Two weeks ago, I shared with you the worst thing to say to a believer who is suffering. Telling a believer they don’t have enough faith […]
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